Chest-on-stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1710
Materials
Walnut and brass.
Measurements
121.3 x 90.7 x 56 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655860
Summary
A walnut chest-on-stand, British, circa 1710, the moulded cornice and cushion frieze above three short and three long graduated drawers to the upper section, the drawers cross- and featherbanded and with brass bail handles and shaped backplates and lockplates, with moulded base, the stand (reduced and adapted) with moulded rim above a shallow frieze drawer flanked on either side by a further drawer, all en suite to those above, with shaped and arched apron, on associated onion feet.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013