Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1830
Materials
Walnut, deal, brass
Measurements
91.7 x 128.5 x 43.5 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206799
Summary
A walnut double chest of drawers, or Wellington chest, English, early 19th century. Of two banks of eight drawers, each fitted with an angular brass handle with circular backplates. Locked by means of two hinged uprights at either end of the chest. On a plinth base.
Provenance
Probably the mahogany double Wellington Chest with 16 drawers listed in the 1965 inventory of Wimpole in the Red Dining Room (now the Red Room) which which Mrs Bambridge used as an archive, despite its name. Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.