Featured chest on chest

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  1. c.a.t.

    c.a.t. Member

    I recently purchased this and am curious as to how old it is. thumbnail (4).jpg thumbnail (3).jpg thumbnail (6).jpg thumbnail (2).jpg thumbnail (7).jpg thumbnail (5).jpg thumbnail.jpg
    The pink sticker was on the inside of the top chest. It is an antique store now located in Edinburgh, England.
     
  2. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Edinburgh is in Scotland, but this requires a better response than that. The furniture types will be along eventually.
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I don't know European-built furniture at all, but the back looks funny. The wood on the lower back looks replaced at the least.
     
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  4. Fern77

    Fern77 Well-Known Member

    I can't tell from the pictures if properly Georgian or a Victorian copy, but looks bicentennial anyway. Could use a good cleaning and waxing.
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I was first to respond but my reply did not work.

    I would call it a chest on stand, Edwardian.

    Edinburgh is in Scotland BTW.

    Bruton is in Somerset, south west England
     
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  6. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Is it enormously tall or is that a very small door?
    I’m having an Alice in Wonderland moment trying to work out the scale :confused::hilarious:
     
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  7. c.a.t.

    c.a.t. Member

    I am obviously a geographically challenged American. It’s about 60” tall.
     
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  8. c.a.t.

    c.a.t. Member

    The wood on the back is super dry.
     
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  9. c.a.t.

    c.a.t. Member

    This piece now lives over the pond in the state of Pennsylvania.
     
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  10. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Are those Queen Anne Legs?

    Also: is it one piece, or does the top separate from the bottom?
     
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  11. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    "...trying to work out the scale"

    Yup...weird perspective. A bit of vertigo?
     
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  12. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Quick look....thinking Queen Anne Highboy, two pieces.....they frequently become separated, but yours looks like it goes together....looking at the back indicates some age..........BTW, some Highboys can run 70-72" !!!! @James Conrad please????

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  13. c.a.t.

    c.a.t. Member

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  14. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

  15. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Looks fine for late eighteenth into early 19th to my eye. An Edwardian copy would have used an early sheet ply back not those planks. And I'd agree the bottom has had a later new back.

    Someone overdid the French Polish. The Bruton sticker is pre 1995. That's when phone numbers had a 1 inserted to STD codes.
     
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  16. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    My furniture antique dealer and French polisher friend says its mid 18th century chest on stand.
    The brass fittings have been replaced and the Lever lock is from around 1860.
    The whole back has been replaced as the planks usually run the same way as the drawers.
     
  17. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Good point on the lock and fittings.
     
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  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Maybe one of the Moderators can help you.:angelic::)
     
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  19. c.a.t.

    c.a.t. Member

    Thanks for all your input. I overpaid at $319.
    Now I just know how to clean it and make it look pretty
     
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  20. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    You didn't overpay, you got a bargain.:)
    Google Georgian chest on stand, and take into consideration that yours doesn't have the original fittings and lock, and you'll see that you certainly didn't overpay.
     
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