A Handsome Mid-Victorian Stained Pine Chest of Drawers c.1860-70

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A Handsome Mid-Victorian Stained Pine Chest of Drawers c.1860-70Origin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 70 Width: 35. 5 inches Height: 38 inches Depth: 17. 5 inches (including handles) The stained pine carcass with plinth top above two short and three long graduated drawers, having the original ebonised knob handles, standing on turned bulbous peg feet survives in original condition from the mid Victorian period. The chest shows heaps of attractive wear and tear with

This would have more than likely consisted of dried bitter-orange peel (about 1 in 5)

though the partridge has been the subject of trompe l’oeil art since at least the early seventeenth century with famous works by the likes of Cornelis van Lelienbergh (1626-after 1676) and Hendrik de Fromantiou (Maastricht 1633/34-1694) both springing to mind

or merely as a decorative throwback to a bygone era

such as this one

The attaché case began life in around 1900 essentially being a briefcase but with harder sides and squarer in size to accommodate differing documents

The question being

The firm expanded internationally

From about 1837 Scott & Sons

restored and framed is so desired

The Edo period or Tokugawa period is a division of Japanese history

The premise is that they are used with dual purpose

with only mild faintness to some lettering

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