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Auction Result – Woolley and Wallis, 22nd September 2021
Following the conclusion of Woolley and Wallis’ recent Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks auction, the William and Mary green japanned chest-on-stand (lot 180) predictably rose well above its estimate of GBP8,000 – GBP12,000 (AUD14,960 – AUD22,441; USD11,015 – USD16,523), … Continue reading
A Rare Chest-on-Stand
Woolley and Wallis are conducting a Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks auction in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Wednesday 22nd September 2021. Amongst many of the superb items on offer is lot 180, a William and Mary green japanned chest-on-stand (figure … Continue reading
Picture This CXLIV
All right sleuths; let’s be having your opinions please. As per usual, I may withhold some comments for a short period. Jack Plane
Picture This CXXXI
Stand down sleuths; there is absolutely nothing wrong with the top of this William and Mary walnut chest-on-stand! I merely offer it as an untouched thing of beauty (click to enlarge). Crossgrain-moulded, veneered and banded chest, circa 1695. (Mackinnon Fine … Continue reading
Picture This CXVI
This splendid early eighteenth-century walnut breakfront chest-on-stand comprises a number of features that stylistically, span several decades: The chest’s frame-and-panel gables’ origin is in the last quarter of the seventeenth-century; the double bead drawer aperture moulding enjoyed popularity from 1700 … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Picture This
Tagged catch, chest on stand, oak, secret drawer, walnut
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A William III Ash Chest-on-Stand – Part Six
The joinery for these flat, shaped stretchers commonly comprises simple lap, or halved joints, however, one also encounters bridle joints (fig. 1). Fig. 1. The pine stretcher components. After putting the stretcher together, it was veneered on top, inside and … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture
Tagged abaci, carcase, chest on stand, crossbanding, legs, stand, stretcher, veneer
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A William III Ash Chest-on-Stand – Part Two
I am never without something to occupy myself, but spring is a particularly active time of the year: Horses, foals (currently five, with another three due imminently), tree planting, tree watering, keeping the greens in order and a myriad of … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture, Furniture Making, Furniture Timbers
Tagged air-dried, ash, blue dash charger, carcase, chest on stand, crossbanding, drawers, featherbanding, pine, veneer, William and Mary, William III
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Picture This LXV
Just for a bit of fun this time; before I offer my assessment of this oak and yew chest-on-stand, would anyone else care to interpret the images and propose a date? Fig. 1. Oak and yew chest-on-stand. (Tooveys) Fig. 2. … Continue reading
Picture This LXIV
In A William and Mary Simulated Tortoiseshell Chest of Drawers, I mentioned how faux tortoiseshell-painted furniture was popular as a background for japanned decoration (either newly-painted or using previously tortoiseshell-painted canvasses). I recently came across this chest-on-stand which typifies late … Continue reading
Posted in Picture This
Tagged chest on stand, japanning, tortoiseshell, William and Mary
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A William III Ash Chest-on-Stand – Part One
I am taking a sabbatical to recharge my batteries and to make a copy of an adorably quirky, yet hallowed William III ash chest-on-stand (fig. 1) before attending to the final two chests for the book. Fig. 1. William III … Continue reading
Posted in Case Furniture, Furniture Making, Furniture Timbers
Tagged ash, brasses, chest of drawers, chest on stand, crossbanding, drawers, featherbanding, flatsawn, quartersawn, veneer
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