Boxes / Caddys, Furniture >> LARGE 19TH C MINIATURE CHEST
A 19th Century Walnut and Inlaid Miniature Chest. The top with a broad crossbanded surround, the inner edge with boxwood stringing surrounding a figured centre, with diamond motif boxwood and laburnum inlaid decoration. The top faced with boxwood stringing, as it opens to a compartment within the deep concave frieze. The body with three long drawers, each with an inlaid surround enclosing pairs of brass laurel leaf handles, within octagonal boxwood and laburnum surrounds. The centres of the drawers with boxwood cartouche escutcheons. The fielded sides with spinning wheel motifs, within a boxwood border. The chest finished with a satinwood lower plinth and fine mouldings, continued to the rear vertical sides. The whole raised up on four shaped and ringed feet. Date circa 1830 Height 22 1/4 inches, 57cm. Width 22 inches, 56cm. Depth 13 3/4 inches, 35cm.Ref: 22856
Price:£825
