Chests & Trunks

Eight-drawer dresser by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.<ul><li>Brass hardware.</li><li>Marked Dunbar Berne Indiana inside top drawer.</li></ul>

Eight-Drawer Dresser

American Mid-Century Modern mahogany and maple double dresser.<ul><li>Station Wagon design by Paul T. Frankl for Johnson Furniture Company and retailed by John Stuart.</li><li>Eight drawers with leather pulls.</li><li>Interior dovetail joints to drawers.</li><li>Raised on eight columnar feet.</li></ul>

American Mahogany and Maple Station Wagon Double Dresser

American Mid-Century Modern mahogany and maple chest on chest.<ul><li>Station Wagon design by Paul T. Frankl for Johnson Furniture Company and retailed by John Stuart.</li><li>Upper case composed of three drawers set above a lower case of three larger drawers with leather pulls.</li><li>Raised on wood base with columnar feet.</li></ul>

American Mahogany and Maple Station Wagon Chest on Chest

Italian Baroque-style walnut chest of drawers or small dresser.<ul><li>Four drawers with keyholes.</li><li>Rectangular top with canted angles and molded edge.</li><li>Case fitted with four slight concave drawers within tapered columns raised on plinth base.</li><li>Key is included.</li></ul>

Italian Baroque Style Walnut Chest of Drawers

A storage or dowry chest from Zanzibar.<ul><li>Raised on turned feet with brass studs and plate decoration on solid teak.</li><li>Two drawers and an additional smaller storage compartment are located beneath the lid.</li><li>Traditionally used throughout Kenya and Zanzibar for storage of spices or valuables, the piece is suitable for keeping linens and blankets, as well as occasional seating.</li></ul>

African Teak and Brass Decorated Storage Chest

A storage or dowry chest from Zanzibar.<ul><li>Brass studded and plate decoration on solid teak.</li><li>Three drawers and an additional smaller storage compartment located beneath the lid.</li><li>Traditionally used throughout Kenya and Zanzibar for storage of spices or valuables, the piece is suitable for keeping linens and blankets, as well as occasional seating.</li></ul>

African Teak and Brass Studded Chest

English Charles II paneled chest with four drawers.<ul><li>Oak with brass hardware.</li><li>Four different panel shapes with stylized rectangular iterations on each drawer.</li><li>Ball feet.</li></ul>

English Charles II Oak Paneled Chest of Drawers

A large carved chest from Western India.<ul><li>Ornate frame with iron reinforcements used for storage of blankets and other valuables.</li><li>Small top lockable door.</li><li>Resting on wheels for ease of movement.</li></ul>

Gujarati Carved Dowry Chest

American Modernist birch chest of drawer.<ul><li>Modernist chest with four drawers.</li><li>Each drawer has a wide wooden pull.</li><li>Ivory painted finish.</li></ul>

American Modernist Chest of Drawers

Chinese Chinoiserie gilt black lacquer trunk on stand.<ul><li>Featuring birds in garden.</li><li>Flat hinged top with straight sides.</li><li>A brass latch and campaign handle on each side of the trunk.</li></ul>

Chinese Gilt and Black Lacquer Trunk on Stand 

English Sheraton decorative chest of drawers.<ul><li>Mahogany and satinwood inlaid.</li><li>Made in the two over three format, based on a Georgian design and with Sheraton detailing throughout.</li></ul>

English Sheraton Chest of Drawers

A large Meiji period Keyaki wood tansu chest.<ul><li>Includes 8 drawers, 3 large, 2 medium and 3 small, and 2 cabinets with small interior drawers and iron mounts of the highest quality.</li><li>Two small safe compartments on opposite sides open to reveal a pair of interior small drawers.</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Tansu Chest

French three-drawer carved chest of drawers.<ul><li>Three graduated drawers which are flanked within fluted front side posts.</li><li>Chest is raised upon square tapered feet at front, and block feet at rear.</li><li>Natural patina finish with light accent trim.</li></ul>

French Provincial Three-Drawer Carved Commode

French three-drawer commode with an oxbow front.<ul><li>Features carved and rounded front posts, carved single recessed panel sides, and a scalloped skirt at three sides with heart-shaped carving at front center.</li><li>Drawers adorned with rococo brass pulls and escutcheon at their centers.&nbsp;</li></ul>

French Three-Drawer Oxbow Chest of Drawers

Italian hand-painted raised chest, with subtle serpentine body, from the early 19th century.<ul><li>Green chest with later trompe-l'œil faux marble painted top in browns and tans.</li><li>Ornately decorated in a hand-painted floral lattice and urn motif on front and sides.</li><li>Curved silhouette, with two full-size drawers, raised upon four cabriole legs that terminate into hoof feet.</li><li>The skirt is scalloped on all three sides.</li></ul>

Italian Rococo Style Hand-Painted Serpentine Chest

Chippendale nine-drawer mahogany chest-on-chest crafted in New York.<ul><li>Ripple pattern molding at cornice.</li><li>Fluting on two exterior edges.</li><li>Brass hardware.</li><li>Ball-and-claw feet.</li><li>Secondary woods: Tulip poplar, white pine.</li></ul>

American Chippendale Chest-on-Chest

Caned dirty linen basket.<ul><li>Teak base with caned panels.</li><li>Brass hinged lid.</li><li>Later examples of Jeanneret's original design for High Court, Chandigarh, India, ca. 1960.</li><li>Each with markings indicating provenance.</li></ul>

Caned Linen Basket

Japanese black lacquered wood trunk from the Meiji period mounted on custom forged iron stand.<ul><li>Engraved cast brass corner mounts and bails.</li><li>Floral design with butterflies.</li></ul>

Japanese Lacquered Trunk on Stand

American Sheraton four-drawer bow front chest with curly maple front and cherry case made in North Shore, Massachusetts.<ul><li>Graduated drawers with projecting top drawer flanked by reeded pilasters.</li><li>Brass oval plates and pulls.</li><li>Turned legs.</li></ul>

American Sheraton Cherry and Maple Bow Front Chest 

American Sheraton mahogany chest with graduated cock-beaded drawers made in Salem, Massachusetts.<ul><li>Lunette inlay on the edge of the single board mahogany top.</li><li>Turreted corners with reeded columns terminating in ring-and-spike feet.</li><li>Scalloped apron.</li><li>Brass handles and rim key escutcheons.</li></ul>

American Sheraton Mahogany Chest

A French studded leather trunk.<ul><li>Elaborate decoration with&nbsp;studs laid in geometric patterns of fleur-de-lys, flower petals and bosses.</li><li>Escutcheon flanked by a pair of lions, crown and suns.</li><li>Brocade pattern paper interior.</li><li>Resting on a base with turned legs.</li></ul>

French Studded Leather Malle Trunk 

Large 17th century French Louis XIII oak chest from Normandy.<ul><li>Features two drawers with iron pulls over two doors.</li><li>Covered in hand-carved and turned elements. </li></ul>

French Louis XIII Carved Two-Door Chest

Italian Baroque carved three-drawer chest.<ul><li>Walnut construction and walnut veneer.</li><li>Three long drawers with metal pulls and escutcheons.</li><li>Flanking doors with engaged barley twist columns contain six small drawers.</li><li>Animal paw feet.</li></ul>

Italian Baroque Carved Three-Drawer Chest

Dutch Renaissance-style carved quarter-sawn oak trunk.<ul><li>Fish-scale and rosette motifs.</li><li>Octagonal panels.</li><li>Forged iron strap hinges.</li><li>Small interior candle compartment.</li></ul>

Dutch Renaissance Style Carved Trunk

American Mid-Century bamboo chest of drawers on plinth base.<ul><li>10 drawers, 4 short and 6 long.</li><li>Brass tab pulls.</li><li>Finished back.</li><li>Glass top not included.</li></ul>

American Mid-Century Bamboo Chest of Drawers

A Japanese chest for clothing from the Meiji period.<ul><li>Isho-dansu, or clothing chests, were the first pieces of furniture for common people to become popular throughout Japan.</li><li>A simple and elegant design with an absence of elaborate hardware.</li><li>Three drawers with two top doors opening for additional storage.</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Clothing Tansu

A Japanese merchant's cabinet from the Meiji period.<ul><li>A choba-dansu used for the storage of important documents, stationery and money.</li><li>Eight drawers with iron hirute handles and two further storage compartments with sliding and swinging doors.</li><li>A prestige piece with numerous decorative corner, cross and brace plates.</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Merchant Tansu 

A two-part Japanese merchant's chest from the Meiji period.<ul><li>A&nbsp;choba-dansu&nbsp;used for the storage of important documents, stationery and money.</li><li>With four drawers and iron gunbai handles.</li><li>A prestige piece with numerous decorative iron plates and brackets.</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Stacked Merchant Tansu

Unusual and beautiful Gatsby Buffet by Kreiss.<ul><li>Cream parchment leather panels with wood surround.</li><li>Two doors open to two drawers and two shelves.</li></ul>

Gatsby Buffet

Saladino Furniture is built in the United States by craftsmen who have a passion for perfection.<ul><li>Solid wood frame.</li><li>Silver travertine stone top.</li><li>Five drawers.</li></ul>

Tuscan Chest

Neoclassical inlaid two-drawer commodes.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>From the last quarter of the 19th century.</li><li>Each drawer features parquetry veneer fronts.</li><li>Ormolu mounted.</li><li>Custom pink marble tops added later.</li></ul>

French Ormolu Mounted Inlaid Chests

Italian walnut coffer with hinged lid.<ul><li>Decorated with various incised motifs, including a coat of arms, flowers and animals.</li><li>Dovetailed corners.</li><li>Metal lockplate and hook and eye latch.</li></ul>

Italian Walnut Coffer

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/interiors/property-from-a-new-york-collector" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Property from a New York Collector.</a>Louis XV Provincial Marble Top Cherrywood Commode.<ul><li>With serpentine molded top above bombe-shaped body.</li><li>Fitted with two short and two long drawers with paneled sides.</li><li>Scalloped apron on short cabriole legs ending in scroll toes.</li><li>Mounted with foliate ormolu drawer handles and escutcheons.</li><li>From the Bordeaux region.</li><li>This item is final sale and not eligible for return.</li></ul>

French Provincial Louis XV Commode Bordelaise

A lacquered and painted trunk resting on a three-drawer table.<ul><li>Lacquered and painted trunk sits upon a short three-drawer table.</li><li>Trunk accessible through a half panel on the top, revealing an interior decorated with lacquered paper and calligraphy.</li><li>Pieces may be used separately with the bottom acting as a coffee or accent table.</li></ul>

Chinese  Painted and Lacquered Trunk

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/interiors/distinguished-chicago-collection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Property from a Distinguished Chicago Collection.</a><ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Generously proportioned chests of Anigre veneer.</li><li>Two drawers fitted with antiqued bronze drawer pulls.</li><li>Purchased at Holly Hunt, Chicago.</li></ul>

Beaubourg Commodes

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<li>Transitional Louis XV/XVI style two-drawer commode.</li>
<li>White and black colored marble top.</li>
<li>Brass ormolu hardware, include pulls, capped feet and decorative mounts.</li>
<li>Ormolu mounted parquetry and Sans Traverse "Trophy" marquetry.</li>
<li>Veneered wood.</li>
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Edward Wormley, Dunbar

Paul T. Frankl, John Stuart, Johnson Furniture Company

Paul T. Frankl, John Stuart, Johnson Furniture Company

Attributed to Samuel Prince

Pierre Jeanneret

Kreiss

Saladino Furniture

In the style of Guillaume Beneman

Therien & Co.