If you are looking for a chest of drawers which combines plenty of space with a very decorative look, then a Victorian Chest of Drawers is probably for you. Moving away from the understated simplicity of the earlier Georgian Chests, Victorian examples were openly ostentatious and full of character. As the Industrial Revolution allowed more people to own cheaper machine-made clothing so the size of Chests of Drawers also grew.
Today a Victorian Chest will provide far deeper and larger drawers than modern examples as well as a far better overall standard of construction. Bow Fronted Chests and Serpentine Chests continued to be popular and straight fronted chests were often given grand chunky pillars and wide bun feet. Wooden knobs often replaced brass handles and chests were often constructed with a pine frame with exotic Mahogany, Satinwood or Rosewood veneers. This made the chests elegant yet light to move around. In Europe Chests of Drawers also became just as fanciful and decorative based on revivalist designs from the past with marble tops and fine gilt bronze handles. This celebration of excess ended at the start of the 20th Century when the chest of drawers reverted back to a simple understated item.
At LoveAntiques we have a very large selection of quality Victorian Chests of Drawers for sale as well as later Vintage examples paying homage to the style.
London City Antiques
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Chest of Drawers
£ 3,450
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Chest of Drawers
£ 3,450
London City Antiques
Camden Antiques
Victorian Flame Mahogany Scottish Chest of Drawers
£ 1,250
Central Shipping and Trading Ltd
Antique Holland & Sons Chest of Drawers
£ 985
William Rand Antiques
Quality Victorian Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers
£ 3,300
London City Antiques
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Chest on Stand
£ 1,585
Old Painted Furniture
Early 19th Century Painted Mahogany Bow Front Chest of Drawers
£ 425
Sunnyside Antiques
Mahogany Chest on Chest c.1850
£ 1,950
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
19th Century Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 480
£ 895
Penderyn Antiques
Victorian Antique Walnut Chest of Drawers
£ 495
Rawlings Antiques
Pair of Victorian Mahogany Bedside Chests of Drawers
£ 795
Georgian Antiques
Rare Outsized Victorian Figured Mahogany Wellington Chest
£ 2,200
Richie Perrott Antiques
Victorian Inlaid Bow Fronted Chest of Drawers
£ 595
Rawlings Antiques
Walnut Serpentine Bachelors Chest of Drawers
£ 845
Hingstons Antiques
Victorian Burr Walnut Wellington Chest
£ 2,450
Penderyn Antiques
Victorian Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 595
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Leather Bound Military Campaign Chest of Drawers
£ 1,650
Penderyn Antiques
Victorian Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 595
Stalham Antique Gallery
Victorian Chest of Drawers
£ 350
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Victorian Mahogany Chest of Drawers
£ 1,450
Penderyn Antiques
Victorian Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 650
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Chest of Drawers
£ 425
Penderyn Antiques
Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 595
ActFurniture LTD
Antique 19th Century Bow Front Chest of Drawers in Mahogany
£ 395
Planet Antiques
Victorian Welsh Pine Crackled Paint Chest of Drawers
£ 325
Fontaine Decorative
Mahogany Bow Fronted Chest of Two Over Three Drawers
£ 850
D & J Hunt Antiques Ltd
Tray Top Waxed Large 4 Drawer Victorian Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 595
Tray Top Waxed Large 4 Drawer Victorian Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 595
D & J Hunt Antiques Ltd
Penderyn Antiques
Victorian Antique Pine Chest of Drawers
£ 650
JMR Antiques Ltd
19th Century Military Campaign Chest with Brass Handles
£ 1,295
NP & A SALT ANTIQUES
Antique Mahogany Dressing Chest
£ 295
NP & A SALT ANTIQUES
Good Quality Large Mahogany Victorian Chest of Drawers
£ 375
Kernow Furniture
Mahogany Straight Front Chest of Drawers
£ 575
Kernow Furniture
Victorian Mahogany Chest of Drawers
£ 595
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Miniature Wellington Chest
£ 575
Georgian Antiques
Exhibition Quality Mid Victorian Burr Walnut Wellington Chest
£ 2,790
London City Antiques
Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Wellington Chest of 7 Drawers
£ 1,585
Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Wellington Chest of 7 Drawers
£ 1,585
London City Antiques
Hingstons Antiques
Victorian Campaign Military Chest
£ 2,750
LT Antiques
Victorian Pollard Oak Chest of Drawers
£ 1,250
W&W Antiques
Late 19th Century / Victorian Collector's, Specimen Chest Graduated Drawers Geology Samples
£ 595
Late 19th Century / Victorian Collector's, Specimen Chest Graduated Drawers Geology Samples
£ 595
W&W Antiques
Carradale Farm Antiques Ltd
Large English Walnut Chest of Drawers
£ 950
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