Not currently on display at the V&A

Chest on Chest

about 1690 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Chest on chest, carcase of pine veneered with walnut and inlaid with star motifs, oak back boards.


Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chest on chest
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Chest on Chest
  • Chest on Chest
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
Materials and techniques
Pine and oak, joined and veneered with walnut
Pine
Oak
Walnut
Cabinet-Making
Veneering
Inlay
Brief description
Chest on chest, pine veneered with walnut, oak back boards; about 1690 English
Physical description
Chest on chest, carcase of pine veneered with walnut and inlaid with star motifs, oak back boards.
Dimensions
  • Height: 182.7cm (Note: estimated by adding together the two parts and subtracting the depth of the recess in which the upper section sits.)
  • Width: 107cm
  • Depth: 57.3cm
taken from object 2019.
Credit line
Gift of F.L. Lucas
Object history
Gift of Frederick Louis Lucas, 15 Westbourne Terrace, London W2 on 30 May 1918. See Nominal File MA/1/L2213. At the time it was described as '1 Chest of Drawers, period of William and Mary, with key'.

Notes from R.P. 18/1690 (F.L.Lucas)

Minute Paper
"Object brought to Museum - corner of upper moulding broken (replaced with white wood)" and
"This double chest of drawers inlaid with stars, of the time of William & Mary or Queen Anne, is a type unrepresented in the museum and would be acceptable"

25/2/18 Bracket inspects a variety of objects
and "had the opportunity of seeing the English Furniture which Lucas proposes to bequeath to the Museum. There are several very good pieces of 17th & 18th century furniture".

In 1968 this piece was on loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.25:1-11-1918

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2008
Record URL
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