£1,375
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 593
Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
the rectangular galleried top above two short over three long graduated drawers, each fitted with brass swing handles and horizontal mouldings and enclosed by leaf carved brackets
Provenance: Paul Reeves, London
Literature: Eastlake, Charles L. Hints on Household Taste, Longmans, Green & Co., 1878, p 215 where a similar chest is illustrated.
Cooper, Jeremy Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, Thames & Hudson 1998, pp.108-9, pl. 240
Note: Eastlake was not a commercial designer and earned his living as Keeper of the National Gallery. Most of his designs were variants based on his published designs, as in the present example.