Lot 18
CHARLES EASTLAKE (1836-1906)
GOTHIC REVIVAL MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, CIRCA 1870
Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
£1,375
Description
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
Dimensions
106.6cm wide, 105cm high, 60cm deep
Footnote
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.