A tall wooden chest of drawers with five drawers and brass handles, styled in a bright room next to a potted olive tree and beneath a framed abstract print.

Vintage French walnut veneer chest of drawer with side craving

$1,800.00
$1,800.00 $2,200.00
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A tall wooden chest of drawers with five drawers and brass handles, styled in a bright room next to a potted olive tree and beneath a framed abstract print.
  • A tall wooden chest of drawers with five drawers and brass handles, styled in a bright room next to a potted olive tree and beneath a framed abstract print.
  • A tall wooden chest of drawers with five drawers and brass handles, styled in a bright room next to a potted olive tree and beneath a framed abstract print.
Vintage French walnut veneer chest of drawer with side craving

Vintage French walnut veneer chest of drawer with side craving

$1,800.00
$1,800.00 $2,200.00

1. Historical Style & Period

  • Era: Mid-20th Century (circa 1950s–1960s).

  • Style: Continental Rococo / French Provincial Revival. Popular in mid-century European and British cabinetmaking, this style captures the romantic, ornamental curves of 18th-century French furniture with a focus on rich wood veneers.

  • Function: Chest of Drawers / Tallboy. Designed as a vertical storage unit for living spaces or bedrooms, offering deep drawers to organize clothing, linens, or household items while taking up minimal floor space.

2. Key Architectural & Decorative Features

  • Matched Walnut Veneer Panels: Features book-matched, figured walnut veneers across the drawer fronts, highlighting a vivid natural grain pattern and a soft, curvilinear border detail.

  • Ornate Gilt Brass Hardware: Equipped with rococo-style brass bail handles and decorative backplates on all four drawer fronts.

  • Serpentine & Molded Plinth Base: Built on an intricate lower apron accented with center-carved floral scrollwork.

  • French Cabriole Feet: Supported by sweeping, outward-curved cabriole legs ending in carved scroll feet.

  • Carved Corner Accents: Highlighted by leaf-and-scroll corner carvings along the upper stiles, framing the serpentine-fronted drawers.

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