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Unique Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy Chest, South Wales, Circa 1740
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Unique Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy Chest, South Wales, Circa 1740

18th century
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Description

Oak tallboy or chest-on-stand in two sections, made from dense native Welsh oak. The upper part has a lid with scalloped chip-carved edges which reveals a compartment with a false drawer front, over two real panelled drawers with applied edge mouldings, above a base section with a further drawer and raised on four cabriole feet.

The form of this piece could be classed as a coffor bach in the form of a chest-on-stand

(Replaced brassware and renewed pin hinges)

Wonderful colour and surface patination.

South Wales, circa 1740

Height: 27.5 ins; 70 cms

width: 27.5 ins; 70 cms

Depth: 15 ins; 38 cms

Physical Dimensions
Height
70cm (27.56")
Width
70cm (27.56")
Depth
38cm (14.96")
Declaration

WelshAntiques has dated this Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy to the 18th Century.

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SA1105314
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Description
Oak tallboy or chest-on-stand in two sections, made from dense native Welsh oak. The upper part has a lid with scalloped chip-carved edges which reveals a compartment with a false drawer front, over two real panelled drawers with applied edge mouldings, above a base section with a further drawer and raised on four cabriole feet.
fig 1. An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs.
fig 1. Unique Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy Chest, South Wales, Circa 1740

The form of this piece could be classed as a coffor bach in the form of a chest-on-stand

(Replaced brassware and renewed pin hinges)

Wonderful colour and surface patination.

South Wales, circa 1740

Height: 27.5 ins; 70 cms

width: 27.5 ins; 70 cms

Depth: 15 ins; 38 cms

Height
70cm (27.56")
Width
70cm (27.56")
Depth
38cm (14.96")
Date of Manufacture

WelshAntiques has dated this Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1105314
WelshAntiques
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Leading specialist in welsh furniture and folk art for 56 years

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Archive I An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs.

Unique Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy Chest, South Wales, Circa 1740

Archive II An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs. View II
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Archive V An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs. View V
Archive VI An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs. View VI
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Archive VIII An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs. View VIII
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Castle Mill
Kidwelly
Carmarthenshire
SA17 5AJ
United Kingdom
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Items For Sale 143
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An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs.
Unique Welsh Oak Miniature Tallboy Chest, South Wales, circa 1740
Ref: SA1105314
An eighteenth-century dark oak miniature tallboy chest featuring geometric panelled drawer fronts, brass tear-drop handles, and cabriole legs.
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A Welsh oak miniature tallboy is a small-scale chest of drawers produced in South Wales during the eighteenth century, constructed as an apprentice masterpiece, trade salesman sample, or specialised tabletop storage unit.

Craftsmen primarily utilised native English or Welsh oak, joined using hand-cut dovetails and pegged mortise-and-tenon construction, finished with cast brass drop handles and escutcheons.

Authentic period examples exhibit irregular hand-planed rear boards, natural timber shrinkage across wide drawer bases, hand-cast brass hardware, and dark oxidisation within internal drawer joints.

Position the piece atop a sideboard, hallway console, or executive desk to act as functional storage for small items while serving as an architectural accent.

Dust regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and apply a sparingly thin layer of natural beeswax polish annually, keeping the item away from direct heat sources and radiators.
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