W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
This is an early form of construction which was replaced early in the 18th. Century by drawers running on bottom runners.

Circa1685
Price :£ 2,950-00p.
Height:36.5” 93cms, Width:38”, 98cms, Depth:22”, 56 cms.
Lit: See:”English Country Furniture 1500-1900” by David Knell, pages 99 – 100
“When Oak Was New, English Furniture & Daily Life 1530 -1700” by John Fiske, pages 210 – 216
“Oak Furniture, The British Tradition” by Victor Chinnery, pages 371 -375.
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 17th Century.
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