Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
It stands on four original solid mahogany bracket feet and measures 33ins wide; 18.5ins deep and 31.5ins high. This is a good chest. c1780.
The purpose of a “Brushing Slide” which is found in better quality 18th and early 19th century chests, was to provide a surface to brush dust and powder from ones jacket. It was the fashion to wear wigs, which were kept clean (and perfumed) with powder ~ much of which ended up deposited on the shoulders of jackets and coats!
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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Small 18th Century Mahogany Chest-of-drawers
