Lot 1025

AN 18TH CENTURY GILT METAL MAHOGANY EIGHT DRAWER CHEST ON CHEST

115cm wide; 54cm deep; 199cm high

Estimate: £500 - £800
Hammer price: £1,000
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Condition report: 

These piece has later blind fret decorative elements and the pediment looks to be probably later. 

General inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.

Some vertical shrinkage to sides with several splits in areas. 

Numerous sections or small areas of blind fret missing in areas, notably to the sides. The sides both with shrinkage cracks beneath the fret. 

Later handles. 

The breakfront pediment with some losses to the dentil moulding. 

Overall sun fading. 

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