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Large Carved Oak Mule Chest, Marriage Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large carved oak mule chest, marriage chest
This is an attractively carved Marriage chest, the
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Mid-18th Century Gothic Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Converted Lancashire Mule Chest
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century Lancashire mule chest which has been converted to be a chest of drawers with a
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
New England Chippendale Pine Mule Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice late 18th century Chippendale Pine Mule Chest in an old dry surface with a great color
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Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
Pine Faux Mule Chest or Blanket Chest
Located in Baltimore, MD
This pretty little pine blanket box pretends it is a mule chest but what appears to be a bottom
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Late 19th Century European Baroque Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
18th Century Mahogany Mule Chest or Blanket Chest
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unusually large 18th century English mahogany mule chest or blanket chest featuring a beautiful
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Late 17th Century Oak Mule Chest, England, circa 1680
Located in Markington, GB
Exceptional late 17th century mule chest, probably west country (England), circa 1680. Three plank
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Late 17th Century English Charles II Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Metal
18th Century English Mule Chest Buffet Server
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique English oak mule chest with mahogany trim and newer brass hardware. Altered and converted
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18th Century English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Antique Mule Chest, English, Oak, Trunk, 18th Century, circa 1700
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mule chest, an English, oak trunk dating to the early 18th century, circa 1700
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17th Century English William and Mary Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Georgian Golden Finish Oak 2 Drawer Mule Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Georgian Golden Finish Oak 2 Drawer Mule Chest
The chest is in pine with an original Oak scumble
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Mule Chest
Antique American Federal Period Chippendale Cherry Mule Chest, Pennsylvania 1780
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American Federal Period, Chippendale, cherry mule chest, circa 1780. The chest originating
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1770s American Federal Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Cherry
Antique 18th Century English Carved Oak William
Mary Mule Chest/Coffer, 1720
Located in Portland, OR
Antique 18th century English carved oak William & Mary Mule chest / coffer, circa 1720. The chest
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Early 18th Century English William and Mary Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Antique George III Style Mahogany Mule Chest
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique George III style mahogany mule chest, 19th century. With columns flanking drawers, ogee
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
Large 18th Century Antique George III Oak Lancashire Mule Chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large 18th century antique George III oak Lancashire mule chest having a quality oak lift up top
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18th Century English George III Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Antique Mule Chest, English, Georgian, Oak, Coffer Trunk 18th Century circa 1750
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mule chest. An English, Georgian oak coffer, or trunk, dating to the mid-18th
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
English Mahogany and Oak Inlaid Mule Chest, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany and Oak mule chest with inlaid satin wood diamonds & ebony stars, flanking
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1750s English George II Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
Antique George III Georgian Oak Dovetailed Mule Chest Coffer Drawers 1760
Located in Portland, OR
A good George III country oak mule chest, coffer, circa 1760.
The lift up oak lid having the
Category
1760s English George III Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Victorian Solid Pine Mule Chest. The Chest is a sturdy piece, it has a conceal
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian Solid Pine Mule Chest.
The Chest is a sturdy piece, it has a concealed drawer at the
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
Antique English 17th Century King Charles II Carved Oak Coffer Mule Chest 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A wonderful Charles II carved oak coffer /mule chest, circa 1680.
The chest of fabulous colour
Category
1680s English Charles II Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Antique 18th Century English Chippendale Mahogany Mule Chest with Hinged Lid
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding antique English Chippendale mule chest dresser
England, circa 1750
Solid
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
Georgian English Oak Mule Chest or Dresser with Mahogany Banding
Located in Nashville, TN
Around the top and around each drawer. The ends coffered and with fluted columnettes, the whole on bracket feet, George II, circa 1780. The drawers with hand cut dovetailing. The har...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Wood
English Oak and Mahogany Banded Mule Chest with Pilaster Corners
Located in Nashville, TN
With nine mahogany banded working drawers. Originally with a lift top opening to a storage well. The top row ( or two ) of drawers most likely faux and later (circa 1900 ) converted ...
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Mid-19th Century English George II Antique Mule Chest
Pine Painted Dower Chest
Located in Baltimore, MD
An outstanding faux mule chest featuring a black ground with hand-carved pattern and original
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19th Century Hungarian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
$1,295
19th Century American Red Painted Mule Blanket Chest of Drawers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Retaining an old and almost certainly original red painted surface, this very striking mule chest
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Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest
Located in Baltimore, MD
This interesting trunk is known as a faux Mule Chest. A mule chest is a trunk with a drawer or
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Country Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
Antique New England Country Chippendale Pumpkin Pine Blanket Box Chest 1790
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique American Country Chippendale 'pumpkin' pine blanet box/mule chest, New England
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1790s American American Colonial Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest
Located in Baltimore, MD
This deep and rather stately trunk is a “faux” mule chest. The front is divided into three lateral
Category
Late 19th Century Hungarian Country Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest in Original Paint
Located in Baltimore, MD
form of a faux mule chest, that is, the lower front panel masquerades as a drawer. The upper front
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Mid-19th Century Hungarian Baroque Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Pine
Mule Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mule Chest
Category
19th Century English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
$4,800
Oak Mule Chest
Located in Salisbury, GB
Oak mule chest,
circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Mule Chest
$863
Oak Mule Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful late 18th century English Oak panel front Mule Chest.
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
$5,500
Georgian Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
English oak mule chest with one long and 2 short drawers circa 1770, (ab) 3855/10
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Wood
$5,500
18th Century English Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century English oak mule chest.
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
English Mule Chest
Located in Roswell, GA
Fabulous solid MAHOGANY elaborately carved English Mule Chest.
Exposed iron hinges on top
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Brass
$7,995
Oak Mule Chest, circa 1800
Located in London, Greenwich
Oak Mule Chest, circa 1800
Restored and keeping a good deep colour and patina-a lovely example. It
Category
1790s British Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Georgian Period Oak Antique Mule Chest
Located in Lancashire, GB
Impressive Georgian Period Oak Antique Mule Chest.
This Welsh period oak antique mule chest dates
Category
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Mule Chest
Located in Sheffield, MA
It is rare for us to find a mule chest. This is a wonderfully useful piece of furniture at a
Category
1870s English Antique Mule Chest
$1,800
18th Century Oak Mule Chest
Located in Stutton, GB
This is an 18th Century antique oak mule chest which has a lift up lid, fitted interior, three
Category
18th Century English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Mid-18th Century Mule Chest
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
A very pretty and useful mid-18th century oak mule chest, the plain planked top above two frieze
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18th Century English Antique Mule Chest
Antique Colonial Hardwood Iron Bound Mule Chest
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Antique Colonial hardwood iron bound mule chest
An Antique Colonial hardwood iron bound mule chest
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1850s Indian British Colonial Antique Mule Chest
Old Pine Mule Chest
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Old Pine Mule Chest.
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19th Century English Antique Mule Chest
$2,800
George II Oak Paneled Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
George II oak paneled mule chest with scalopped apron. Great old finish. Nice color. (bldd)6270
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Wood
Mid-18th Century Oak Mule Chest
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A mid-18th century oak mule chest, a very good color and patina with fielded arched panels.
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Mid-18th Century British Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
Oak and Mahogany Mule Chest
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A Georgian mule chest in oak and mahogany. With cross-banded drawers and a hinged lid revealing an
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Georgian Oak Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A classic mid Georgian English mule chest that has been altered.
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19th Century English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Wood
Oak George III Mule Chest
Located in Redruth, GB
Antique George III oak mule chest with hinged lid. It has three shaped panels over a pair of
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Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Oak 18th Century Lancashire Mule Chest
Located in Darwen, GB
A good oak 18th century Lancashire mule chest. Having a rectangular hinged top opening to reveal
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1780s Antique Mule Chest
17th Century Antique Coffer / Mule Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
This mule chest is over three hundred years old, it has plenty of storage space and a drawer
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Mule Chest
18th century elm mule chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
An 18th century elm 2 drawer mule chest, of superb colour, possibly Irish.
There are 3 fielded
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18th Century and Earlier Irish Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Elm
Antique English oak mule chest. Blanket chest. Three drawers.
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century English oak mule chest. Blanket chest. Three drawers.
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Oak
An Impressive Mid 17th Century Oak Mule Chest.
Located in London, GB
An impressive mid 17th century oak mule chest with arcaded front and contemporary initials above
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18th Century and Earlier British Charles II Antique Mule Chest
George III Period Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th Century inlaid oak mule chest with mahogany cross banding, England circa 1780
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Mule Chest
Late 18th Century George lll, Mahogany Mule Chest
Located in New York, NY
Late 18th Century George III, Mahogany Mule Chest.
One Drawer on The Bottom, The Lid Opens
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18th Century and Earlier English George III Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptionally Handsome Late 18th Century Mule Chest
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
An exceptionally handsome late 18th century mule chest. With a beautifully and sharply carved top
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19th Century English Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Early 19th Century Lancashire Mule Chest
Located in Darwen, GB
A mahogany early 19th century Lancashire mule chest. The shaped raised galleried back above a one
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Early 1800s Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Early 19th Century Lancashire Mule Chest
Located in Darwen, GB
A mahogany early 19th century Lancashire mule chest. The shaped raised galleried back above a one
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Early 1800s Antique Mule Chest
18th Century Circa 1780 English Georgian Mahogany Mule Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century circa 1780 English Georgian mahogany mule chest.
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Mule Chest
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century English Pine Mule Chest
Located in New York, NY
19th century English pine mule chest with drawers
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19th Century English Antique Mule Chest
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Antique Mule Chest For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic antique mule chest available at 1stDibs. An antique mule chest — often made from wood, oak and mahogany — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique mule chest — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique mule chest made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular.
How Much is a Antique Mule Chest?
An antique mule chest can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,800, while the lowest priced sells for $693 and the highest can go for as much as $28,000.
Finding the Right Storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Mule Chest
- What is a mule chest?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A mule chest is a low chest that has a drawer or a set of drawers at its base and a hinged top. It stands on legs or brackets and it is usually wider than it is deep. Shop a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary mule chests from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The origin of the mule chest is a mystery, though several theories exist. Some of the most common are that the lower drawers of the chest were where shoes, including mules might be stored. Another thought is that it was a chest that a peddler might have used to carry along goods on his mule. Shop a collection of antique mule chests on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024To tell if a chest is antique, first examine its materials and details carefully. An antique chest is one produced 100 years ago or more. This generally predates the use of engineered wood, particleboard, plastics and other synthetic materials. As a result, an antique chest usually features solid wood construction.
In addition, antique chests are likely to be handmade, so you should be able to spot subtle signs that indicate this, such as tool marks and small irregularities in any carvings. If a piece looks flawless and regular, it is unlikely to be antique. Locating a maker's mark and then researching when the manufacturer was active can also help you date your chest. Alternatively, you can use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer to learn more about your chest.
On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of antique chests. - 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify an antique chest of drawers, look inside and beneath drawers and on the back and bottom for any type of maker's marking. Researching these marks using trusted online resources may allow you to determine who produced your chest and roughly date your piece. If your chest is at least 100 years old, it is an antique. Should you be unable to locate the maker's marks, look at the hardware. Rose head nails, one-piece cast brass pommels on the drawer handles and circular rather than hexagonal bolts may all indicate that a piece is an antique. Keep in mind that hardware may have been replaced at some point and that there are many reproductions of antique furnishings. As a result, you may wish to have a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer complete the identification process if you're unable to identify your chest via the maker's markings. Find a range of antique chests of drawers on 1stDibs.
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