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George III Mahogany Mule Chest, circa 1760
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
A George III mahogany mule chest
The rectangular moulded hinged lid above two short and one long
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Blanket Chests
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional 18th Century British Inlaid Mule Chest
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An exceptionally handsome 18th century British mule chest having a beautifully carved top section
Category
Antique 18th Century English British Colonial Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Oak
Large Georgian Three-Drawer Pine Mule Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
The Mule chest dates from around 1800, it has three moulded panels on the front and another on each
Category
Antique 1780s English George III Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Gothic Blanket Chests
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
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Chippendale Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Baroque Blanket Chests
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
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Charles II Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 18th Century English Buffets
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
Category
Antique 17th Century English William and Mary Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 1770s American Federal Blanket Chests
Materials
Cherry
Vintage Ralph Lauren Henredon Joshua Tree Mule Chest of Drawers Tall Dresser
By Henredon, Ralph Lauren
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Ralph Lauren for Henredon Joshua Tree Mule Chest featuring a rustic brutalist style with
Category
Late 20th Century Brutalist Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
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
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English William and Mary Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Sideboards
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
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 1750s English George II Cabinets
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
Antique 1760s English George III Blanket Chests
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
Antique 19th Century Victorian Blanket Chests
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
Antique 1680s English Charles II Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Dressers
Materials
Brass
Ethan Allen 18th Century Style Tall Mahogany Mule Chest with Multiple Drawers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Ethan Allen 18th century style mule chest, mahogany, carved cornice over a cabinet with fluted
Category
20th Century Rustic Dressers
Materials
Mahogany
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
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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 ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Pine Painted Dower Chest
Located in Baltimore, MD
An outstanding faux mule chest featuring a black ground with hand-carved pattern and original
Category
Antique 19th Century Hungarian Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Primitive Blanket Chests
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
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Country Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 1790s American American Colonial Blanket Chests
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
Antique Late 19th Century Hungarian Country Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Hungarian Baroque Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Principles and Practice of Interior Decoration by Katherine Muselwhite
Located in valatie, NY
upholstery styles, Louis XV and Louis XVI, Spanish Renaissance, lamps and mirrors, a Connecticut mule chest
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Mule Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mule Chest
Category
Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
$4,800
Mule Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mule Chest
31.5"W x 16.5"D x 19.5"H
Category
20th Century British Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
$1,470
Oak Mule Chest
Located in Salisbury, GB
Oak mule chest,
circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Blanket Chests
$865
Oak Mule Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful late 18th century English Oak panel front Mule Chest.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
$5,500
18th Century English Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century English oak mule chest.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Blanket Chests
English Mule Chest
Located in Roswell, GA
Fabulous solid MAHOGANY elaborately carved English Mule Chest.
Exposed iron hinges on top
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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
Antique 1790s British Georgian Blanket Chests
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
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Welsh Georgian Commodes and Chests of D...
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
Antique 1870s English Trunks and Luggage
$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
Antique 18th Century English Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 18th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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
Category
Antique 1850s Indian British Colonial Blanket Chests
Old Pine Mule Chest
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Old Pine Mule Chest.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Trunks and Luggage
$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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Georgian Oak Mule Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A classic mid Georgian English mule chest that has been altered.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Cabinets
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Commodes and Che...
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
Category
Antique 1780s Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Irish Blanket Chests
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.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Blanket Chests
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Charles II Blanket Chests
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Mule Chests For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of mule chests for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique mule chests was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, oak and mahogany. Mule chests have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Mule chests bearing Georgian or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made mule chests over the years, but those made by Ethan Allen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Mule Chests?
Prices for mule chests start at $738 and top out at $28,000 with the average selling for $2,865.
Finding the Right Case Pieces And Storage Cabinets 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 Mule Chests
- 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.
- What is a mule trunk?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A mule trunk is a trunk featuring a chest-like top section and two or three drawers built into the lower portion. This made it easy to access items in the bottom of the trunk. Browse an array of antique mule trunks on 1stDibs.
- 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.
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