French Bleached Oak Dresser

A good quality Victorian bleached oak dresser standing on carved cabriole legs. This well proportioned dresser having a moulded cornice over a shelved upper section with grooved plate troughs and two lockable cupboard doors with brass escutcheon plate drop handles. The upper section sitting over a deeper base with two moulded oak lined drawers with hand-cut dovetails to the right-hand side and with the left-hand having a fielded and paneled door. The whole being raised on carved cabriole legs with acanthus leaf to the knee terminating on ball and claw feet. In excellent condition with no loose joints this Victorian oak dresser...

Beautiful Art Deco three drawer dresser from France, 1930's. Three drawers with lucite handles on a pedestal base. Newly refinished showing nice natural grain and patina. A unique st...

This dresser has nice relief carvings depicting a two baskets of flowers on each f the three drawers. The finish has been removed to give this piece a light fresh look. The case has ...

Incredible tall three drawer dresser by Charles Dudouyt from France, 1940's. Beautiful carved wood circle detail on drawers and large stacked ball feet. Unique three drawer style. Or...

Dresser embodies 18th-century French design with its stately proportions and hand-applied flaky pine finish over oak. The classical form features eight spacious drawers with inset pa...

circa 1880 Large 19thC French Bleached Oak Haberdashery Counter / Drawers sku 1533 W211 x D60 x H80 cm Weight 127 kg

High Built Lacquer Bleached Cherry Country French 6 Drawers 54" Tall Dresser MINT

‘Never use steel nails in Oak‘ was the advice of Banken’s grandfather. He was a carpenter and blacksmith and forms the basis of this project. Oak contains high concentrations of tannic acid, which turns dark blue when it’s exposed to steel. The same happens with steel, as a result of a chemical reaction between red iron oxide and tannic acid. To accelerate this normally undesirable process the elements that cause this natural transition are applied in liquid form on the other material. Oak drawers are treated with red iron oxide, the rust of steel. Different shades of blue become visible by the intensity of rust. The ratio of drawers is based on the “plastic number” of Hans Dom van der Laan...

Antique French provincial oak dresser, Circa 1860.

Rectangular crown molding over a scalloped apron and three shelves. The conforming base with seven drawers with brass bail handles raised on turned legs with lower pot shelf. Block f...