A Provincial Estate Made Chest on Stand Adapted to a Coffee Table c.1700-20 antiques moving eyebrows

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It is possible it was made for a disabled or partially crippled person so they could easily access the writing surface from one side though this is but a theory

A wonderful survival

Richard Hollins Murray

and a decorative one at that

A Provincial Estate Made Chest on Stand Adapted to a Coffee Table c.1700-20 antiques moving eyebrowsOrigin: English Period: Queen Anne George I Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 20 Width: 38 inches Height: 19 inches Depth: 23 inches The beech, oak and pine chest, formerly one part of a period chest on stand, having an unusual arrangement of one long and four short drawers, with four original escutcheons and three pearl drop handles, the other handles nineteenth century replacements, the carcass showing the original dark stained finish now distressed