Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture

by Arthur Hayden

OAK DRESSER. DATE ABOUT 1740.

With early double cupboards. Legs in Queen Anne style. Height, 6 ft. 7 ins.; width, 9 ft. 5-1/2 ins.; depth, 2 ft. 2-1/2 ins.

LANCASHIRE DRESSER. MIDDLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

Top reminiscent of early types. Ample drawer accommodation. Transition to modern dresser. Deeply cut panels. Cupboard in middle as distinct from earlier forms at sides. Height, 7 ft. 2 ins.; width, 6 ft. 7 ins.; depth, 2 ft.