A Charles II oak dresser base

A Charles II oak dresser base, circa 1670, the twin plank top above three mitre panelled drawers, on turned and square section legs at the front terminating in turned feet, 86cm high, 196cm wide, 54cm deep

Provenance: Waystrode Manor, Kent

For a closely related example of dresser base see Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, Antique Collectors Club, 1979, page 347, figure 3:345.

Condition Report:
Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Old chips, splits and some losses. Various old repairs (see images). One of the drawer fronts has a different pattern of moulding to the other two. Another drawer front has a section of moulding detached but present. The lock plates all vary from one another, no key is present. Handles are replacements but use the same holes. There is a ring 'shadow' where previous handles once sat. Later drawer runners. Some evidence of old worm. Thin fillet of replacement timber used to fill gap between the two boards of the top. Some filler/dark wax used in places. Section of replacement timber let into both front legs. The other front leg break repaired with glue and a nail. Both front feet are likely replacements. The lower sections of each back leg with replacement timber spliced in. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition.