Price guide to antique oak chests. Oak was a popular wood in chest making and furniture making for centuries, probably due to it’s hardness and strength.
A 17th and later century oak planked chest The hinged lid with moulded edge above a carved frieze, 97cm wide, 35cm deep, 45cm high (38in wide, 13 1/2in deep, 17 1/2in high). Sold for £125 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018
AN ELIZABETHAN OAK FOUR-PANEL CHEST WITH LEAF AND ZIG-ZAG PATTERN LATE 16TH CENTURY 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 60 in. (152 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep. Sold for GBP 1,625 at Christies in 2017
Jacobean Carved Oak Paneled Chest Height 26 1/2 inches, width 48 1/2 inches, depth 20 1/2 inches. Sold for $250 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2018
An Elizabethan oak chest with plank lid and arcaded frieze above four foliate-filled lozenge panels flanked by stop-fluted uprights, on stiles with guilloche decoration, 164cm wide, 60cm deep, 77cm high. Sold for £400 at The Pedestal in 2018
Very Large Scandinavian Oak Domed Blanket Chest Hand crafted, with a slightly domed top, this enormous antique, Scandinavian trunk features chip carving in rosette designs on the front panel and further chip carving on the moulded base. It has huge, hand forged iron, twisted side bails. Dated 1755 DIMENSIONS Width 72 Depth 27 Height 27 in. Sold for $300 at Bruhn’s Auction Gallery in 2018
A Charles II oak mule chest, circa 1680 the hinged top enclosing a lidded till and fitted compartments and two panelled apron drawers 78cm. high, 139.5cm. wide, 61cm. deep; 2ft. 6 3/4 in., 4ft. 7in., 2ft. Sold for 3,000 GBP at Sothebys in 2018
