Featured Georgian chest of drawers? period i.d

Bought this chest to restore in Scotland, I'm pretty confident its late Georgian, looking for any information towards its exact date.the carcass is pine with mahogany veneer, the drawers are made from oak, with mahogany veneer. handles are not original but would guess they are antique in there own right, wooden threads. The locks appear to be iron rather than brass. No makers marks. Dimensions 52cm D x 110cm W x 105cm H
Any info would be great. cheers
apologies posted in wrong section

 

No problem, the Mods can move it to furniture.
@i need help ?

 

cheers

 

tried to do that myself, thanks again

 

ok nice one

 

I don't know jack about Scottish furniture, but I'd give it house room.

 

Looks period to me, guesses 1770s - 1780s (George III) because of witness marks on drawer fronts are rosette bail pulls.

 

But looks like you might have your work cut out for you!! Best of luck, and we'd LOVE to see it when restored!!!! Pretty Please??

 

Are you going to find it some nice old hardware too? Those wooden knobs just don't belong at this party.

 

No, they don't, not even close. If those rosette witness marks are original, your chest pulls probably looked similar to these below.

Scottish mahogany 1780s chest


This one claims the drawer pulls are original (called swan neck in UK)

 

@James Conrad I would say the original handles were rosettes for sure, thanks for info, the top chest pic is such a close match.

 

@evelyb30 I'm not sure yet if I will put rosettes back on, the wooden knobs are well over 100 year old and may even have been replaced fairly early on in its life, really part of its history now. They are fused on pretty good, also they will leave large patch holes when removed as well, downside is they cover the echutcheons on the top drawers.

 

@Aquitaine I will definitely post some finished pictures when its done

 

I would if it was mine & a period late 18th-century chest, it deserves correct pulls in any restoration.
Plus, you've got Optimum Brasses right handy in Devon, all their brasses are taken/cloned from period pieces. They use the "lost wax casting" process to make exact copies/clones.
Not real cheap but well worth it in my view, many restorers in the USA use them for period-correct furniture brass.
Colonists in America were prohibited from the foundry biz so virtually ALL furniture brass was imported from the UK in 18th century America.
Thankfully, we have Optimum to replace lost early furniture brass.

https://optimumbrasses.co.uk/

 

@James Conrad, or anyone else for that matter! Quick question??? My Mom had this thrown in a drawer for years....I didn't think it was a 'bed bolt cover' because I always thought they were vertical, but maybe I'm wrong on that.....any ideas??? I never threw it out as I loved the design on it!!! Measurements shown, obviously brass and obviously NOT polished!!




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