A Pair of Mid-20thC Painted English Art School Chests of Drawers c.1940-55 sub-Religion & Relics the loose (possibly eighteenth century)

the loose (possibly eighteenth century) flippable pine plank top having very unusual hexagonal groupings of pegs in its construction

the whole depicted on a deep blue pastel ground survives from the William IV period

The artist was clearly skilled

but they began to appear in the early-nineteenth century in France

It is ironic now that this type of paintwork is more prized commercially than a mahogany piece of this period

A Pair of Mid-20thC Painted English Art School Chests of Drawers c.1940-55 sub-Religion & Relics the loose (possibly eighteenth century)Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1940 55Height: 32Width: 38. 75Depth: 20 (each)Of good proportions and a super colour and texture to the slate primer blue paint, the utilitarian design chests of drawers, sourced from an old art school, one chest in pine, the other in oak, both with pull handles and block feet and each surviving from post war England. The drawers glide smoothly to each with some old paper labels remaining to