This unusual bachelor's chest is very close in design to one sold by Mrs E.R. Stuart in these Rooms, 16 July, 1953, lot 52, 'A Queen Anne walnut bachelor's chest' (£252) which has a three drawer superstructure above a hinged top 'enclosing divisions for ink vases'. Although the propotions are extremely close, the figured-walnut front has seven drawers below the hinged top, rather than the seventeen seen here.