Gothic Revival Chest of Drawers, manner of Charles Bevan.

A scarce gothic revival chest of drawers in the manner of the great Charles Bevan.

Crafted from ash and featuring two over three drawers with original ecclesiastical brass drawers pulls and elaborate escutcheons.

Measuring 107 cm wide, 106 cm high and 52 cm deep.

English, late 19th century. 

Charles Bevan was particularly known as a designer of Gothic-revival furniture in the 1860s and 70s for firms including Gillows, Marsh Jones & Cribb and James Lamb.

Bevan, most likely trained under the renowned Gothic Revivalist J.P. Seddon, an architect and furniture designer.

He was also an astute woodcarver, artist in medieval works and cabinet maker.

The 1866 London Post Office Directory listed him at 66 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, as a cabinet maker and ‘Marsh & Jones, mediaeval cabinet makers and Charles Bevan agent’ at the same address. In 1871 he was still at this address as a ‘mediaeval cabinet maker’. Other addresses possibly associated with him were 46 Berners Street (1866-72, which is the address where you’ll probably know from the stamp on furniture of the highly esteemed furniture makers Howard & Sons) and 100 High Holborn (1872-83).

You’ll see evidence of Bevan’s work at plenty of National Trust properties around the UK, at the Leeds City Art Galleries, Temple Newsam House & in the V&A museum here in London. 

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