Object Description
A cedar portable Chest of Drawers by H.T. Jones & Son of Parramatta, NSW.
The chest is quite plain in look with the cedar taking on a dark patina but is well made. The drawers have a later design of flush, brass campaign handle with a rounded bail. As you would expect, the chest is made in two sections and sits on boldly turned feet that are fixed but may originally have been removable. The secondary wood is pine.
Jones received a number of contracts to make furniture for the Land Department, but this was likely sold to a private customer as there are no official marks to the chest. His round label can be found to the interior side of both short drawers. The company name of H.T. Jones & Son dates the chest to the very end of the 19th Century.