Tall antique lingerie chest with carved floral drawer fronts, shell-motif cabriole legs, and a scalloped marble top, titled The Roseroot by Acanthus Home.
Close-up of The Roseroot's side panel, showing carved floral medallions and paneled woodwork with refined craftsmanship.
Detailed view of The Roseroot's lower carvings, featuring shell motifs, floral embellishments, and scrolled cabriole legs.
Angled detail of The Roseroot's quartzite top and upper carvings, including floral and shell motifs in rich-toned wood.
Open drawer view of The Roseroot cabinet showing scalloped quartzite top and curved drawer design with ornate brass hardware.
Tall antique lingerie chest with carved floral drawer fronts, shell-motif cabriole legs, and a scalloped marble top, titled The Roseroot by Acanthus Home.
Close-up of The Roseroot's side panel, showing carved floral medallions and paneled woodwork with refined craftsmanship.
Detailed view of The Roseroot's lower carvings, featuring shell motifs, floral embellishments, and scrolled cabriole legs.
Angled detail of The Roseroot's quartzite top and upper carvings, including floral and shell motifs in rich-toned wood.
Open drawer view of The Roseroot cabinet showing scalloped quartzite top and curved drawer design with ornate brass hardware.

The Roseroot

US$5,600.00

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  • A Vertical Study in Quiet Opulence

    The Roseroot is a likely 19th-century lingerie cabinet, handmade and carved with quiet precision. Its slender silhouette and six serpentine-front drawers reflect a time when furniture was crafted not merely for utility, but for ritual, designed to support the intimate rhythms of dressing, storing, and remembering.

    Each drawer is adorned with deeply carved floral medallions and fitted with original aged brass pulls. Scrolling panels soften the vertical frame, while cabriole legs with shell-carved knees lend an air of old-world poise. Along the paneled sides, hand-planed surfaces and botanical embellishments speak to the maker’s artistry and intention.

    Atop the piece rests a later-added Alexandrita quartzite surface, scalloped to mirror the curvature of the case below. With soft veining in taupe, green, gray, and delicate peach-pink undertones, the stone offers cool material contrast and warm visual depth. It is modern in function yet reverent in tone, elevating the cabinet without overshadowing its origin.

    The hallmarks of handmade construction appear throughout. Each drawer features slightly irregular, hand-cut dovetail joints, unmistakable traces of the human hand. Beneath every drawer, Roman numerals are discreetly carved into the wood, an age-old cabinetmaker’s code to ensure each uniquely fitted drawer returned to its rightful place. It is a quiet, enduring signature of process.

    And then there is the literal signature: faint handwriting, hidden beneath the quartzite top, remains inscribed by the original maker. A personal mark preserved across centuries, not meant for display, but never meant to be lost.

    In keeping with tradition, the cabinet has been finished with a natural shellac, applied by hand to enrich the grain and protect the wood’s integrity. The result is a surface that breathes, glows, and remembers.

    Whether placed in a bedroom, dressing room, or hall, The Roseroot offers more than storage. It is a personal archive, an heirloom for those who believe furniture should hold memory, not just things.

  • 21” W x 14” D x 41 1/2” H

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