Lot 122
  • 122

A fine Charles I carved oak livery cupboard, second quarter 17th century

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • 125cm. high, 126cm. wide, 42cm. deep
the carved decoration incorporating punchwork motifs, the frieze with conjoined heart motifs and triglyphs above a door between canted sides and turned supports, the lower section with a lunette carved long drawer and  turned supports

Provenance

The Rous Lench Collection, these rooms, 3rd July 1986, lot 717.

Catalogue Note

Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 365, fig. 3:383 illustrates a small oak box. It bears remarkably similar carved and applied motifs. Whilst difficult to prove, these shared characteristics could point to work by the same hand.