Lot 48
  • 48

A rare boarded chest, Gothic, 15th/16th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • h.38.5cm., w.113cm., d.41cm.
oak, the front carved with blind tracery, quatrefoils and roundels, the sides with traces of former carrying handles

Provenance

The blind tracery on this chest echoes that of another early example illustrated by Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, fig. 2:123a and fig. 4.3. This illustrated example also features three roundels to each pointed arch.