17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

Details

A GERMAN OAK CHEST
17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
The front with applied geometrical mouldings and imbricated detail, Berlin transit label to reverse
30in. (76cm.) high, 63½in. (161cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep

Literature

A related example is in the V & A (no.618-1906), another illustrated in Wallace Nutting Furniture Treasury, Macmillan 1928, fig 102 and two in Oak Furniture from Gloucestershire and Somerset, exhibition at Temple Newsam House,Leeds and Bristol Museum,1976, dated 1786 and 1776.

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Lot Essay

This chest belongs to a group of chests which appear to be panelled in the normal manner, but in fact are solid boarded chests onto which the mouldings are simply pegged to the surface to give the appearance of framed and panelled construction. They all have imbricated carving on the vertical uprights (in this example also on the top and lower cross rails) as well as large stylised flowers carved to the fronts and distinctive spandrels to the feet. Other detail varies.

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