Lot Essay
A chest with similar carved serpents and stylised floral motifs is illustrated in Cescinsky & Gribble, Early English Furniture and Woodwork, Vol II, London 1922, p.57, fig. 84
LATE 17TH CENTURY, CHESHIRE
Details
A CHARLES II OAK CHEST
LATE 17TH CENTURY, CHESHIRE
With serpent-like motifs to the frieze, ebonised channels and deep-carved stylised flowers in the panels
28½ in. (72 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
LATE 17TH CENTURY, CHESHIRE
With serpent-like motifs to the frieze, ebonised channels and deep-carved stylised flowers in the panels
28½ in. (72 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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