16TH CENTURY AND LATER

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A LATE GOTHIC OAK AND CHESTNUT CHEST
16TH CENTURY AND LATER
The front and sides carved with arched blind tracery panels flanked by crocketed spires, the back unusually carved with linenfold panels, constructed using some 15th/16th century elements
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 80 in. (204 cm.) wide; 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A comparable chest, albeit of smaller proportions, with blind tracery panels and crocketed spires carved in a similar spirit, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (Inv. 2789-1856). Both bear comparison with Gothic choir stalls such as those found in Amiens Cathedral, France.

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