Lot Essay
This chest has been in South America for at least the last 60 years whilst in the possession of the current vendor's family
Details
An oak chest, probably Northern French, 16th century
with moulded hinged top (now reversed), above a foliate fret-carved frieze and five panels carved in relief with male and female figures, including St Peter and Amazonian woman, between split mouldings, with fluted friezes below, on plinth, later mouldings, with South American transit label to the reverse and a Buenos Aires retail label for Thompson Meulles -- 64in. (163cm.) wide
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with moulded hinged top (now reversed), above a foliate fret-carved frieze and five panels carved in relief with male and female figures, including St Peter and Amazonian woman, between split mouldings, with fluted friezes below, on plinth, later mouldings, with South American transit label to the reverse and a Buenos Aires retail label for Thompson Meulles -- 64in. (163cm.) wide
See Illustration