Details
An oak and inlaid chest, Welsh, late 17th century
the moulded plank lid with batton hinges, the front inlaid overall with chevron banding and with four fielded panels applied with cushion mouldings and initialled and dated D.M. 1692, above two dummy drawers similarly fielded and moulded, above a moulded apron, on stile feet, the sides with similar panels -- 50in. (127cm.) wide
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the moulded plank lid with batton hinges, the front inlaid overall with chevron banding and with four fielded panels applied with cushion mouldings and initialled and dated D.M. 1692, above two dummy drawers similarly fielded and moulded, above a moulded apron, on stile feet, the sides with similar panels -- 50in. (127cm.) wide
See Illustration
Provenance
Purchased from Phillips of Hitchin, 23rd August 1976