An oak clamped-front ark, English, 16th/17th century
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An oak clamped-front ark, English, 16th/17th century
with a domed lid with moulded edge, on stile feet, part paper lined -- 38in. (97cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm.) high, 18in. (46cm.) deep See Illustration
Lot Essay
Similar arks are illustrated in Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979. p. 357.