A GERMAN RENAISSANCE WROUGHT-IRON-MOUNTED OAK COFFER
A GERMAN RENAISSANCE WROUGHT-IRON-MOUNTED OAK COFFER

16TH CENTURY AND ORIGINALLY VELVET-COVERED

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A GERMAN RENAISSANCE WROUGHT-IRON-MOUNTED OAK COFFER
16th Century and originally velvet-covered
The rectangular top lifting to an interior, the sides and back also mounted, on recessed panel feet, each carved with a shield decorated with a cross surmounted by a winged knight's helmet set with a ducal coronet
37¾in. (96cm.) high, 79¼in. (201.5cm.) wide, 27¾in. (70.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Robert Tannahill, 1944.
Literature
The Detroit Institute of Arts Bulletin, Vol 24, No. 4, 1945, p. 51.

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