Details
An oak chest
with hinged plank lid above a profusely decorated triple panel front, the frieze with chip-carved double lunettes, the uprights with geometrical oval decoration and the lozenge centred panels with triangle and dot stained decoration, above a drawer, on stile feet, Dorchester, mid 17th century -- 47½in. (121cm.) wide
See Illustration
A related chest with similar incised uprights and rails is illustrated in Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge 1979, plate 8.
with hinged plank lid above a profusely decorated triple panel front, the frieze with chip-carved double lunettes, the uprights with geometrical oval decoration and the lozenge centred panels with triangle and dot stained decoration, above a drawer, on stile feet, Dorchester, mid 17th century -- 47½in. (121cm.) wide
See Illustration
A related chest with similar incised uprights and rails is illustrated in Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge 1979, plate 8.