Lot 316
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A SPANISH CARVED WALNUT CHEST
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A SPANISH CARVED WALNUT CHEST

PROBABLY CATALAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

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A SPANISH CARVED WALNUT CHEST
Probably Catalan, 17th century and later
Opening to reveal the interior of the lid panelled with arches and foliage, with a later hinged lid, the front and sides with similar arcaded arched panels with foliate scrolls and friezes of acanthus leaf ornament, on paw feet
28¼in. (72cm.) high, 58½in. (148.5cm.) wide, 25in. (63.5cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Pieces of this type were known as 'Arca de Nova' or dowry chests, and three very similar examples are in the Monastery de Pedralbes. An identical Spanish chest in in the Museo de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Lazaro Galdiano is illustrated by Helena Hayward, World Furniture, London, 1969, 3rd edition, p.61 and by Maris Paz Aguilo Alfonso, El Meuble en Espana Siglos XVI-XVII, Madrid, 1993, p.202, plate 58.

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