LATE 17TH CENTURY

Details

A DORSET OAK CHEST
Late 17th century
The triple panel front with lozenge-carved decoration and geometrical leaf pattern to the friezes and uprights, heightened throughout with black paint, fitted with runners below for a drawer
26in. (66cm.) high, 47in. (119cm.) wide, 21in. (54cm.) deep
See Illustration

Literature

Gabriel Olive "West Country Chests, coffers and boxes" Regional Furniture vol IV, 1990
Also, Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition,Woodbridge, 1979, pg.136 plate 8 for a related example.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The decoration on this chest is typical of a small group of chests from Dorset. Thinly incised lines form the overall geometrical pattern which is heightened with colour. A constructional feature common to the group is a strengthening brace beneath the bottom boards running the length of the chest.

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