15TH CENTURY

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A SPANISH IRON-MOUNTED CRIMSON VELVET-COVERED MARRIAGE CHEST
15TH CENTURY
Bound with straps terminating in scallop shells, the lid with a pierced gothic frieze, fastened with elaborate crocketed hasps and carrying handles, the interior lined with crimson damask, with a customs stamp to the underside, the velvet replaced, restorations and replacements to the mounts
27 ½ in.(70 cm.) high; 45 ½ in. (116 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A Gothic chest of this form, but lacking the abundance of shells and strapwork, is in the Hispanic Society Collection (S58), illustrated and discussed in G.H. Burr, Hispanic Furniture, New York, 1964, pp. 122-123, pl. 119. Leather examples are also found, and often smaller in scale, see lot 25 and the example illustrated from the Collection of the Conde de las Almendas, Madrid, in A. Byne, Spanish Interiors & Furniture, New York, 1969, pl. 87.

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