An oak chest, North Country, early 17th century

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An oak chest, North Country, early 17th century
the hinged plank top with scalloped edge, above a foliate lunette frieze and three panels with stylised roses and thistles, flanked by stiff-leaf carved uprights topped with flowerheads, with a lower foliate lunette frieze and floral rosette scrolling spandrels, the sides with twin panels, the interior paper lined -- 53½in. (136cm.) wide
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The construction of this chest has the unusual feature of the tenons from the side sections protruding through the front stiles. The iconography of the front panelling incorporates both the Thistle motif and the Tudor rose suggesting a date of early in the 17th century when James was king of both Scotland and England.

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