A Charles I carved oak boarded chest, West Country, circa 1630
A Charles I carved oak boarded chest, West Country, circa 1630
The lid with linear scribed-edge, the front board carved with a large central lozenge, framed by gauge-carving and centred by a segmented roundel, the chip-carved ends adjacent to two bands of small circular punches, the lower edge with a shallow-cusped profile and linear chip-carving, the cusp-profile unusually repeated on the front edge of the stepped V-shaped cut-away sides, 89.5cm wide x 41.5cm deep x 57.5cm high, (35in wide x 16in deep x 22 1/2in high)
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A Charles I carved oak boarded chest, West Country, circa 1630
The lid with linear scribed-edge, the front board carved with a large central lozenge, framed by gauge-carving and centred by a segmented roundel, the chip-carved ends adjacent to two bands of small circular punches, the lower edge with a shallow-cusped profile and linear chip-carving, the cusp-profile unusually repeated on the front edge of the stepped V-shaped cut-away sides, 89.5cm wide x 41.5cm deep x 57.5cm high, (35in wide x 16in deep x 22 1/2in high)