A rare and documented Henry VIII boarded oak box-stool, circa 1540

A rare and documented Henry VIII boarded oak box-stool, circa 1540
Of classic mid-16th century five-board form, but also with a hinged top and a sixth bottom board to form a box, with vertical slightly recessed end-supports having the front and rear boards slotted into them, with their edges wavy-profiled indicative of 'buttresses', the aprons each with pierced paired half-circles centred by a triangle topped by a cross, the end supports with a triple-pointed cut-away base, 62.5cm wide x 25.5cm deep x 53.5cm high, (24 1/2in wide x 10in deep x 21in high)