An exceptional and rare Henry VIII joined oak standing 'Great Hall' cupboard, circa 1540

An exceptional and rare Henry VIII joined oak standing 'Great Hall' cupboard, circa 1540
The original top boards with under-chamfered edge, over four-registers of doors and fixed panels, all proficiently carved with one of two designs, either a large flower-filled lozenge or a saltire, and all embellished with punched decoration and carved leaf-and-berry spandrels, with good iron strap hinges, each eight-panelled side topped by two similar lozenge-carved panels above two lancet-pierced panels, the lancet piercing unusually repeated on the muntin rail below, internal carpenter marks, 157cm wide x 74cm deep x 180.5cm high, (61 1/2in wide x 29in deep x 71in high)