Rare late Gothic coffer

Westphalia, beginning of the 16th century. An oak coffer clad with wrought iron applications, with a hinged lid. Ca. 87 x 191 x 72 cm. Some small losses of the wood and iron parts, some ageing and wear. (DOC)

The present coffer strongly resembles one in the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne (especially in the plinth area) but is somewhat smaller.

Lit.:
Edla Colsman, Möbel Gotik bis Jugendstil, Die Sammlung im Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln, p. 70, Arnoldsche Art publishers, Stuttgart 1999 Franz Windisch – Graetz, Möbel Europas I, Romanik – Gotik, p.215, fig. 146, Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlagsbuchhandlung Munich 1982

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