' THE MEDALLION CHEST' AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND FINE HEN...
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THE MEDALLION CHEST'
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND FINE HENRY VIII OAK MARRIAGE CHEST
WEST COUNTRY, POSSIBLY EXETER, C.1520-30 AND LATER
the possibly later hinged top above a panelled front centred with a Tudor triple trinity rose flanked by a pair of Romayne portrait busts of a bride and groom with panels carved with their respective initials, 'A T' and 'R T', the left end with a portrait panel of the bride's father and the right end with a linenfold panel carved in the solid, feet lacking, now on later wooden blocks
49cm high, 158cm wide, 44cm deep
Provenance
A Private Collector, purchased from Michael Dann.
Literature
See Michael Dann, 'The English Smile, English Furniture and the Renaissance 1490-1590' pp.24-31, where this chest is illustrated and discussed.
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THE MEDALLION CHEST'
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND FINE HENRY VIII OAK MARRIAGE CHEST
WEST COUNTRY, POSSIBLY EXETER, C.1520-30 AND LATER
the possibly later hinged top above a panelled front centred with a Tudor triple trinity rose flanked by a pair of Romayne portrait busts of a bride and groom with panels carved with their respective initials, 'A T' and 'R T', the left end with a portrait panel of the bride's father and the right end with a linenfold panel carved in the solid, feet lacking, now on later wooden blocks
49cm high, 158cm wide, 44cm deep
Provenance
A Private Collector, purchased from Michael Dann.
Literature
See Michael Dann, 'The English Smile, English Furniture and the Renaissance 1490-1590' pp.24-31, where this chest is illustrated and discussed.
