A RARE FRENCH OAK COFFER FRONT

A RARE FRENCH OAK COFFER FRONT

16TH CENTURY, DATED '1577'

carved with four lunettes, three with winged angels the other with a mask flanking the initials 'L A N' and the date '1577' above four Renaissance inspired niches each with a figure, one possibly a Bishop holding a book and a sceptre, one holding a mandolin, with three further panels with winged angels and pendants of fruit and leaves

95.5 x 156.3cm