A FINE CHARLES II CEDAR AND SNAKEWOOD ENCLOSED CHEST

A FINE CHARLES II CEDAR AND SNAKEWOOD ENCLOSED CHEST

C.1670

of architectural form, in three sections, the boarded top with a moulded edge above a dentil cornice, the geometric panelled front with ebony panels and fitted with a frieze drawer, above a deep drawer and a pair of shallow drawers and a pair of cupboard doors enclosing three oak drawers, the sides with arched panels, with a key

140cm high, 128cm wide, 65.5cm deep

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

This fine enclosed chest illustrates the development of the chest of drawers in the second-half of the 17th century, when cabinet makers started to combine moulded architectural decoration and imported exotic veneers to maximum effect. A similar example is illustrated in Victor Chinnery, 'Oak Furniture: The British Tradition', p.371, fig.3:406.