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Lot 361 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A LARGE GERMAN IRON-BOUND OAK CHEST

16TH CENTURY, WESTPHALIAN

Closed9 March 2010

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GBP 97,250

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A LARGE GERMAN IRON-BOUND OAK CHEST
16TH CENTURY, WESTPHALIAN
Standing high and with carved interlaced foliage in arched recesses to the front legs, the iron strapwork with pierced foliate terminals, the lock concave-sided
41 in. (104 cm.) high; 80½ in. (204 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep

Horsham Museum, West Sussex, according to small label to underside

Specialist note

A similar chest in Heidelberg, Kurpfalziches Museum, is illustrated in Kreisel & Himmelheber Die Kunst des deutschen Mobels, 1968, Vol I, fig 46