Live Auction 2593Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A SMALL HENRY VIII OAK AND ASH CHEST
Lot 141

A SMALL HENRY VIII OAK AND ASH CHEST

EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Closed2 November 2011

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GBP 4,000

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A SMALL HENRY VIII OAK AND ASH CHEST
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
With asymmetrical cross-hatching decoration to the front, sides and lid, the front with arching lower edge, the lid with chamfered edge
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 27 in. (68 cm.) wide; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A very similarly decorated small chest (though without the arching frieze) is illustrated in Gardiner & Allen (eds.) Before the Mast - Life and Death aboard the Mary Rose, The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth 2005, page 397. The Mary Rose sank in 1545. Another similar example is in The Birth Room at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon.