Chest
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1600 - 1650
Materials
Cedar or cypress, iron
Measurements
137 cm (Width)
Place of origin
Azores
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Westwood Manor, Wiltshire
NT 222352
Summary
A cedar or cypress chest, the Azores, circa 1600-50. With incised decoration and iron ring hinges and lockplate. The decoration in three reserves, and of animals, floral and zoomorphic motifs.
Provenance
E.G. Lister collection
References
Coelho 2020: Maria Ines Simoes Coelho, Trading Chests: studies into the presence of Azorean chests in England, unpublished dissertation, December 2020, pp. 49-50 and Figure 9