Chest
Category
Furniture
Date
1600 - 1650
Materials
Cedar or cypress, iron
Measurements
67.2 x 180 x 65 cm
Place of origin
Azores
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 347831
Summary
A cedar or cypress chest, the Azores, circa 1600-50. With incised decoration and iron ring hinges. The decoration comprising flowers, animals, birds and zoomorphic motifs.
References
Coelho 2020: Maria Ines Simoes Coelho, Trading Chests: studies into the presence of Azorean chests in England, unpublished dissertation, December 2020, pp. 50 & 53, Figure 10