Ark
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1600 - 1650
Materials
Oak
Measurements
69 cm (H); 125 cm (W); 56 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597492
Summary
An oak clamp front hutch or ark, English, early - mid 17th century. With a faceted plank top with wooden peg hinge and clamp front with stile feet.
Provenance
Bequest to the National Trust of tapestries, pictures, furniture and objects d'art from Sir Malcolm Stewart in 1960.
References
Chinnery 1979, Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (ACC revised 2016)