A Charles II carved oak chest, circa 1670, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a scroll decorated frieze centred with initials K S, the three panels below carved with stylised palm tree motifs, on stile feet, 73cm high, 114cm wide, 56cm deep The use of such a seemingly exotic form of palm tree in the decorative scheme of this chest is a rare inclusion to carved furniture of this period. For a chest of the same period with tree motif carvings see Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, Antique Collectors Club, 1979, page 504, figure 4:194.
A Charles II carved oak chest, circa 1670, the rectangular top with moulded edge above a scroll decorated frieze centred with initials K S, the three panels below carved with stylised palm tree motifs, on stile feet, 73cm high, 114cm wide, 56cm deep The use of such a seemingly exotic form of palm tree in the decorative scheme of this chest is a rare inclusion to carved furniture of this period. For a chest of the same period with tree motif carvings see Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, Antique Collectors Club, 1979, page 504, figure 4:194.
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