A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK COFFER
PROBABLY WEST COUNTRY, LATE 17TH CENTURY
With foliate and dragon carved frieze incorporating initials ML and '91'
82cm high, 139cm wide, 57cm deep
Chinnery notes that dragons are common in West Country furniture as they are 'deeply embedded in the folklore of Western Britain', an example with similar carving to the panels can be seen in a Gloucestershire example in Fig 4:92.
A WILLIAM AND MARY OAK COFFER
PROBABLY WEST COUNTRY, LATE 17TH CENTURY
With foliate and dragon carved frieze incorporating initials ML and '91'
82cm high, 139cm wide, 57cm deep
Chinnery notes that dragons are common in West Country furniture as they are 'deeply embedded in the folklore of Western Britain', an example with similar carving to the panels can be seen in a Gloucestershire example in Fig 4:92.
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