Welsh oak chest / Cist dderw Gymreig

A substantial and rare early Welsh oak chest. The chest is made from wonderfully figured dense Welsh oak and has carved, punched and channel moulded decoration and with excellent colour.
The boarded chest sits inside the four partially hollowed out legs; a type of construction associated with the Black mountain area of Breconshire and Radnorshire in mid Wales.

Mid Wales circa 1580

(Losses to the feet, repairs to the hinges)

57” wide x 23” deep x 28” high / 144.7cm wide 58.4cm deep x 71cm high

A Welsh oak chest with similar carving is illustrated in English Country Furniture 1500- 1900 by David Knell and see also Welsh Furniture 1250 – 1950 by Richard Bebb, for similar examples.

£5450 Sold