A rare oak clamp-front chest, Welsh Borders, circa 1600


Having a boarded lid, opening on pivot-hinges set into the rear supports, the side boards clamped and tenoned between extremely broad stiles, the front supports terminating in a characteristic cut-away internal edge, 130cm wide x 59cm deep x 57cm high, (51in wide x 23in deep x 22in high)
|Literature:See Richard Bebb, Welsh Furniture 1250-1950 (2007), Vol. I, pp. 144 - 148 for comparable examples. The author notes that of the similarly constructed recorded chests it would appear that the plainer examples, such as this lot, have often be found in churches, and that in nearly all instances the chests have shaped lower supports, with the 'feet' turned inwards.