Elizabeth I carved oak chest
Circa 1575 - 1580
England
W 58" × H 30 1/2" × D 24"
Stock # Marh2445
£14,500.00
Elizabeth I joined oak and carved chest, the front with two large panels with applied arcades carved with guilloche decoration and applied jewel designs with a floral cartouche within, this being flanked by three male Atlantes, above the chain decorated frieze with floral and jewel designs. Each side with twin panels of double S-scrolls.
English carvers built up a vocabulary of decorative motifs which were only loosely based on Italian, French and Flemish originals. Victor Chinnery