Elizabeth I inlaid oak chest
1580 - 1600
England
W 53 1/2" × H 28" × D 24"
Stock # Marh2483
£12,500.00
Elizabeth I inlaid and oak carved chest. The front with twin inlaid panels of floral decoration within applied carved arcades, the column section of arch with human figures and a trading vine arcade with winged angel spandrels, being flanked with 'atlantes' and 'caryatids'. The frieze rail inlaid with a chequer design typical of the Elizabethan period.
Very fine and rare example