A RARE & ELEGANTLY REFINED ELIZABETH I OAK CHEST, THE LID IS OF A PARTICULARLY RARE DESIGN FOR THE PERIOD FEATURING PANELS ARRANGED IN A QUADRANT. THE THREE PANELS TO THE FRONT, EACH WITHIN DEEP MOULDED FRAMES, THE SIDES CONSISTING OF TWIN PANELLING. ALL OF WHICH, IS ON EXTENDED STILE SUPPORTS.

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FOR REFERENCE OF ANOTHER SIMILAR 16TH CENTURY LID IN THE FORM OF A QUADRANT, PLEASE SEE.

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FURNITURE IN ENGLAND, THE AGE OF THE JOINER, S. W. WOLSEY & R. W. P. LUFF, IMAGE NO.10