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Superb Early 17th Century Oak Coffer C. 1630
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Superb Early 17th Century Oak Coffer C. 1630

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An early joined oak coffer with original carving of palmettes to the stiles at front and side panels and with geometric, rose carved wheels to the top rail and with a blocked and carved bottom rail which continues to both sides panels. The side stiles carved with double running cable

These are all early motifs, typically seen in Elizabethan and early 17th century furniture. The three fielded panels to the front of the chest are square rather than the more usual rectangular form. Each of these is carved with central daisy form roundel with ribboned border.

Original boards throughout and retaining the original iron split pin hinges.

Peg jointed throughout and dating from 1630-1650 with a few small, old and well blended restorations.

Fantastic heavy and capacious chest in excellent robust and usable condition, the boarded lid with an old split/crack which is completely stable and not going anywhere

A good early oak coffer of superior colour and with rich natural patination from four hundred years of use, wax and care.

Dimensions are:

59 inches wide, 27.75 inches high and 24.5 inches deep.

For metric please multiply by 2.5

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Webberley Antiques has dated this 17th Century Oak Coffer to the 17th Century.

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An early joined oak coffer with original carving of palmettes to the stiles at front and side panels and with geometric, rose carved wheels to the top rail and with a blocked and carved bottom rail which continues to both sides panels. The side stiles carved with double running cable

These are all early motifs, typically seen in Elizabethan and early 17th century furniture.

The three fielded panels to the front of the chest are square rather than the more usual rectangular form.
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Each of these is carved with central daisy form roundel with ribboned border.

fig 1. A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer with three carved front panels, a carved top frieze, and a flat hinged lid.
fig 1. Superb Early 17th Century Oak Coffer C. 1630

Original boards throughout and retaining the original iron split pin hinges.

Peg jointed throughout and dating from 1630-1650 with a few small, old and well blended restorations.

Fantastic heavy and capacious chest in excellent robust and usable condition, the boarded lid with an old split/crack which is completely stable and not going anywhere

fig 2. A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer with three carved front panels, a carved top frieze, and a flat hinged lid.
fig 2. Superb Early 17th Century Oak Coffer C. 1630

A good early oak coffer of superior colour and with rich natural patination from four hundred years of use, wax and care.

Dimensions are:

59 inches wide, 27.75 inches high and 24.5 inches deep.

For metric please multiply by 2.5

Date of Manufacture

Webberley Antiques has dated this 17th Century Oak Coffer to the 17th Century.

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A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer with three carved front panels, a carved top frieze, and a flat hinged lid.
Superb Early 17th Century Oak Coffer c. 1630
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A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer with three carved front panels, a carved top frieze, and a flat hinged lid.
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A 17th-century oak coffer is a frame-and-panel wooden storage chest typically constructed during the Jacobean or Carolean eras using heavy native oak, mortise and tenon joinery, and carved decorative motifs.

Early coffers were crafted from solid English oak joined together with wooden pegs rather than metal nails. They feature panelled lids and fronts, carved friezes, and hand-forged iron hinges.

Authentic pieces display signs of hand-planing, irregular oak grain, peg construction, historical wear to the base of the stiles, and rich, natural oxidation within the interior wood.

An antique coffer functions effectively as a hallway storage bench, a statement piece positioned at the foot of a bed, or a low sideboard in a contemporary living space.

Dust regularly with a dry, soft cloth and apply a clear beeswax polish once or twice a year to nourish the timber and protect the original patina, keeping the piece away from direct heat sources.
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