Good looking Renaissance revival carved oak chest or cassone c.1890. Useful flat (rather than panelled) top with a carved and moulded edge, lifting to reveal a silk damask lined interior (internal height 13''). Superb 16th.c. style carved exterior, with grotesque masks and acanthus detail within scrolling cartouches to the panels and flanked with full length male and female carved figures at the corners. Gadroon carved mouldings top and bottom. Lions masks to the front corners of the plinth over large carved claw feet. Very good condition, cleaned and waxed in our workshops.Two available. Width: 55'' (139.5 cm)Height: 19'' (48.5 cm)Depth: 19.5'' (49.5 cm)Please contact us for more images, delivery and international shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furnitur...