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17th Century North Country Coffer
Holmes Antiques
for sale €1,463     $1,588
£1,250

Holmes Antiques

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17th Century North Country Coffer

17th century
For Sale by Holmes Antiques
Description

A very good 17th century carved Oak Coffer from the north of England having good colour and patina with its original hinges. The inside is exceptionally clean with Elm panels to the back sides and bottom. A fine example in lovely original condition.

Physical Dimensions
Height
71cm (27.95")
Width
135cm (53.15")
Depth
61cm (24.02")
Declaration

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

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SA568539
Dealers Notes

Holmes Antiques was established in 1932

We are a family business with a shop on Haworth Main Street in West Yorkshire.

We specialise in early English furniture

With the emphasis on quality, originality, colour and surface.

David Holmes has developed a reputation in the antique trade as one of the country's leading experts on early English Oak, Walnut and Mahogany furniture.

Christian Holmes is the 4th generation of the family to deal in Antique furniture

www.holmesantiques.co.uk

Description
A very good 17th century carved Oak Coffer from the north of England having good colour and patina with its original hinges. The inside is exceptionally clean with Elm panels to the back sides and bottom. A fine example in lovely original condition.
Height
71cm (27.95")
Width
135cm (53.15")
Depth
61cm (24.02")
Date of Manufacture

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

Reference Numbers
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SA568539
Holmes Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2011

Leading experts on early english oak, walnut and mahogany furniture. Established in 1932.

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A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate.
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Archive I A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate.

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Archive II A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View II
Archive III A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View III
Archive IV A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View IV
Archive V A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View V
Archive VI A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View VI
Archive VII A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View VII
Archive VIII A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate. View VIII
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A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate.
17th Century North Country Coffer
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A seventeenth-century dark oak coffer featuring three carved front panels with scrolling leaf motifs, a lunette frieze, and an iron lockplate.
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A North Country coffer is a wooden storage chest crafted in Northern England during the seventeenth century, characterised by joined oak frame-and-panel construction and carved regional decoration.

These coffers were constructed using mortise and tenon joinery secured with wooden pegs, featuring floating oak panels held within grooved stiles and rails without modern adhesives or nails.

Authentic period coffers display hand-planed timber surfaces, wooden peg construction, natural timber shrinkage over time, and authentic oxidation around iron lockplates and hinges.

An antique coffer functions as textured storage in a hallway, a focal piece in a living area, or a traditional blanket chest placed at the end of a bedroom.

Maintain the original patina by dusting with a soft microfiber cloth and applying natural beeswax polish annually, while keeping the piece away from direct heat sources and damp environments.
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