Carved Oak Plank Coffer 17th Century

Name: 17th Century Oak Plank Coffer
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA706510
Price: 1400 GBP
Availability: InStock

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A dark carved oak plank coffer featuring twin carved diamond lozenges, a carved arched top frieze, and a central iron lockplate.

17th Century Oak Plank Coffer

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A 17th-century oak plank coffer is a heavy wooden storage chest constructed from solid oak boards joined using traditional pegging or nails. Popular in Jacobean and Seventeenth-Century English homes, these chests served as secure storage vessels for textiles, silver, and domestic goods.

Plank coffers were typically crafted from native English oak planks, joined using wooden dowels, iron nails, or simple notch joints. Features often included hand-forged iron lockplates, hand-carved friezes, and slab ends shaped into cut-out feet.

Authentic pieces feature signs of age including hand-hewn surface textures, irregular saw marks, natural timber shrinkage over time, original ironwork with historical oxidisation, and hand-carved geometric or foliate decorations like lozenges.

A period oak coffer can be positioned in an entryway as hallway seating and storage, placed at the foot of a bed for linens, or used as a central accent chest in a living room.

Maintain the timber by dusting regularly with a soft, dry cloth and applying a coat of clear beeswax polish once or twice a year. Keep the coffer away from direct heat sources and excessive moisture to prevent warping or splitting.

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17th Century Oak Plank Coffer