Nicholas Harrison Antiques

Description

RARE ELIZABETH I,
OAK, & CHESTNUT TABLE CABINET,
ENGLAND, CIRCA 1580-1600

Rare Elizabeth I oak, walnut & chestnut table cabinet, with a hinged top enclosing a well. Above a frieze of geometric mouldings, the lockable fall-front reveals a configuration of seven internal drawers with secret compartments to the back of the drawers.
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Literature: For a comparable inlaid table cabinet, dated 1570, see the collection at Melford Hall, Suffolk (NT926575) and illustrated Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture (1986), Vol. I, p. 101, fig. 4.

dimensions
W 18 7/8" x H 16 15/16" x D 13 3/8"