We are a family business with a shop on Haworth Main Street in West Yorkshire. We specialise in early English Oak and Walnut with the emphasis on quality, originality, colour and surface.
Christian Holmes is the 4th generation of the family to deal in Antique furniture
www.holmesantiques.co.uk
A very good 17th Century antique oak coffer of lovely colour, in super original condition retaining the original ring hinges. The well carved front features tulips and leaf work to the panels and uprights, the top rail with Lunette pattern, the legs and bottom rail with scratch moulding. Nice to see also the original shaped brackets to the base still in place adjoining the bottom rail and leg. The inside is wonderfully clean and untouched just as we like to see. Interesting also to note the back legs are cut out at the back to allow the lid to open, this seems to be a feature of some coffers of this early period.
measurements
Height:
69 cm
Width:
126 cm
Depth:
54 cm
measurements
declaration
Holmes Antiques has clarified that the 17th Century Antique Oak Coffer (LA490899) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1690