17th Century Welsh Oak Coffer

A Welsh oak coffer of appealing, spare design and distinctive “clamped” construction where the substantial legs form the corner posts and the boarded sides and base are then rebated into them. (In this instance, the boards are all constructed from single-piece planks of wildly figured native oak, including the moulded edge lid). This form of construction is associated with Breconshire and Radnorshire and often described as being of “Black Mountains-type”. The original wooden strut hinges have, at some point, been replaced by the current metal ones. The colour is rich and dark with a fine patina.
Probably Breconshire circa 1650-1700.

Literature:

See “Welsh Furniture 1250-1950” by Richard Bebb, Vol 1, pages 146 and 147, where he discusses and illustrates examples from this group of welsh chests.

Dimensions:

136 cms long, 45 cms deep and 70 cms high.