Monumental Antique Georgian Joined Oak Mule Dowry Chest Coffer Yorkshire 1720 Recently Added Original glass to the front

Original glass to the front and rear

This most unusual chair by Robert Mitchell (formerly Mitchell and Rammelsberg) follows a Savanarola form of the 15th Century chairs of the Italian Renaissance and has it roots from the chairs of ancient Rome

the chest is raised on a shaped skirt plinth

The base with a ground pontil mark

Monumental Antique Georgian Joined Oak Mule Dowry Chest Coffer Yorkshire 1720 Recently Added Original glass to the frontA very good, monumental antique oak mule chest, dowry coffer, Yorkshire, England circa 1720. This chest is of very unusual large size, the lift up lid enclosing a substantial storage area, the front of the coffer with four deeply carved panels and an engraved brass escutcheon lock plate above and the carved initials "C M". The base of the coffer is fitted with two long drawers, each side of the coffer with two corresponding panels, the chest is raised