Caption

Chest, Gothic style, floral and geometric ornament, repossession, CHEST with straight sides and front forming console legs at the bottom, with a flat lid, decorated on the pseudo-frame of the front with an engraved decoration featuring a dry thistle motif, with a darkened background. Panels and sides are smooth, without decoration. The lid is framed on the sides and front with profiled frames forming the rim. Board walls, back and front are attached to the body, fastened with dowels. Inside, on the left side of the box. Steel fittings, secondary — steel lock, applied, without a cup, strap-eye hinges, fastened with forged nails. Dated 1500–1520. Place of origin possibly Bavaria, Lesser Poland, Central Europe. Furniture; storage furniture. Height 80.5 cm, width 159 cm, depth 60 cm., A rectangular wooden box with a worn, dark brown surface sits centered against a smooth gray background and a light gray floor; the box shows scratches and small chips, visible joints and a few rectangular cutouts along its bottom edge, and a slightly raised top with a narrower vertical wooden strip on the front; colors visible include dark brown, lighter brown highlights, gray, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_073

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

71.9Mo (2.5Mo) / 50.8cm x 35.4cm / 6000 x 4187 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chest Gothic style floral geometric ornament repossession straight sides front forming console legs bottom flat lid decorated pseudo-frame engraved decoration featuring dry thistle motif darkened background Panels sides smooth decoration lid framed profiled frames forming rim Board walls back attached body fastened dowels Inside left side box Steel fittings secondary steel lock applied cup strap-eye hinges forged nails Dated 1500–1520 Place origin Bavaria Lesser Poland Central Europe Furniture storage furniture Height 80.5 cm width 159 cm depth 60 cm rectangular wooden box worn dark brown surface sits centered smooth gray background light gray floor scratches small chips visible joints rectangular cutouts bottom edge slightly raised top narrower vertical wooden strip colors visible include dark brown lighter brown highlights gray light gray.