Oak Chest 1650
17th Century Oak Marriage Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality mid 17th century oak marriage chest, having a three panel top with
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Antique 17th Century Blanket Chests
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Oak
17th Century English Carved Oak Dowry Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and historic 17th century English carved oak dowry chest.
Made
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Antique Early 17th Century English Jacobean Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Antique 17th Century Carved Oak Dutch Renaissance Maids Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
This solid oak carved chest was made in the Netherlands during the Renaissance period.
It was
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Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Renaissance Blanket Chests
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Iron
17th Century Large Scale English Oak Coffer
Located in Southampton, GB
Extraordinary scale and gauge, 17th century oak coffer.
Primitive iron mongery.
Simple, diamond
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Antique 1650s British Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Antique Renaissance Chest, Denmark 17th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small renaissance Oak chest.
Front with profiled fillings. Handles made in cast iron.
Original lock
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Antique Late 17th Century Danish Renaissance Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
17th Century Joined Oak Coffer
Located in Houston, TX
17th century joined oak triple panel top coffer with hinged triple panel top. Hand-carved
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Antique Mid-17th Century English Jacobean Blanket Chests
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Oak
17th Century English Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
17th century period Charles II chest of drawers from England made from oak. The top is made from
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Antique 17th Century English Charles II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
English Blanket Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
An early English style oak blanket chest, the moulded edge top, above a panelled back and sides
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Elizabethan Blanket Chests
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Wood
Cassone, Chest, Coffer, 17th Century, French, Louis XIV, Walnut
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Lovely cassone with classical form, the beautiful figuring of the oak creates subtle, decorative
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Antique Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Blanket Chests
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Walnut
Rare Charles II Period Chest
Located in Lymington, GB
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Antique Mid-17th Century Charles II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Oak, Bone
17th Century Antique French Oak Trunk from the Gothic Period
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
A French 17th century large carved oak trunk. This trunk features a long rectangular shape body
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Antique 17th Century French Gothic Blanket Chests
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Wood
Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Boston chest of drawers with lidded top
Ipswich/Boston, Massachusetts, 1650-1670
The wood and wood of
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Wood
H 48.82 in W 48.04 in D 27.96 in
Antique 17th Century Oak and Ebony Two-Door Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This extraordinary cupboard is made of the finest quarter sawn oak in the tradition of the Dutch
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Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Renaissance Cabinets
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Ebony, Oak
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Custom Set of Eight English Oak Wavy Ladder Back Chairs with Rush Seats
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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17th century oak six plank coffer, circa 1650.
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