16th c. Italian Chest with Floral Designs, Animals and Coat of Arms

Furniture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

16th c. Italian Chest with Floral Designs, Animals and Coat of Arms

Entry/Object ID

HM-42

Description

15th-16th c. Sardinian Dowry Chest Chest with plain lift cover. Front has five carved panels with coat-of-arms of shipping family. The side panels suggest that its owners either lived or traveled by the sea. Side panels have four faces in circular design and four animals in similar pattern. Scalloped stretcher with geometric design.

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

42

Made/Created

Place

Location

Italian

Notes

Date: ca.16th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chest

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

General Notes

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (12)

Note Type

1951 Tour Manual 003