15th c. Italian Money Chest with Carved Tracery Circles Around Lock

Name/Title

15th c. Italian Money Chest with Carved Tracery Circles Around Lock

Entry/Object ID

HM-138

Description

Portable money chest with dove-tail construction, distinctive dove-tail workings on sides. Iron hardware on the front makes four circles in tracery design around the lock. Lift top reveals inlaid geometric carving, circular tracery pattern repeated. Pigeon-holes. Recent water damage.

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

138

Made/Created

Place

Location

Italian

Notes

Date: ca. 15th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chest

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings