A particularly small boarded elm chest, English, circa 1700
The well-figured single-piece hinged top with ovolo-moulded edge, the front and rear boards resting on 'ledges' formed to the end boards and held in place by clout nails, these boards then descending to form V-shaped cutaway feet, 41.5cm wide x 27cm deep x 40cm high, (16in wide x 10 1/2in deep x 15 1/2in high)