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They were used for storing clothes, linen, documents or money and often had locks for security, as in this case. The lock on this oak example is a replacement.\r\n\r\nOn loan to Oakwell Hall.","physicalDescription":"Oak framed chest with linenfold panelling; the lid has a raised and moulded edge, the front is carved with three panels of linenfold ornament framed in moulded stiles.  At each end are two more linenfold panels carved in a similar manner. \r\n\n15th June 2005\r\n<u>Notes from Loan visit to Oakwell Hall:</u>\r\nStamped ID on PL rear leg side;\r\nThe back incorporates a part finished linenfold panel into the back, otherwise the back panels are very plain rebated panels;\r\nThe panelled lid on 3 staple hinges;\r\nThe base formed by a single plank nailed up (a single split), probably replaced at the same time that the PL rear foot replaced;\r\nMissing till at PR end.\r\n\r\n<u>Repairs</u>\r\nRepair for a lock ring on the top rail.\r\nModern wooden reinforcer behind central front panel.\r\nThe top fitted lock hasp nailed on (hand made nails) but appears to be an adaptation, and is missing corresponding metalwork under the lid.\r\n\r\n<u>Summary:</u> Good, with honest repairs and stripped of white paint (which probably explains the extensive exposed worm channels). Not much wear obvious under the feet.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"iron","id":"AAT11002"},{"text":"oak","id":"AAT12264"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Oak; with iron lock","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"late medieval","id":"AAT111307"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2014HD2055","2017JY2123"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"OAKW (LOAN)","id":"THES50003"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Chest","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1500","earliest":"1495-01-01","latest":"1504-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Miss Emily Hanson","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"58","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"102.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"45","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"From departmental file (HWD): 1ft 11.75in x 3ft 4.5in x 1ft 5.75in (60.3cm x 103cm x 45cm)","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Gift from Miss Emily Hanson (Little Woodberries, Loughton, Essex). \r\nCondition upon acquisition: 'A block of wood had been applied above the lock-plate opening and has been removed. Cracked and worn.' (RP 30/6013)\n\nOn long term loan to Oakwell Hall, Batley,","historicalContext":"Comparative Objects: \r\n- Haverhill II, Armada linenfold panelled chest, illustrated in David Sherlock's 'Suffolk Church Chests', 2008\r\n- 'A Mid-16th Century Oak Joined and Linenfold-Carved Coffer, Franco-Flemish, Circa 1550', Bonhams Oxford, 13/05/2015, Lot 26\r\n- Oak Hall, Wat Bromwich, 09/2016","briefDescription":"Chest with four panels of linenfold carving, English, c. 1500","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no.312.\r\n\r\n'FRAMED Chest with linenfold PANELLING; the lid has a raised and moulded edge, the front is carved with three panels of linenfold ornament framed in moulded stiles. At each end are two more linenfold panels. Original lock plate removed (PL.112).\r\nGiven By Miss Emily Hanson \r\nOak. About 1500 \r\n6o.3x 103x 45 cm\r\nMus. 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