Coffer
Artist/Culture
French
, or
Artist/Culture
Spanish
Date1400s
Mediumiron, oak, fabric
Dimensions8.3 x 13.3 x 8.9 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsMetalwork
MarkingsOld numbers are inscribed on adhesive tape attached to the bottom: B537, 0.1.48 CL Garbaty, (on decorative cellophane label) 1239-53). Inside is a green adhesive tag now detached bearing the number 0503.
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbaty
Object number1953.90
DescriptionConstructed on a wooden core partially lined with fabric which may once have been colored. Iron cladding is applied to the core with clinched nails. The surfaces are covered with iron sheets punchd in a latticework design (on the upper surface the latticework is largely obscured by accretions in the openings). A single ring is applied to the left side as viewed, perhaps for a security chain. There was probably a matching ring on the opposite side, to judge by the empty hole remaining in this spot.ProvenanceEugene L. Garbaty
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