A small Charles II joined oak two-door chest, West Country, circa 1670


The boarded top with ovolo-moulded edge and a linear border of dog-tooth and dot punched-decoration to the front and sides, two cupboard doors below, each with two plain panels within run-moulded rails, the sides of three panels, each framed by wide mitred-mouldings, the back of four panels, originally with enclosed drawers, 82.5cm wide x 43.5cm deep x 94cm high, (32in wide x 17in deep x 37in high)
|Paper repository label of 'W. & A. Chapman Ltd. / North Street / Taunton' to one back panel. The company was founded in 1864 by William Muggleton Chapman and Arthur Allen Chapman, and developed into a department store, situated in North Street, Taunton, selling 'furniture, drapery and household goods'.