A POST-NASRID FALL-FRONT WRITING CHEST, SPAIN, 16TH CENTURY
Description
The wooden body inlaid with bone, ebony, and silver tesserae, the front panel with a border of stellar motifs within octagons, the side and upper surfaces similar, the base and reverse undecorated, hinged handles to the sides, the front with a large lock and hinged clasp with key, the hinge at the base with elegant chasing to the interior, the front opening to reveal six equal-sized drawers and one longer one with handles, the fronts inlaid, on small knop feet.
