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<p>[QUOTE="Finnclouds, post: 9718446, member: 84680"]Thanks, Brad! </p><p><br /></p><p>I found the same image today. Didn’t when I searched for similar chests in the summer of 2022. Google image search is definitely making a difference! </p><p><br /></p><p>I really think that the chest part was too small for an old-fashioned radio— if my memory serves at all, those used to be quite a bit bigger and especially taller than the space inside this chest. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some similar cabinets/chests on stands were apparently used as as Bible stands, though the measurement might have been different.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found bargueños with small fitted drawers today.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gentleman specializing in antique French furniture, whom I contacted after buying the chest, wondered if the top was a marriage:</p><p><br /></p><p>“<i>Right off the bat, I was wondering if the top might be older since it exceeds the dimensions of the lower part and is especially lovely in the carving. The side panels have some of the same flavor but that may have been an attempt to make the connection to the iconography of the top more compelling.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The “terms” on either side of the front place the chest firmly in the Renaissance and neo-Renaissance decorative vocabulary of France.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I would speculate that the stand, in the style of Louis XIII with the twisted columns, may not be part of the original design.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p>He only had the same three photos to work from as he is based in Texas and the desk was in Finland. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I’m more curious about the design than the original purpose of the chest. I originally emailed the Texas gentleman because his website had a mention of some perplexing South American motifs that they’d seen in cabinets made in the Loire Valley in the 16th C. Apparently the French were captivated by 50 Indians brought to France in 1550 and housed in a reconstructed Indian village in Normandy for the entertainment of royalty. And the cabinetmakers followed suit. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’m <i>not </i>thinking my chest is from that time — simply wondering if carvings from those times might have been the inspiration for the jungle scene and the mythical (?) beast in the front panel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finnclouds, post: 9718446, member: 84680"]Thanks, Brad! I found the same image today. Didn’t when I searched for similar chests in the summer of 2022. Google image search is definitely making a difference! I really think that the chest part was too small for an old-fashioned radio— if my memory serves at all, those used to be quite a bit bigger and especially taller than the space inside this chest. Some similar cabinets/chests on stands were apparently used as as Bible stands, though the measurement might have been different. I also found bargueños with small fitted drawers today. The gentleman specializing in antique French furniture, whom I contacted after buying the chest, wondered if the top was a marriage: “[I]Right off the bat, I was wondering if the top might be older since it exceeds the dimensions of the lower part and is especially lovely in the carving. The side panels have some of the same flavor but that may have been an attempt to make the connection to the iconography of the top more compelling. The “terms” on either side of the front place the chest firmly in the Renaissance and neo-Renaissance decorative vocabulary of France. I would speculate that the stand, in the style of Louis XIII with the twisted columns, may not be part of the original design.”[/I] He only had the same three photos to work from as he is based in Texas and the desk was in Finland. Personally, I’m more curious about the design than the original purpose of the chest. I originally emailed the Texas gentleman because his website had a mention of some perplexing South American motifs that they’d seen in cabinets made in the Loire Valley in the 16th C. Apparently the French were captivated by 50 Indians brought to France in 1550 and housed in a reconstructed Indian village in Normandy for the entertainment of royalty. And the cabinetmakers followed suit. I’m [I]not [/I]thinking my chest is from that time — simply wondering if carvings from those times might have been the inspiration for the jungle scene and the mythical (?) beast in the front panel. Thanks again![/QUOTE]
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