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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sanich, post: 371786, member: 7770&quot;]Thanks James, I think I see what you mean - rear of the (2nd from right?) backboard. I guess you&#039;re thinking of sawmills?</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, I am finding reading on furniture use and joinery is starting to suggest improbable early dates. In fact, I am now considering it likely that these initial observations may have credence. The top ornament looks awfully like the barbed quatrefoil borders on the Holy Chapel in Paris. I am finding a fair bit of art from the mid to late 13th C having this shape that was (I find), prior to 13th Century a very powerful, and circa 1270s an important Christian symbol.&nbsp; So, lets go crazy here... and consider if you will, the Holy Chapel in Paris.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]127791[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now spare a thought for the art that followed in England around 20 years after the St Chapel was built... Fashionable at the time... How about the Moore Psalter illustrations of 1270 AD. Here the precision is lost and a debased version of the shape of the border indicates it is a symbol.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]127794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And also this shape seems to turn up in The Grandes Chronique des France</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]127792[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Forgive my indulgence. If the ornament to the top is a Christian symbol then would that make sense of the wave ornaments on the dresser to left and right. I mean, the sort of heavily stylised waves like those found in the Holcombe Bible and the story of Noah.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]127795[/ATTACH] </p><p>So now I am going to assume the waves refer to flood.</p><p><br /></p><p>The space between the shelves is variable (147 to 155 mm). I note with some amusement that this is the correct size to hold a modern wine glass (135 mm) in such a manner that it can not fall over. How very useful!</p><p><br /></p><p>Could this possibly be a medieval cup boarde circa 1270 AD?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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