WILLIAM AND MARY BRASS STUDDED LEATHER CHEST, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF RICHARD PIGG JUNIOR
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One: 10 February 2021 | From 10:00
Description
the hinged dome top and front covered in brass stud decoration with flower motifs, scrolls and fleur de lys; the pierced lockplate and escutcheon in the form of a crown with a rose and thistle, opening to a void interior, on a later moulded base with ogee bracket
Dimensions
98cm wide, 62cm high, 55cm deep
Footnote
Note: Richard Pigg Junior worked from the reign of Charles II as 'trunk maker to the Great Wardrobe' until his death in 1706 when he was succeeded by William Johnson. A similar chest with crown escutcheon is in the collection of Ightham Mote, Kent. Another chest with a slightly more elaborate configuration of drawers at the base, also attributed to the workshop of Richard Pigg Junior was offered at Woolley & Wallis, 13 January 2020, lot 28.
For a discussion of 17th century coffer makers and their products, see Olivia Fryman, 'Coffer-Makers to the Late Stuart Court, 1660-1714', Furniture History Society, 2016, pp. 1-16.