'Nonesuch' chest, Anglo-German, c1590-1600 (interior showing chess board))

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Digital Media Bank ID: 66139
Original Filename: PM500031 (4).jpg
Description: Interior of 'Nonesuch' chest showing the chess board inside and inlaid box for chess pieces. The chest is inlaid on the front with a domed and turreted building which was wrongly supposed to represent Henry VIII's palace of Nonesuch in Surrey. Chests likes these were made by immigrant German chest-makers or inlayers working in Southwark and Norwich, late (16th.
Categories: Collections/ Decorative Art  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Museums
Licence: All Rights Reserved
Caption: 'Nonesuch' chest, Anglo-German, c1590-1600 (interior showing chess board))
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Other Keywords: Macquoid; furniture; Preston Manor; collection, chest, chess, inlay, decoration, buildings
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Size: 2.17 MB; 2888 x 4207 pixels; 245 x 356 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Portrait
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Linked Accession no.: PM500031
Date Created: Mon Apr 03 13:13:00 BST 2017