A Provincial Estate Made Chest on Stand Adapted to a Coffee Table c.1700-20 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage no fairground was complete without

no fairground was complete without its share of Savage- built merry-go-rounds

this is a superb piece of fairground art that provides a show-stopping spectacle wherever it hangs

The cane-work has two small holes to the back panel

with some gilding remaining

The artist was clearly skilled

A Provincial Estate Made Chest on Stand Adapted to a Coffee Table c.1700-20 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage no fairground was complete withoutOrigin: English Period: Queen Anne George I Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 20 Width: 38 inches Height: 19 inches Depth: 23 inches The beech, oak and pine chest, formerly one part of a period chest on stand, having an unusual arrangement of one long and four short drawers, with four original escutcheons and three pearl drop handles, the other handles nineteenth century replacements, the carcass showing the original dark stained finish now distressed