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The Surrey group of pin-hinged, clamped, medieval chests: a comparative study of the chests at Chobham, Godalming, Shere and Stoke d'Abernon

Pickvance, Chris (2019) The Surrey group of pin-hinged, clamped, medieval chests: a comparative study of the chests at Chobham, Godalming, Shere and Stoke d'Abernon. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 102 . pp. 169-189. ISSN 0309-7803. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:90333)

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Abstract

The Surrey chests are examples of joined construction in furniture and belong to a rare type found mainly in southern England. In the early 1900s writers dated them to the early 13th century on a stylistic basis. This article re-examines the Surrey chests in the light of dendrochronological research on other chests in the wider group and puts forward some new, later, dates for them. The diversity of the Surrey chests and the links of some of them with Sussex chests of the same construction type are emphasised. Some reasons for the development of pin-hinged, clamped chests and their possible original uses are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DAW Central Europe
N Visual Arts > NK Decorative arts. Applied arts. Decoration and ornament
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Edward Skeates
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2021 11:41 UTC
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2021 11:23 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/90333 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Pickvance, Chris.

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