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A small chest Renaissance juniper (or cedar) front with grooved decoration filled with black mass (gall nut) "Pomegranates and plant windings", scalloped socle and also with grooved decoration, interior with punctured top boards, interior with a covered pidgeonhole Portuguese - Azores 16th/17th C. restoration on the front, minor faults and defects, missing mounts, missing original hinges replaced by side hinges Notes: This type of chest was studied in FERRÃO, Bernardo - "Mobiliário Português - dos primórdios ao maneirismo - volume quarto - Anexos". Porto: Lello & Irmão - Editores, 1990, pp. 7-35, reproducing several copies.