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Heavy planks<\/strong> By adding upright planks on the sides to which the horizontal front and back planks were attached, the bottom became detached from the floor.<\/p>\n The furniture thus stood on legs and was protected against moisture and vermin. The furniture was reinforced and decorated with iron bands and Romanesque decorative ironwork, but also painted or carved.<\/p>\n The Strongbox<\/strong> Three authorities<\/strong> <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”15px||15px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/chest-strongbox-side.jpg” alt=”chest-strongbox-side” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” show_bottom_space_tablet=”on” show_bottom_space_phone=”on” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/chest-strongbox-open.jpg” alt=”chest-strongbox-open” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”30px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/chest-strongbox-closeup.jpg” alt=”chest-strongbox-closeup” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” align_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”22px||22px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/portfolio\/” button_text=”BACK TO PORTFOLIO” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”12px” button_text_color=”#6b6b6b” button_border_width=”1px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_letter_spacing=”3px” button_font=”metropolis||||||||” button_use_icon=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CHEST STRONGBOXca. 1450 Heavy planksThe earliest surviving cabinets and chests from the Romanesque period were built from heavy planks (sometimes 10cm thick) with the bottom, back, sides and front of the chest held together at the corners by a nailed notch or dovetail connection . By adding upright planks on the sides to which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1966,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1227\/revisions\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The earliest surviving cabinets and chests from the Romanesque period were built from heavy planks (sometimes 10cm thick) with the bottom, back, sides and front of the chest held together at the corners by a nailed notch or dovetail connection .<\/p>\n
The technique of the boxes is extremely primitive, actually the same as with a canoe; chopped or roasted from a freshly felled log. Heavy and reinforced with wrought iron bands to hold the shrinking and cracking wood together, this chest is difficult to open or steal. Early sources mention such chests from the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Initially they were used in churches to hold donations for the Crusades. Later, in small churches, these fortified chests served as a safe place to store documents and valuables belonging to the church community.<\/p>\n
This 14th-15th century chest is made of oak and fitted with iron bands all around, with three extra bands on the lid to protect the reels of the three locks. The lid (a plank of the same trunk) is attached to the five iron bands with hinges. To open the coffin, three authorities \u2013 each with his own key \u2013 had to meet.<\/p>\nCHEST STRONGBOX<\/span><\/h4>\n
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