Dating to the C14th or early C15th this oak chest was hollowed out of a solid oak tree trunk.
I wonder what John Ruskin (who observed a brick so beautifully) might say of it? Perhaps he would exude over the influence of the tree on the nature and form of the object? Or he might talk about the texture and patina.
He'd mention that the oak surface is a harder than stone and that no fire would impact its future. It is an object of beauty.
Gimber or gimmer is a name for a hinge. A wiver is a long beam. They were all mentioned in a description of the chest by W.O.V in 1949.
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