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Swordfish · 17th April 2012, 11:02 PM

This is not a Renaissance style! Gothic stylistic elements are symmetric in at least one axis or two. Compare a gothic trefoil or quatrefoil. The lower front blank of gothic chests, especially of South German origin, is cut out in a similar shape as the sides of this washer.

See attached photo of a chest dated by dendrochronology c.1375

Additional a late gothic chest lock, with an identical detail, but reversed.

Therefore this washer is clearly of Gothic style !

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17th April 2012, 11:02 PM	#6
Swordfish Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 129	This is not a Renaissance style! Gothic stylistic elements are symmetric in at least one axis or two. Compare a gothic trefoil or quatrefoil. The lower front blank of gothic chests, especially of South German origin, is cut out in a similar shape as the sides of this washer. See attached photo of a chest dated by dendrochronology c.1375 Additional a late gothic chest lock, with an identical detail, but reversed. Therefore this washer is clearly of Gothic style ! Best Attached Images Last edited by Swordfish; 18th April 2012 at 05:39 PM.