And with a few adjustments.

This chest is being designed as I go. The panels to each side  need something else to the carving. It's only now, with the trial assembly, that I realise what it is.

Not a huge adjustment; the leaves in the top part, needed more definition, and detail. And of course, having raking light, with the chest front in it's intended, vertical orientation, helps a lot.

And just another gratuitous photo of the central panel.

I now have to decide the design for the stiles. Enough foliage; I am thinking something with birds.

I want to be clear, that the design of this chest, is not copied from any single piece. It is, rather, a collection of different motifs, from various East Devon style chests of the 17th century, my favourites, if you like, and obviously, influenced by my hand and eye.