Sacristy locking chest of drawers (with original parts, replacements and re-carvings)

The sacristy chests of drawers are items of furniture that serve to store the various liturgical vestments worn by the religious orders in those places before practicing their Sacred Duties. This chest of drawers must have belonged to the sacristy of a chapel or temple in a rural town, given the simple characteristics and the cedar and pine woods that were used. It is not an inlaid piece, or one that features complex decoration. It has three front drawers which are crudely decorated. Some of the motifs, such as the stars with flowers and vegetation, were carved as separate pieces and subsequently positioned on the fronts of the drawers. As far as the handles are concerned, all indications suggest they are from the vice-royal period.

The furniture exhibits numerous additions from other periods, retaining only a few of the original parts. In the interior the crossbeams have been replaced. The most interesting aspect of this piece is the wooden lock with iron parts that serves to secure the three drawers. The lock es through iron clamps positioned in the middle part of the drawers. Another interesting aspect is the decoration on the edges of the main beams and the front sides of the spaces into which the drawers fit. The decoration is reminiscent to a certain extent of the Franciscan cord, which suggests that the temple or chapel where the furniture was located was a building managed by the Order of Friars Minor.