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Antique Blue Painted Pine Dowry
Ref: 1653
An antique pine marriage dowry or coffer with wonderfully exuberant and decorative folk painting made to celebrate a marriage.
Chests with romanesque style arcading across the front are typical of the later 17th century and this dowry, one of a number similar found in one village, imitate this look which has probably been copied from a coffer seen in a Saxon church nearby. The decorative scheme is freely applied (not drawn and filled in as an urban furniture maker might do). It is true folk art with a fresh quality that anticipates the modern art approach to painting that was just in its formative phase in the western capitals at just the time that this was made.
Clean to interior, very good condition, has been restored to gallery condition. Suitable for storage and also as coffee table.
Romania c.1908
H: 48cm (18.9in)
W: 108cm (42.5in)
D: 59cm (23.2in)
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