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Terrific Free Painted Dowry Coffer
Ref: 2345
An antique pine coffer, storage box, dowry chest, ie. marriage trunk, with free painted decoration, colourful and joyous expression - makes an interesting comparison to modern abstract art, the post-war work of art brut or the gouaches of Roger Hilton for example, but pre-dating both by at least 50 years.
Was over-painted in industrial green and the earlier work thought irrelevant by later generations recovered by paint removal.
Eastern Europe c.1890
H: 58cm (22.8in)
W: 145cm (57.1in)
D: 48cm (18.9in)
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