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The marriage cupboards from Bohemia are notable for their cuter cottage size and appealing humble folkish character, this is a particular model of dresser found in Central Western Bohemia, with cupboard doors top and bottom, rather than a single door, it has charming decoration of bouquets of flowers, vases of fruit and butterflies, the latter being symbols not only of beauty but of the soul, the joy & sensuality of marriage but in the Christian context everlasting life.
Bohemia c.1840s
H: 181cm (71.3in)
W: 92cm (36.2in)
D: 47cm (18.5in)
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