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Antique Marriage Bench with Folk Art Decoration
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An antique box bench lavishly decorated with flowers on a blue ground colour, a late 19th century pine and box bench, probably painted again, as was customary, in the early 20th century when the piece would be given to a newly married couple. This folk practice was typical of the Kaloteszeg, a group of villages in Central Eastern Transylvania, where the women folk wore Sunday best costume with the same highly decorative floral embroidery as is found on their dowry furniture.
Transylvania c.1890
H: 91cm (35.8in)
W: 200cm (78.7in)
D: 53cm (20.9in)
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