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Superb Folk Painted Marriage Box Bench
Ref: 6149
A folk painted marriage bench from the Kaloteszeg region of Transylvania, painted in the traditional ‘highly decorated’ folk style of the region, this one with love hearts, wild strawberries, roses and red carnations. Lid opens to storage. It’s very good condition considering it’s mid-20th century but would have been kept in the ‘clean room’ and not used. Only for storage of the dowry linens.
Eastern Europe mid-20th cent.
H: 88cm (34.6in)
W: 204cm (80.3in)
D: 52cm (20.5in)
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