Ref:  6942

A long pine marriage box in the typical style of the Szekely folk artists dating to mid-19th century - the style is from the furnishings of churches Italianate or Renaissance in style with as here floral motifs in the painted panels and “Roman’ colouring. The two trees at either end are very unusual and represent summer and winter, life and death, the cycle of Nature. Symbolism of this type is typical of Szekely folk painted furniture though more normally found on the inside lid of the box and is rooted in ancient Magyar pre-Christian beliefs rooted in Nature and the cosmos. The box is very good condition with old hand forged metal-ware.

Eastern Europe      c.1850

H: 57cm (22.4in)
W: 187cm (73.6in)
D: 54cm (21.3in)

SOLD