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Superb Folk Art Painted Marriage Chest
Ref: 3044
A very good example of Hungarian pine dowry chest with folk art painted decoration. Very well preserved and delightful colouring and free painting. This piece would be commissioned from the local master furniture makers of this style on the occasion of a marriage and be a much loved heirloom. The particular style of painted decoration was not just done in any old way but was instead traditional & a marker of tribal identity in a multi-thnic and multi-faith region of old Europe.
Transylvania early 20th cent.
H: 54cm (21.3in)
W: 110cm (43.3in)
D: 52cm (20.5in)
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