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Superb Folk Painted Marriage Box with Flowers and Birds
Ref: 6357
One of the best “Kaloteszeg” marriage boxes we’ve ever had, and one of the earliest in this style, go back into the 19th century and their marriage furniture was equally lavishly painted but with a different colour palette, predominantly blue, this ‘fancy’ style, red, yellow, white, echoing the embroidered folk costume worn, only starts at this time, around the beginning of the century.
It is very good condition, the colours nicely muted by time, like most of the marriage furniture it was kept in museum-like conditions, in the clean room, for display only.
Central Transylvania c.1900
H: 68cm (26.8in)
W: 119cm (46.9in)
D: 56.5cm (22.2in)
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