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Superb Folk Painted Marriage Chest with Keepsakes
Ref: 5415
A nice sized pine marriage box or chest with wonderful folk painted decoration of flowers and birds, the painting imitates the folk costume of the area and the wedding dress and dowry furniture were all decorated in this way, and then kept for posterity in the ‘clean room’. This piece is dated 1939 but this may be the second decoration, for a second marriage. The interior of the lid shows these exotic and remote tribal Hungarian people were also just like us and the pictures collected some of Hollywood Golden Age actresses reflect the hopes and dreams of any ordinary young woman of the time.
Central Transylvania early 20th cent
H: 64cm (25.2in)
W: 105cm (41.3in)
D: 52cm (20.5in)
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