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Antique Painted Pine Marriage Box with Grecian Urns
Ref: 5390
Some of the best folk painted marriage furniture pieces found in Central and Eastern Europe are those from Northern Bohemia and in the old Sudetenland, here is a bold and finely executed pine coffer or box with folk painted decoration describing Grecian urns and flowers, in accordance with the Neo-Classical taste which was still current in Central Europe at the time. Pieces from the same workshop as this can be found in regional museums in Germany and Czech.
Bohemia c.1830
H: 66cm (26.0in)
W: 101.5cm (40.0in)
D: 69cm (27.2in)
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