Details
A RED PAINTED AND DECORATED CHEST
Decorated with bands of flowerheads, dots and ovals, with a domed hinged top and front with two hearts, dated 1656 and 1832, with a carrying handle to either end carved with flowerhead and scrolls, North European, possibly Danish
60in. (152cm.) wide, 30in. (76cm.) high, 26in. (66cm.) deep
*300-500
Decorated with bands of flowerheads, dots and ovals, with a domed hinged top and front with two hearts, dated 1656 and 1832, with a carrying handle to either end carved with flowerhead and scrolls, North European, possibly Danish
60in. (152cm.) wide, 30in. (76cm.) high, 26in. (66cm.) deep
*300-500
Further details
Chests of this type have been produced for long periods over a wide area of Northern Europe but examples of similar shape and decoration are illustrated widely in Danske Bondemobler, Vol. I, Axel Steensberg and Grith Lerche, NYT Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1989