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Marriage Chest

c. 1500
wood with painting and gilding
Overall: 71.8 x 127 x 55.9 cm (28 1/4 x 50 x 22 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.535
Location: 110B Late Gothic
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Description

Elaborately carved chests were given by husbands to their wives on the occasion of the wedding. Inside the home, such chests were used for the storage of clothing and were elaborately painted and gilded. This chest is an example of a type produced in Barcelona from the late 1400s onward.
Marriage Chest

Marriage Chest

c. 1500

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona(?), early 16th century

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