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A Colorful Paint-Decorated Dower Chest
Catalog#: Late Summer 2005
Category: Furniture - American
SubType: Chest
Origin: America-USA
Era: 19th Century
Height: 27-1/2 inches inches
Width: 46 inches inches
Depth: 22-1/2 inches inches
EXCEPTIONALLY BOLD & COLORFUL PAINT DECORATED DOWER CHEST;
PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1835


The dower chest having intact original polychrome paint and structural integrity. The decoration using vibrant contrasting colors punctuated with a potent design of pinwheels. A highly visual example for the advanced collector of painted furniture and folk art.

Materials: Pine; poplar.
Condition: Totally untouched; minor losses to mouldings.
Height 27-1/2 in., Width 46 in., Depth 22-1/2 in.






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