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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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