Cleveland Museum of Art

Gothic Marriage Chest

Date

c. 1500–1525

Medium

wood with painting and gilding

Culture

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

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

These elaborately carved chests were given by husbands to their wives on the occasion of their wedding. Inside the home such chests were used for the storage of clothing and were elaborately painted and gilded. These chests are examples of a type produced in Barcelona from the late 1400s onward.

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