Cleveland Museum of Art

Marriage Chest

Date

c. 1500

Medium

wood with painting and gilding

Culture

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

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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