The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Gothic Marriage Chest
c. 1500
Overall: 71.8 x 127 x 55.9 cm (28 1/4 x 50 x 22 in.)
Location: 110B Late Gothic
Description
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.- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 71 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 71 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 80 archive.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.535.a