The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Door to Gothic Marriage Chest

c. 1500

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, 16th century

(?)
wood with painting and gilding
Overall: 71.8 x 127 x 55.9 cm (28 1/4 x 50 x 22 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.535.b
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.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 71 archive.org
    The 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
  • Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
  • {{cite web|title=Door to Gothic Marriage Chest|url=false|author=|year=c. 1500|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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