Exceptional Paint Decorated Drop Leaf Chest/Table
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Exceptional Paint Decorated Drop Leaf Chest/Table
With Two Short and Two Long Drawers and Drop Leaves Raising to Form a Table
Original Combed and Hand Painted Pine and Birchwood
Swedish, Northern Kalix, Norbotten Region, c.1830
30" high x 108" wide x 25 ½” deep (Open)
30" high x 46" wide x 25 ½” deep (Closed)
Related Literature: Sigurd Erixon, "Mobler Och Heminredning I Svenska Bygder"; Del. 11, Pub. Nordiska Museets Firlag, Stockholm 1926; Page 50, Plate 533 illustrates and describes a similar drop leaf chest/table, from the collection of the Nordiska Museet. Museum Collection no. 143,608.
Ref: 7768
