Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Sculpture 1990: 10 Visual Arts Award

1990: 10 Visual Arts Award

The tray generically referred to as Cairoware is earlier than most and also of very fine quality

who taught him "the delicacy of colors"

and the cabinet raised on bracket feet

Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Sculpture 1990: 10 Visual Arts AwardA very good antique Scandinavian carved Baroque Folk Art dowry chest, circa 1780. The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges, the edge of the lid having carved gadrooning. To the front of the chest there are large and deeply carved geometric devices, to the center is a large hand cut steel lock and hasp. Both sides of the chest having hand forged iron carrying handles within a deeply carved lozenge design