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Source Description
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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Document identity
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94980
label
Marriage Chest
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object
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94980
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object
title
Marriage Chest
description
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.
date
c. 1500
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60740283
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 71.8 x 127 x 55.9 cm (28 1/4 x 50 x 22 in.)
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Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona(?), early 16th century
accession
1915.535
Source extras
tec
wood with painting and gilding
tombstone
Marriage Chest, c. 1500. Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona(?), early 16th century. Wood with painting and gilding; overall: 71.8 x 127 x 55.9 cm (28 1/4 x 50 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.535
collection
MED - Gothic
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 71
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 71
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 80
creditline
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:03:59.229000
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94980
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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wood with painting and gilding
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