TRADITIONAL SWEDISH HAND PAINTED 19TH CENTURY PAINTED WARDROBE

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TRADITIONAL SWEDISH HAND PAINTED 19TH CENTURY PAINTED WARDROBE CIRCA 1822.

WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER THIS PIECE OF HAND PAINTED FOLK ART FURNITURE MADE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.

COMPRISES OF 5 SECTION’S. CORNICE, BASE, PEG SHELF AND EACH HALF OF THE WARDROBE.

ALTHOUGH THIS PIECE IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL IN SIZE, WHEN BEING MADE IT WAS DESIGNED IN 2 HALVES TO ALLOW IT TO BE LOCATED IN ROOMS AND BUILDINGS IT MIGHT NOT USUALLY FIT INTO.

INITIALED A.M B.IN WITH THE HAND PAINTED DATE OF 1822, WHICH INDICATES THIS WAS LIKELY MADE AS A WEDDING PRESENT.

ARCHITECTURAL CORNICE PAINTED IN A GREEN AND RED BASE WITH HAND PAINTED SWAGS, SITS ABOVE THE MAIN BODY OF THE WARDROBE.  ADORNED WITH HAND PAINTED PANELS TO THE DOORS AND THE CANTED SIDES.  DOUBLE DOOR’S WITH SALT AND PEPPER PAINTED DETAILING ENCASED BY A RED BORDER RUNNING DOWN THE LENGTH.  ORIGINAL LOCK AND METAL LATCHES ALLOW ACCESS TO A PLAIN INTERIOR OF A DOUBLE SIDED PEG SHELF, THIS ALSO SHOWCASES THE PEGGED BRACKETS TOP AND BOTTOM, WHICH ILLUSTRATES PERFECTLY HOW THE PIECE IS SECURELY HELD TOGETHER.  STANDING ON A SHAPED MOULDED BASE AND 5 BUN FEET.

ORIGINAL PAINT WITH EXPECTED FADING, LOSSES. MINOR SURFACE MARKS TO WOODWORK.