Gothic Marriage Chest
1495–1530
- Medium
- wood with painting and gilding
- Dimensions
- Overall: 73.2 x 136.5 x 54.8 cm (28 13/16 x 53 3/4 x 21 9/16 in.)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona(?), 16th century
About
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.