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Berks County, Pennsylvania painted dower chest dated 1788 , the lid and front profusely decorated with stylized tulip vines flanked by heart decorated ends, all on a green/blue ground, above two short drawers supported by bold ogee bracket feet, 30" h. , 48 1/4" w. An identical chest in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is illustrated in Fabian, The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest , fig. 221.


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Date:
2009-02-06

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