Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - MP001

Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany

For the most part, popular art furniture was specially ordered for weddings. The families deployed considerable means so that their children’s union would be fertile, prosperous and everlasting. The symbols that were used were understood by everybody, since they were rooted in a shared religious iconography. Beside the wardrobe, the other piece of furniture standing for this popular art was often the chest and sometimes the sideboard. .

  • Name of purchaser and date of creation of the wardrobe.
  • The Latin cross.
  • The sun.
  • The monstrance.
  • The hen.
  • The chick.
  • The two hearts symbolising the union.
  • The three panels below.
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - The Latin cross
The Latin cross.
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - The sun.
The sun.

Dimensions:
Height: 190 cm, width: 129 cm, depth: 63 cm.
Reference: [MP001]

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Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - The hen
The hen.
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - The chick
The chick.
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - The two hearts symbolising the union
The two hearts symbolising the union
Oak wedding wardrobe – 19ᵗʰ century – Brittany - The three panels below
The three panels below.

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