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Scandinavian / Swedish 'Folk Art' Original Paint Rosmålning, Desk Timplåda / Sliding Lidded Box Gustavian, 1806 (1 of 16)
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Scandinavian / Swedish 'Folk Art' Original Paint Rosmålning, Desk Timplåda / Sliding Lidded Box Gustavian, 1806

REF: 2067 - 251020 / LA319017
£285
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Description
For sale is a beautiful small wooden sliding-lid box or 'Timplåda' from the late Gustavian period at over 215 years of age. - The timplåda has tasteful rosmålning decoration to five surfaces of the box in original paint as shown in the images. - These hand-painted floral decoration are of white roses or flowers applied in strong brushwork. - The floral decoration is painted over a base paint/stain applied to the original pine construction of the storage box. - The sliding lid has a small cut out handle, the lid is bevelled to its edge and is recessed into a three sided groove around the box edge. - The box is marked to the unpainted base Ib or 18, 1806 as shown. - The box has age-related wear due to use and time. - These boxes were used as storage with sliding lid “timplåda”, meaning drawer/box (låda) used for bits and pieces or for storing candles. - The attractive antique box is rectangular with a sliding lid of softwood likely pine. The bottom surface is attached from below with wooden dowels to secure the baseboard. The sides joined by slotting together with dove-tail cuts in profile. The attractive folk art painted box is in great condition given its utility and service from over 215 years of age. A lovely and charismatic antique item of Swedish rural folk art from the Gustavian period.
measurements
Width:
18 cm
Depth:
8.5 cm
Length:
23 cm
declaration
W&W Antiques has clarified that the Scandinavian / Swedish 'Folk Art' Original Paint Rosmålning, Desk Timplåda / Sliding Lidded Box Gustavian, 1806 (LA319017) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1806
condition
Please consider the photographs and description as a great record of the condition of this antique item.
location
This Scandinavian / Swedish 'Folk Art' Original Paint Rosmålning, Desk Timplåda / Sliding Lidded Box Gustavian, 1806 is located in Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom