Gothic Marriage Chest
Unknown Artist
c. 1500–1525
Medium
wood with painting and gilding
Dimensions
73.2 × 136.5 × 54.8 cm
Classification
Furniture and woodwork
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of William G. Mather
Accession Number
1950.568
About this artwork
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.