Description:  

Chest with many sculpted panels. Lock, lockhole and decorative hinges.

 

Finition:

Bitume de Judé, milk paint, shellac.

Dimensions:   36 '' X 36 '' X 18 ''.

Essence:          Pine

 

 

 

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Le Matelot

Fait au

Québec.

(Chest) Chest with drop-leaf secured with a lock. Metal-rimmed with decorative hinges very popular in each of the homes in ''Nouvelle-France'' around the 18th and 19th centuries. The interior is often garnished with a small compartment placed to receive small objects.

Courses available for artisans and handymen of all ages.

Techniques

and

concepts

Natural

pigments

 

 

 

 

Period

hardware

Milk

Paint ?

 

 

 

 

 

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