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Antique painted small chest in pine wood – Poland, circa 1930
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This antique painted small chest in pine wood features a bluish-green grey painted ground with natural wear and a removable interior tray in bare wood. The top opens on upper hinges with a simple latch. It originates from Poland, from the first half of the twentieth century, where pine was worked using mortise-and-tenon joinery and finished with domestic oil paint.
In rural houses of east-central Europe, small chests like this one served to keep personal items, small tools or documents. Paint applied in thin layers over pine and a compartmented inner tray belong to the peasant domestic register, where the piece served a purely utilitarian function before a decorative one.
The body is built in solid pine. The structure is a closed rectangular volume with a hinged lid, mounted by mortise-and-tenon joinery over an internal frame. Inside, an extractable tray in unpainted pine rests on two horizontal rails. The front hinge and the latch are hand-forged iron.
The bluish-green grey paint shows honest wear: the layer has flaked across wide areas revealing raw pine and older layers of pigment. This layered reading — paint, flaking, wood — is one of the most valued traits in painted rural furniture from central Europe. The hardware presents stable natural oxidation.
With its small size — 55 × 32 × 30 cm — this chest works as an auxiliary table, a decorative storage box, a support over a chest of drawers or a chromatic accent on a shelf. It suits wabi-sabi, European country chic, contemporary rustic and eclectic interiors with rural antique presence.
Details
Ref.: AM14007-1
Dimensions: Length 55 cm – Width 32 cm – Height 30 cm
Style: Rustic
Materials and techniques: Solid pine; hand-forged iron hardware; mortise-and-tenon joinery; painting over bluish-green grey ground with natural wear.
Place of origin: Poland
Period: First half of the twentieth century
Date of manufacture: Circa 1930
Condition: Good. Bluish-green grey paint with original flaking patina, interior tray preserved. Wear consistent with age and use.
This piece is part of the curated collection of Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.
ONE OF A KIND PIECE
Additional details:
- Brand: AMARU
- Style: wabi-sabi
- Style: European country chic
- Style: contemporary rustic
- Style: eclectic
- Material: Pine
- Colour: Bluish-green grey
- Period: 1930s
Specifications
ConditionGoodMaterialIronStyleRusticHeight54 cmWidth31 cmDepth29 cm
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ProfessionalGelida (Barcelona), SpainOn Whoppah since July 2026 • 0 sales