table (furniture); table cupboard

Table cupboard of parallelepiped shape, with two doors closed by a small wooden wedge, with a shelf inside. The undecorated flat top, which is formed of two planks extending beyound the back, front and side panels, is fomred of three planks. The sides are formed of three horizontal planks. Legs tapered along inner edge.Geometrical designs composed of triangles, rhombs, squares, with network lines in the centre, carved only in front. (Beech wood). Height 790mm, Width 850 mm, Depth 535mm.

Typical and commonly used in the Gorj area of North Oltenita.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1957.34
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 790 mm x 850 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; white metal; iron
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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