A Brief Description of the Dowry Chests from the Collection of the Radom Village Museum in Ra¬dom Cover Image

Krótka charakterystyka skrzyń wiannych ze zbiorów Muzeum Wsi Radomskiej w Radomiu
A Brief Description of the Dowry Chests from the Collection of the Radom Village Museum in Ra¬dom

Author(s): Klementyna Kozyra
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Muzeum „Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie”
Keywords: dowry chests; Radom Village Museum; folk furniture; ornaments on dowry chests; wood graining

Summary/Abstract: The article contains a short description of dowry chests in the collection of the Radom Village Museum and constitutes a preview of further research on the subject. The chests are divided according to their paint layer into painted and grained ones. In both categories, ornaments, their arrange¬ment on the front wall and decorative arrangements on the side walls are discussed in detail. The colours of the paints used to make the decorations are also described. Moreover, the analysis covers the profiles of the legs of the chests in the museum’s collection.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 155-170
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish