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Pennsylvania Dower Chest with Adam and Eve Fraktur

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Pennsylvania Dower Chest with Adam and Eve Fraktur Under Lid, softwood chest with dovetailed joints, molded lid and interior till, wrought iron hinges, lock and side handles, molded base with bracket feet, repainted with brown and black faux graining with faux panels, in cartouche "17 Elisabeth Beckerin 96", under lid pasted polychrome painted Fraktur on paper depicting Adam and Eve with center tree with snake and apple, stylized flowers and foliate, birds, roosters, and rainbow arches and borders, German text at bottom, 23-1/2"h. x 51"w. x 23-1/2"d., (paint losses, paper discoloration and losses).

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