{"product_id":"monumental-1897-continental-painted-heraldic-chest-with-crossed-oars","title":"Monumental 1897 Continental Painted Heraldic Chest with Crossed Oars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA striking late 19th-century Continental painted pine chest, dated 1897, with bold hand-painted heraldic and sporting decoration against a deep black ground. The hinged lid is emblazoned with a pair of crossed oars beneath the date, accented bx z y a finely painted ornamental flourish, suggesting an association with rowing, a sporting club, or commemorative presentation. The façade is particularly graphic, centered by a crowned rampant-lion armorial shield flanked by wonderfully rendered fantastical birds or heraldic creatures entwined with serpentine forms, all painted in a restrained palette of silver-white, ochre, gold and muted green. Stylized tree-stump motifs complete the composition. Constructed from broad pine boards with a spacious unfinished interior, the chest retains appealing age-related wear, rubbing and scattered losses to the painted surface, giving it an authentic, timeworn character. An unusual piece of late-19th-century folk and sporting art that functions equally well as a blanket chest, coffee table or dramatic decorative object.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e71 long x 21 high x 28.5 deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COLEVILLE HOME","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49288565653739,"sku":null,"price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/2843\/0571\/files\/coleville-home-monumental-1897-continental-painted-heraldic-chest-with-crossed-oars-1.jpg?v=1787625726","url":"https:\/\/colevillehome.com\/products\/monumental-1897-continental-painted-heraldic-chest-with-crossed-oars","provider":"COLEVILLE HOME","version":"1.0","type":"link"}