{"id":279926,"date":"2026-05-27T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=279926"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:48:43","slug":"antique-painted-small-chest-in-pine-wood-poland-circa-1930-am14007-1","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-painted-small-chest-in-pine-wood-poland-circa-1930-am14007-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique painted small chest in pine wood \u2013 Poland, circa 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <strong>antique painted small chest in pine wood<\/strong> features a <em>bluish-green grey painted ground<\/em> with natural wear and a <em>removable interior tray<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 <em>extractable tray<\/em> in unpainted pine rests on two horizontal rails. The front hinge and the latch are hand-forged iron.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 paint, flaking, wood \u2014 is one of the most valued traits in painted rural furniture from central Europe. The hardware presents stable natural oxidation.<\/p>\n<p>With its small size \u2014 55 \u00d7 32 \u00d7 30 cm \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> Length 55 cm &#8211; Width 32 cm &#8211; Height 30 cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Style:<\/strong> Rustic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Materials and techniques:<\/strong> Solid pine; hand-forged iron hardware; mortise-and-tenon joinery; painting over bluish-green grey ground with natural wear.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place of origin:<\/strong> Poland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Period:<\/strong> First half of the twentieth century<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date of manufacture:<\/strong> Circa 1930<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition:<\/strong> Good. Bluish-green grey paint with original flaking patina, interior tray preserved. Wear consistent with age and use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This piece is part of the curated collection of <strong>Amaru Antiques, Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>ONE OF A KIND PIECE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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