This rare antique French “Coffre de Mariage” wedding trunk was crafted in Normandy in the late 18th century, very likely dated 1780, as indicated by a faint painted inscription visible beneath the decorative surface. Constructed from solid pine with a traditional domed lid, the coffre retains its original hand-painted folk art decoration on a deep indigo ground, enriched with stylized floral forms, spirals, and abstract roundels rendered in ochre, cream, soft red, and muted green. These...
