Extremely Fine Larger Then Normal Oak Chip Carved Dutch Frisian Mangle Board With Text, Initial
Extremely Fine Larger Then Normal Oak Chip Carved Dutch Frisian Mangle Board With Text, Initials And Date 1734.
Carved with different ornaments and with the Dutch text:
Witte Wassen Net Te Fouwen Is Siraadt Voor Jonge Frauwen
Translate:
White laundry nicely folded is a Jewel `for Young Women.
With the initials: M B anno 1734
It has not been restored and not cracked and has a beautiful old original patination.
To your information: these type of mangle boards where made by men to give it to their women they loved and in most of the cases it was given by a marriage, in the Netherlands this was a tradition.
90cm high, 16cm wide
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 14th, Regency
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Oak
Width: 16
Height: 90
Reference (ID): 1783908
Availability: In stock
