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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9430478, member: 2844&quot;]Just a show and tell.</p><p>My antique peat box, used to store peat next to a fireplace. It is painted in the tradition of the town of Hindeloopen, Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435441[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In the old days, the women of Hindeloopen painted their furniture and other wooden items while the men were out at sea, mostly the Baltic trade.</p><p>The designs were inspired by items which came from &#039;the East&#039;: Chinese porcelain and Indian and Javanese fabrics, but also by European decorating fashions, like marbling and other &#039;faux&#039; painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435442[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]435443[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hindeloopen homes were painted and decorated with tiles from floor to ceiling, and blue and white Chinese porcelain was put on cabinets and ledges. Add to that the colourful Hindeloopen costume made of Indian printed fabrics, and the picture is enough for Stendhal syndrome.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is said that Dutch painted furniture like the Hindeloopen style inspired 17th century Norwegian migrant workers in the rich Republic of the Netherlands. When they went home they introduced it in Norway, and Norwegian rosemaling was born.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few nice Hindeloopen items, mostly from the 1970s. I have been looking for antique Hindeloopen for years, but quality varies enormously and prices for good pieces can go through the roof.</p><p>But I recently came across this antique peat box, good quality and a bargain, so here it is.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435444[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is signed on the bottom, and I just sent the museum in Hindeloopen an email to ask who the painter was. I hope they know, they are a small museum and also rely on information from the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]435446[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, I am still looking for an antique Hindeloopen piece with a parrot painted in the centre. They are out there, but prices are also out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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