. Studio international . epublic cannot viewith Italy in art generally, still shecan boast many great men whobuilt and decorated churches. Inso-called profane work, too,Switzerland can show excellent ex-amples of all kinds, but with threeexceptions this article will onlytreat of coffers, a very importantsubject when considering the wood-carving of the country, and mobi-liar in general. In olden times coffers servedmany purposes. Sometimes theywere used for guarding the preciousspices from the East on which somuch store was set, and, of course,they were often commonly used aswardrobes in which
. Studio international . epublic cannot viewith Italy in art generally, still shecan boast many great men whobuilt and decorated churches. Inso-called profane work, too,Switzerland can show excellent ex-amples of all kinds, but with threeexceptions this article will onlytreat of coffers, a very importantsubject when considering the wood-carving of the country, and mobi-liar in general. In olden times coffers servedmany purposes. Sometimes theywere used for guarding the preciousspices from the East on which somuch store was set, and, of course,they were often commonly used aswardrobes in which the garmentsnot in daily use were carefully laidby. In the houses of the well-to-do one of their chief purposes was artistic productions pecu-liar to the different dis-111. 1 ,. The geographical ui Switzerland musbe taken into accoun twhen considet tng her ai is this which accountsiii the variet) of styles. To the west sin ed h\ Kranec, andpaitii ui. 11L) I\ Burgundy,to the south by I .ombardy. V FIG. 3, A 151 II CEN Mi, COl ii 1 . \i 1 ? I .km i\\ M 203 Ancient Swiss Coffers
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