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Artist:
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Ivar Kvalen (Quallen)
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Title:
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Chest
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Date:
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1777
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Medium:
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Painted wood, iron
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Dimensions:
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33 x 69 1/4 x 28 3/8 in. (83.8 x 175.9 x 72.1 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Joel and Irene Njus in memory of Siri Ivar's datter Grosberg
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Location:
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Gallery 304
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This chest was made by Ivar Kvalen, from the Gudbrandsdalen region of Norway, to commemorate the marriage of his daughter Sirid to Ola Iverson Lo in 1777. It is decorated with fluid rococo scroll cartouches framing Sirid's initials, "SIDQ," for Sirid Ivar's Datter Quallen (Kvalen) and the date, 1777. As a dowry chest, it would have been filled with clothing, linens, and valuables. In 1858, Sirid's descendant, Eli, and her husband, Ola Torgerson brought the chest with them when they emigrated from Norway to Wisconsin.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Kvalen (Quallen), Ivar
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Role:
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Maker
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Nationality:
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Norwegian (Gudbrandsdal)
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Life Dates:
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Norwegian (dates unknown)
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscription [S I D Z (?)/1 7 7 7], in red and white, inside each organic motif, on front
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Classification:
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Furniture
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Physical Description:
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Chest with five painted and studded iron bands; painted blue with organic designs between bands; large c-shaped handles; key has circular top element with teardrop shape with small hole extending from shaft; key in key cabinet MS
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Norway, , , Gudbrandsdal
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Accession #:
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99.93a,b
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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