Bellows with the Flight into Egypt, first half 16th century or later, Netherlandish, Oak, leather, polychromy, gilding, Overall: 22 3/4 x 8 7/16 x 2 5/8 in. (57.8 x 21.5 x 6.6 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, By the fifteenth century, bellows, an implement known from antiquity, were often richly decorated and were displayed on the chimneys of domestic interiors. This bellows, carved in high relief and once brightly painted, shows on one side the Flight into Egypt
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Bellows, Flight, Egypt, first half 16th century, later, Netherlandish, Oak, leather, polychromy, gilding, Overall, 22 3/4 x 8 7/16 2 5/8, 57.8 21.5 6.6 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, fifteenth, bellows, implement, antiquity, richly decorated, displayed, chimneys, domestic interiors, carved, high relief, brightly painted, side
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