Pennsylvania+Dutch

=Pennsylvania Dutch Furniture:=

The furniture is handmade in Pennsylvania using German Furniture traditions and heritage from the home country but developed its own traits.
This style of Furniture was used from 1720-1830.

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Pennsylvania German furniture makers made a trademark out of their handpainted hope or dowry chests. Built to store the linen made by young german American women dowry or hope chests were customarily painted a light blue colour over which was painted a variety of decorative accents such as vases of flowers, tulips, stars, birds, angels, and unicorns among others.=====