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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4402087, member: 5066&quot;]The unicorn and men-on-horseback design on this painted chest are motifs often depicted on marriage chests created in Berks County.</p><p>Patricia J. Keller determined that at least eight different cabinet shops and four different decorators were responsible for the approximately forty known forms comprising the “black unicorn” group. </p><p>It&#039;s a rather famous PA German design, the one above is most likely a repro, many have been built over the years</p><p>Here is a period one at the MET, C 1780</p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/3395" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/3395" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/3395</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372506[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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