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DepartmentEurope

Wedding Party

NameSculpture

Maker Adam Wydra

Date1999

Place madeWola Gulowska, Poland, Europe

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions22 × 18 × 4 1/2 in. (55.8801 × 45.7201 × 11.43 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Grace Loeffler, A.2017.8.23

Object numberA.2017.8.23

Collections

Europe

DescriptionRelief sculpture depicting a wedding party. The outside doors are carved to depict the bride and groom in a horse-drawn carriage The bride is in a white dress and the groom wears black. The carriage is in front of a blue house with a thatched roof. The doors open to either side to reveal a full wedding party scene, with the bride and groom in the center and many other figures surrounding them. There are musicians and long tables with people seated before food. The very top of the center panel has a deocrative top piece with a heart and two men to either side.

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