Beguinage Furniture (*) From Convent Of Ursulines Valenciennes

Rare and Interesting Small Beguinage Furniture Characteristic of Flanders: The beguines, who formed autonomous communities in buildings built around a tree-lined courtyard, led a life of pious but active penitence in workshops and infirmaries. If it suited them to be modest, they should not live poor. The austere furniture of the beguinages therefore presents a quality, a sobriety and a rigor reflecting demanding forms of devotion. For a model to compare in Furniture of the Belgian Provinces and French Flanders page 47. Provenance Community of the Convent of the Ursulines Valenciennes. In oak and from the Renaissance period. Small lack of a joint cover molding and small shelving. Good state of conservation. H 85 by L 90 cm.