Tea bag tiles in dark blue and yellow

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Why or how the painted furniture know as Bauernmalerei began nobody seems sure, Perhaps it was just a trend. During the late Gothic period a strong folkloric influence began to appear alongside a definite religious content. Ecclesiastical painters were known for decorating the ceilings of rural churches and castles in the Middle Agen, and some furniture is believed to have been painted by them. These people would have been abole to execute the more artistic pieces (for example, armoirs with scenes of the four seasons) as they were familiar with painting scenes from the Old and New Testaments. This would have been so especially from the latter half of the eighteenth century, with the closure of the monasteries leaving monks looking for other forms of employment.