Swiss Alpine Folk Art “Box” Table c.1800A charming Swiss Alpine Folk Art Box or Trunk table. c. 1800 The box or trunk table has a drawer below the detachable plank table top. Rustic and beautifully naively hand painted in original polychrome featuring fruits, flowers and berries. In the late Gothic and early modern periods, these type of tables were very popular in southern Germany and the Alpine countries. Hence the name "Gothic table " is often used for the box table. A similar earlier