Home Dutch Painters & Paintings Ancient foot-warming boxes Dutch Painters & Paintings Ancient foot-warming boxes 14/01/2017 painting 'The Chess Players' by Cornelis de Man Did you know that in ancient times the Dutch survived bitter winters by using foot-warming boxes called ‘stoves’? A stove is a wooden box with holes at the top and a bowl of glowing hot coals inside. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR North Brabant Starry Night bicycle path inspired by Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh House in Drenthe Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh refused to paint windmill