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Oversize Chest / Trunk
Located in Culver City, CA
This 19th century six board chest has "C de C Hughes" boldly painted in black letters across the
Category
19th Century English Antique Chests And Trunks
$1,550
Campaign Trunk / Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large classic campaign chest or trunk probably made about 1830. Nice brass that appears to be
Category
19th Century English Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
Camphorwood Campaign Chest
Located in Hudson, NY
deliciously aeromatic camphorwood chest with tray
copper bound corners / brass handles
Category
19th Century Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Metal
Spanish Coffer (Chest)
Located in Houston, TX
This chest has an impressive presence about it. Its finish is untouched which has a real dry, yet
Category
19th Century Antique Chests And Trunks
$3,800
Painted blanket chest
Located in Boston, MA
A wonderful blue & oxblood red painted blanket chest with great patina and dovetailed sides
Category
19th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
$1,650
Red Fujian Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique chest from Fujian province in southern China. The top lists up for storage. Handpainted
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
$2,150
Biedermeier tall chest.
Located in Hudson, NY
Biedermeier Tall chest, Austrian circa 1830. Walnut with darker wood banding around each drawer
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Brass
$8,500
Antique Cedar Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique cedar chest with pine outer lining, and steel corner pieces and handles. Very study piece
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Steel
copper clad chest
Located in Hudson, NY
aesthetic period copper clad coal or wood box with untouched patina / wonderful trim work
Category
19th Century Antique Chests And Trunks
$2,500
19th Century Dutch Walnut and Painted Leather Chest on Stand
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Impressive 19th century Dutch walnut and painted leather chest on stand; the well figured walnut
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Chests And Trunks
Shanxi Rice Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large hand painted storage trunk with original hardware from the Shanxi province in China. Signed painting depicts a bird sitting on a lotus. Pine wood.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
$1,650
Small 18th C Chest
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Amazing small chest or dressing box with interior mirror and compartments with mixed wood intarsia
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Chests And Trunks
$4,500
17th c. Oak Chest
Located in Summerland, CA
Golden Oak Blanket Chest from Southern France
Rich patina, with carved geometric paneling
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Chests And Trunks
$11,000
Unusual Highly Carved Chest
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Large beautiful carved chest with amazing iron hardware. This pc. has been pickled and the back
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Compact Chinese Seaman’s Chest with Locks and Key
Located in San Francisco, CA
A compact and portable antique Chinese seaman’s or sailor’s chest with drawers, locks, and rare
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Iron
French Antique Louis XIV Chest
Located in Austin, TX
An antique Louis XIV Style Chest in walnut wood with carvings of fleur de lys, water leaves and
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
Scottish Pine Ice Chest
Located in Millwood, VA
Scottish pine ice chest with original paint .The chest has dovetailed joints,original hardware and
Category
19th Century Scottish Antique Chests And Trunks
Old Pine Mule Chest
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Old Pine Mule Chest.
Category
19th Century English Antique Chests And Trunks
$2,800
Antique Hungarian Marriage Chest
Located in Port Chester, NY
This wildly painted trunk (faux drawer on bottom)would have been a dowery chest,and it is covered
Category
19th Century Hungarian Antique Chests And Trunks
18th Century Oak Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century oak chest with tarnished hand-forged iron hardware and block feet.
Category
18th Century Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Oak
$1,575
Painted Swedish Marriage Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted chest.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Oak
Original Painted Swedish Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Light blue original painted shipman's chest with two compartments.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Pine
19th C Blanket Chest
Located in New York, NY
Characteristic early 19th Century country blanket chest from the Minas Gerais region of Brazil. In
Category
19th Century Brazilian Antique Chests And Trunks
$3,500
Black Lacquer Side Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique black lacquer side chest from the Shanxi province in China. Original lacquer finish with
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
$1,450
Southwest Walnut Blanket Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Southwest Walnut Blanket Chest
Category
19th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Walnut
Black Butterfly Side Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hand painted black butterfly chest from China.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
Antique Georgian Mule Chest
Located in Port Chester, NY
An antique mule chest from England. This trunk is a warm, dark oak with a wonderful patina. Note
Category
19th Century English Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Oak
3 Section Clothing Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese 3 section clothing chest. Sugi (cedar wood) with persimmon wood veneer. All original
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Cedar
$2,650
Tea Chest on Stands
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 19th century English Victorian style tole tea chest on custom brass stands with Chinoiserie
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Metal, Brass
$3,200 / set
Mahogany Campaign Style Chest
Located in New York, NY
Mahogany Campaign Style Chest, with Ten Drawers, Recessed Brass Handles, Raised on Bracket Feet,
Category
19th Century English Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Brass
Chest with Metal Banding.
Located in Culver City, CA
This chest with its lid is fully decorated and banded with metal straps which have been applied in
Category
19th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Pine, Rope
19th Century Campaign Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rugged and well worn authentic military chest perfect as coffee table or at the foot of the bed
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Brass
Iron Bound Chest / Trunk
Located in Culver City, CA
Who knows how many trips this chest has been on. It is in good condition but still shows the
Category
19th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Pine, Paper
Iron Nuremberg Chest 17th / Coffre
Located in Haguenau, FR
These chests of iron were manufactured between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century, equipped
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Chests And Trunks
19C Carved Box Chest
Located in New York, NY
19C arca with typical Brazilian colonial carved decorative elements. The complementary light (Brazilian Cedar) and dark (Brazilian Rosewood) woods is typical of the Minas Gerais area...
Category
19th Century Brazilian Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Rosewood
$6,950
17th Century Iron Armada Chest
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Painted iron chest bound with iron straps with hasps and pierced false escutcheon and twin writhen
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Chests And Trunks
Spanish Studded Leather Marine Chest
Located in London, GB
Spanish leather bound and studded marine chest. With domed top and applied all-over brass studs
Category
18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Chests And Trunks
17th Century Oak Blanket Chest
Located in New York, NY
A Handsome17th Century Bleached Oak Blanket Chest, French, Burgundian
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Oak
Style "Rustico" Blanket Chest
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Reputely an old railway trunk. Excellent patina of just the right amount of wear and tear.
Category
19th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Steel
18th Century Korean Coin Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elm wood Korean coin chest with black iron fittings. Dovetailed at all corners and hand wrought
Category
18th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wrought Iron
Small Antique Domed Top Chest
Located in Culver City, CA
This old chest has traveled far and wide. It might have held many a coin of the realm, important
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Painted Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Italian painted storage chest. All original hardware and paint. Beautiful patination
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century box chest
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th Century, Minas Gerais country hardwood box chest with later feet and working lock.
Category
19th Century Brazilian Antique Chests And Trunks
Early 19C Arca (Box Chest)
Located in New York, NY
Early 19C Arca (box chest) in style typical of the Minas Gerais area of Brazil.
Category
19th Century Brazilian Antique Chests And Trunks
19th Century Italian Painted Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century hand painted Italian storage chest. Beautiful patination to the floral paintwork, all
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Chests And Trunks
German Hope Chest Dated 1879
Located in Sheffield, MA
Hope chest from Saxony dated 1879 in original blue-green paint. Decorative panels show urns with
Category
19th Century German Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Pine
Large Exotic Hardwood Lockable Chest
Located in New York, NY
Large 19th Century Vinhatíco and Jacarandá (Rosewood) Arca (lockable box chest).
Category
19th Century Brazilian Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Green Oak Tool Chest
Located in Alexandria, VA
Gorgeous green painted oak tool chest. Original paint and iron handles. It's a great accent piece
Category
19th Century American Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Oak
Iron Mounted Indian Dowry Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Indian dowry chest (ldd)w
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Iron
North Korean Bandaji Blanket Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique North Korean Bandaji (Blanket Chest). Original brass hardware.
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Brass
French Pine Ice Chest Trunk
Located in Austin, TX
perforated shelves. A brass plaque reveals that the chest was manufactured by Bonneton Fils, in Lyon. Great
Category
1920s French Antique Chests And Trunks
Materials
Metal
Anglo-Indian Brass Mounted Chest
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Charming trunk with wonderful patina and great brass decoration
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Chests And Trunks
Nail Studded Moroccan Velvet Dowry Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Moroccan dowry chest in velvet and studs.
Category
19th Century Moroccan Antique Chests And Trunks
Early 19C Chest with Original Paint
Located in New York, NY
Early 19C painted hope chest on stand. Authentic, antique painted chest from Minas Gerais is very
Category
19th Century Brazilian Antique Chests And Trunks
Dutch Colonial Chest with Brass Details
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very special Dutch storage chest of solid plank construction in jackfruit. The chest and feet are
Category
19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Chests And Trunks
Nail Studded Moroccan Velvet Dowry Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stylish velvet studded Moroccan dowry chest.
Category
19th Century Moroccan Antique Chests And Trunks
Chic 19th Century Chinese Painted Chest
Located in Washington, DC
Chic 19th C. Chinese Painted Chest
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chests And Trunks
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Antique Chests And Trunks For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique chests and trunks available for sale. The range of distinct antique chests and trunks — often made from wood, metal and softwood — can elevate any home. Antique chests and trunks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique chests and trunks are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Baroque and Georgian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique chests and trunks over the years, but those made by Au Touriste, Paris, Hartmann Trunk Company and Seward Trunk Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Finding the Right Trunks-luggage for You
Add a charming piece of travel history to your space. Antique and vintage trunks and luggage can make a statement as decorative accents and practical furnishings in nearly every room of your home.
There have been many types of trunks and luggage over the years, with availability of these wares broadening as train travel expanded during the 19th century. Antique steamer trunks — named for their use on steamships — mostly date from around 1880 to 1920. These pieces of luggage fit a steamship’s luggage size regulations and essentially doubled as wardrobes, ensuring that a traveler’s evening dresses and suits were kept wrinkle-free on a journey from city to city.
In 1858, French luxury brand Louis Vuitton introduced the world to the now-iconic Louis Vuitton trunks. During this early period of railroad travel, Louis Vuitton trunks solved common travel problems. Instead of the traditional round shape, these handcrafted rectangular trunks stored better on trains. To discourage burglars, the French craftsman and his son, Georges, also eventually patented a revolutionary sophisticated lock for the trunks. The famous LV monogram was first used in 1896 as part of an initiative by Georges to prevent counterfeiting of his coveted travel trunks.
Even if no longer used for travel, the vintage luggage is a popular item among collectors for its historical value and charm. At home, an old wood trunk is a durable storage solution as much as it is a versatile surface. It’s a coffee table in the living room of your farmhouse-style home or rustic loft apartment and a nightstand or blanket chest at the foot of your bed in your bedroom.
From Victorian trunks to Art Deco traveling jewelry cases, journey through history today with an extensive collection of antique trunk suitcases and vintage luggage on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Chests And Trunks
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 20, 2024The difference between a chest and a trunk is mostly portability. Both terms describe storage furniture often crafted out of wood, but their functions are different. A chest normally goes in a bedroom, living room or other space and serves as a permanent piece of furniture in a home. On the other hand, a trunk usually features heavy-duty craftsmanship and a more portable design. Originally, trunks were used as luggage for travel. However, today, many people use them as permanent furniture, just like chests. Find a wide range of chests and trunks on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024To tell if a chest is antique, first examine its materials and details carefully. An antique chest is one produced 100 years ago or more. This generally predates the use of engineered wood, particleboard, plastics and other synthetic materials. As a result, an antique chest usually features solid wood construction.
In addition, antique chests are likely to be handmade, so you should be able to spot subtle signs that indicate this, such as tool marks and small irregularities in any carvings. If a piece looks flawless and regular, it is unlikely to be antique. Locating a maker's mark and then researching when the manufacturer was active can also help you date your chest. Alternatively, you can use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer to learn more about your chest.
On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of antique chests. - 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify an antique chest of drawers, look inside and beneath drawers and on the back and bottom for any type of maker's marking. Researching these marks using trusted online resources may allow you to determine who produced your chest and roughly date your piece. If your chest is at least 100 years old, it is an antique. Should you be unable to locate the maker's marks, look at the hardware. Rose head nails, one-piece cast brass pommels on the drawer handles and circular rather than hexagonal bolts may all indicate that a piece is an antique. Keep in mind that hardware may have been replaced at some point and that there are many reproductions of antique furnishings. As a result, you may wish to have a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer complete the identification process if you're unable to identify your chest via the maker's markings. Find a range of antique chests of drawers on 1stDibs.
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