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Blanket Chests For Sale
Rare Gothic German Oak and Iron Chest Known as "Stollentruhe"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This large chest stands on high legs prolonging the lateral jambs. Presenting a sober and severe appearance the chest still belongs to the Medieval tradition. The piece is made from very high quality Hungarian wood. The jambs are joined to the facade and the lateral sides thanks to pegged mortise and tenon securing a great stability and squareness between each parts. The upper lid is made of two joined parts and so is the facade. The ironwork is present all over the surface of the chest and brings both an additional stability to the construction as well as a rich decor. The lid is secured with hinges. Hinges also run all over the chest in horizontal and vertical lines, ending in a floral motif. The hasp lock is also very ornamental. Those chests always present important proportions especially when they are made early in the period. This model was very popular in Germany and stayed in vogue until the 16th century. However the feet Gothic decor...
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15th Century and Earlier German Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Wrought Iron

Mid 20th Century Woven Wicket Blanket Storage Chest
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid 20th Century Woven Wicket Blanket Storage Chest measuring 30" in width, 18" in dwpth and 17.5" in height.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Blanket Chests

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Wicker

Rug Kilim’s Persian Tribal Storage Chest with Colorful Geometric Patterns
Located in Long Island City, NY
This storage chest is a collectible item in a rare new series from Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics. Further on the Design: Keen eyes will note that all four sides employ recycled vi...
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2010s Persian Modern Blanket Chests

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Leather, Wool, Wood

Exceptional Italian Renaissance Cassone with Rich Carving on a Gilt Background
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The lower part of the facade is adorned with a foliated and fruit garland. The facade’s central panel bears a low-relief decor framed by a rais-de-cœur frieze. The central scene a...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Oak Sabre Chest Or Plank Coffer Circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
superb oak chest called sabre chest or plank coffer from the beginning of the 17th century from England. Very beautiful chest which was at the time used to store sabres. Typical bas...
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Early 17th Century British Jacobean Antique Blanket Chests

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Oak

Antique 18th Century German Baroque Painted Walnut Iron Coffer Chest Trunk 1784
Located in Portland, OR
Antique German Baroque dome top painted walnut sea chest, dated 1784. The chest having a hinged dome top with iron strapping, the interior of the lid having hand-forged strap hinges and original hand-forged iron lock...
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1780s German Baroque Antique Blanket Chests

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Iron

Majestic 17th Century Italian Solid Walnut Antique Blanket Chest
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful antique blanket chest in solid walnut wood, 1650s. The antique blanket chest also completely original and has great charm. Internally equipp...
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1650s Italian Baroque Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Lidded Chest, North German, Mid-18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A Baroque dome-top chest from Northern Germany, dating to the mid-18th century. The chest rests on compressed bun feet and is fitted with a large iron lockplate, decorative escutcheo...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Mid 19th century traditional Swedish hand painted coffer
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century traditional Swedish painted coffer circa 1855. Fine quality piece of rustic furniture, with a desirable flat top surface which lends itself to more uses than it's d...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine, Paint

Small Antique Display Chest, Indian, Teak, Miniature Campaign Trunk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique shop display chest. An Indian, teak and brass miniature campaign trunk, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. A wonderfully miniaturised display ch...
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Early 20th Century Indian Late Victorian Blanket Chests

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Brass

Italian Baroque Cassone
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautiful example of an early Minimalist 17th century Italian Cassone that would integrate seamlessly into a Gothic inspired design. The cassone is in overall good conditio...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Painted Pine European Blanket Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century European painted trunk with original painted surface. There is exposed dovetail construction. Original iron lock. Latch missing. Wonderful old patina.
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19th Century Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine

Renaissance Oak Chest - 17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
superb oak chest from the French Renaissance of the 17th century Very beautiful paneled chest with a beautiful work of sculpture on its face with the sculpted uprights as well as the...
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17th Century European Renaissance Antique Blanket Chests

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Oak

1920 s Louis Vuitton Trunk, Louis Vuitton Steamer Trunk in Monogram
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Superb Louis Vuitton steamer trunk featuring stenciled canvas, all leather trim in deep chocolate color, solid brass Louis Vuitton stamped clasps, lock and studs, solid brass corners...
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1920s French Vintage Blanket Chests

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Brass

Tessellated Stone Brass Frame Base Treasure Chest Trunk Box Console End Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern decorative tessellated stone polished marble tiles box treasure blanket utility chest on brass frame base.
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Blanket Chests

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Marble

European Pine Paint Decorated Blanket Chest Dated 1876
Located in Milford, NH
A nicely paint decorated large pine blanket chest dated 1876 on the front, with three foliate painted panels, and geometric designs on the top, with large strap hinges. The underside...
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1870s European Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine

18th Century Dutch Colonial VOC Coffer or Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Dutch Colonial VOC coffer or chest. Striking Dutch design from the 18th Century. Solid amboyna wood with original bronze / brass mounts and hinges and handles. O...
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18th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Blanket Chests

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Amboyna

19th Century Sri Lankan Trunk with Ebony Trim
Located in San Marino, CA
A 19th century Sri Lankan Trunk made of jakwood with ebony trim. Bright hardware and handles on squat feet.
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19th Century Sri Lankan British Colonial Antique Blanket Chests

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Ebony

Antique French Brass Repousse Firewood Box Adapted
Located in New York, NY
An adapted early 20th century French Brass repousse Firewood Box. This beautifully hand crafted firewood box has been adapted into a table or console. ...
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1920s Vintage Blanket Chests

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Brass

Kentucky 18th Century Stage Coach Trunk
Located in Louisville, KY
If this trunk could speak, it would tell a story of its many journeys from Frankfort, Kentucky to many parts of the country, beginning in the mid to late 1700’s. It would tell tales about its owners Jephthah and Peter Dudley...
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Late 18th Century American Rustic Antique Blanket Chests

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Iron

Restored Crouch Fitzgerald Leather Trunk, c 1920s, Signed
By Crouch Fitzgerald
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully restored flat-top steamer trunk by renowned New York luggage maker Crouch Fitzgerald, featuring its original enameled brass maker’s plaque on the lid, C&F ins...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Blanket Chests

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Brass

Mid-Century Lane "Perception" Cedar Chest by Warren Church
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This "Sweetheart" chest from Lane Furniture was designed by Warren C. Church for their 'Perception' collection. Featuring their signature woven-wood panels and rich walnut grain thro...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Blanket Chests

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Walnut, Hardwood

Antique English Trunk Chest Blanket Box Storage Coffer Oak c. 1900s-1920s
Located in Tyler, TX
BEAUTIFUL Antique English Trunk, Chest, Blanket Box, Coffer, or Coffee Table with Lift-Top Storage~~HIGHLY CARVED~~c. 1900-1920s SPECTACULAR design~~carved center panels wi...
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1910s English Victorian Vintage Blanket Chests

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Oak

White Lacquered Trunk with Brass Hardware, Vintage Storage Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage white lacquered trunk with traditional brass hardware. This Chinese trunk, finished in a soft white patina, is a refined storage solution with timeless character. Featuring...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Blanket Chests

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Brass

Blanket / bed-end / coffee table - chest, marine decor intarsia, Swedish Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare chest with marine intarsia decor, perfect as a blanket/ bed-end chest or coffee table with storage. Beautiful massive brass handles. In good condition, smaller signs of age,...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Blanket Chests

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Beech, Birch, Walnut

Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Dome Top Marriage Coffer / Chest, Circa 1836
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique early 19th C Dutch marquetry inlaid marriage coffer \ chest c.1836. It is inlaid in various woods with a pair of stars as well as a central hor...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Blanket Chests

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Wood

Spanish Chest with Arcade design
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
SPANISH CHEST WITH ARCADE DESIGN ORIGIN: SPAIN PERIOD: LATE 15TH – EARLY 16TH CENTURY DIMENSIONS: Height: 61 cm
 Length: 135 cm
 Depth: 48 cm Chestnut wood 
Good condition This H...
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16th Century Spanish Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Wood, Chestnut

Chinese Painted Folk Trunk, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscel...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Blanket Chests

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Pine

Vintage Hope Chest Storage Box on Metal Frame Box
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage Hope Chest Storage Box on Metal Frame Box
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20th Century American Arts and Crafts Blanket Chests

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Brass, Steel

Vintage Georgian Style Pedestal Desk Green Leather Top
Located in Worcester, GB
Vintage Georgian Style Pedestal Desk Green Leather Top Offered for sale a good quality vintage yew wood late 20th century pedestal desk in the Georgian revival style. Green gilt-t...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Blanket Chests

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Yew

Early 20th century American steamer fitted chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century american steamer fitted chest circa 1915. We are pleased to offer this example of an American made steamer chest, quite possibly made for the gentlemen travelling...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Blanket Chests

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Oak, Pine

17th Century Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut Blanket Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
17th century Spanish Baroque wedding cassone, the walnut surface hand carved with architectural designs, arches, geometric and floral motifs throughout...
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Rare (Late Medieval) 16th Century German Wrought Iron Oak Chest or Stollentruhe
Located in Dallas, TX
WE HAVE THE PLEASURE TO PRESENT an Exceptionally Rare (Late Medieval) 16th Century German Wrought Iron Oak Chest or Stollentruhe. This is an Early...
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16th Century German Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Wrought Iron

17th Century Italian Carved Cassone Trunk with Drawers and Inside Carved Panel
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique coffer at the foot of a king size bed. Crafted in Italy, circa 1680, the rectangular trunk stands on bracket feet. Heavily carved on all three sides with a...
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Late 17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Fabric, Walnut

Dutch Colonial Inlaid Camphorwood Trunk/Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
the hinged rectangular lid resting on a conforming body flanked by wrought iron handles; adorned on all sides with an exotic wood inlaid perimeter band inset with bone inlay; the fro...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Blanket Chests

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Wood

19th Century French Gothic Petite Trunk ~ Blanket Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Gothic Petite Trunk ~ Blanket Chest was purpose-built for a cozy niche, and its size makes it very versatile to use in any capacity! ...
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Early 19th Century French Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Oak

18th Century Small French Oak Coffer, Strong Box
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
18th Century Small French Oak Coffer, Strong Box
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18th Century Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Oak

Antique Oak German Coffer / Chest From The 18th. Century.
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolute beautiful 18th century continental carved oak coffer. Fine quality continental carved oak coffer from Germany, Free of any inscription. Beautifully carved arcaded front, co...
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18th Century German Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Oak

19thc Original Salmon Decorated Pennsylvania Blanket Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a amazing untouched 19thc original paint decorated blanket chest is a small scale size.Wonderful as a coffee table or end of a bed for quilts & blankets.The condition is very...
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19th Century American Adirondack Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine

Vintage Coral Vinyl Faux Leather Cedar Lined Storage Bench Settee Nailhead Trim
Located in Topeka, KS
Beautiful cedar lined storage bench, settee, chest, or trunk comprised of coral vinyl or faux leather and brass nailhead trim. Wonderful original vi...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Bohemian Blanket Chests

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Faux Leather, Cedar

Welsh Sailor s Sea Chest
Located in Woodbury, CT
Welsh sailor's sea chest with canted sides. Painted red chest has black canvas top embossed with brass studs forming anchors to the corners. Carved Becket handle supports bearing i...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Blanket Chests

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Brass

Early 19th Century Leather Clad Camphor Trunk With Nail Head Trim, on Stand
Located in Peabody, MA
Leather bound camphor wood trunk on mahogany stand with cabriole legs, as found; chest featuring nailhead trim and brass binding. Working key included. Trunk measures 31 3/8" wide, ...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Campaign Antique Blanket Chests

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Brass

Top Quality Camphor Wood Chest
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Outstanding quality Chinese camphor wood carved chest with brass lock, outstanding and deep carving, original tray liner, in excellent original condition. 18.5" high 37" length 17" ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Blanket Chests

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Other

19thc Blanket Chest ( Dower Chest ) With Two Drawers Below
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original surface blanket chest from Pennsylvania.The entire chest is dovetailed case and drawers. All original hardware & drawer pulls.Yhis fine dower chest was found in Berks...
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19th Century American Adirondack Antique Blanket Chests

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Wood

Boston Civil War Era Leather Brass Travel Trunk
Located in Fraser, MI
Please message us for a cost effective shipping quote to your location. Leather Travel Trunk. Brass Lock marked 1864. Brass Rivets on top. Iron wheels at corner. Wood Slats at botto...
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1860s Antique Blanket Chests

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Brass

18th c Italian Carved Cassone with Dragon Decoration and Paw Feet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine hand carved cassone, probably in oak, with relief carved scrollwork dragons flanking a central shield adorning the front panel, carved figural corners, forged wrought iron str...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Blanket Chests

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Wrought Iron

Mid-Century Cedar Chest by Jokari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Add a touch of mid-century sophistication to your space with this beautifully crafted cedar chest by Jokari. Built during the golden era of design, this piece captures the clean line...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Blanket Chests

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Wood

Antique Zanzibar Omani Teak Brass Studded Copper Clad Dowry Chest Trunk, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Zanzibar, Omani dowry chest, circa 1880. The chest having a hinged lid clad in decorated copper repousse work, the front and sides having similar decoration, the insi...
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Late 19th Century Omani Moorish Antique Blanket Chests

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Brass, Copper

Antique 1920s Henry Likly Standing Wardrobe Steamer Trunk
Located in Esperance, NY
For sale is a stunning antique steamer trunk, complete with its original features. This trunk boasts exceptional craftsmanship and represents one of the higher-end models of its time...
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1920s American Vintage Blanket Chests

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Leather, Wood

Chinese Painted Folk Trunk, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscel...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Blanket Chests

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Pine

18th Century Hungarian Marriage Chest
Located in Cirencester, GB
This mid-18th Century Chest was sourced in Hungary and is a striking example of traditional folk and rural craftsmanship. This piece would have been a central element in a young bri...
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Mid-18th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine

European Walnut Storage Chest, Early 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
European Walnut Storage Chest, early 19th Century. An early chest with triple brass locks and hand-forged iron strap hinges.
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Early 19th Century European Country Antique Blanket Chests

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Brass, Iron

1850 Louis Philippe Walnut Wood Traditional Sicilian Blanket Chest
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A Traditional Sicilian Blanket Chest, originally it was used to contain the trousseau that the bride brought as a dowry for her wedding, it represents a piece of furniture from the L...
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Mid-19th Century Sicilian Louis Philippe Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Antique Scandinavian Pine Baroque Folk Art Carved Dowry Chest Trunk Coffer 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique Scandinavian carved Baroque Folk Art dowry chest, Circa 1780. The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges, the edge ...
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1780s Scandinavian Baroque Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine

Qing Dynasty Elmwood Blanket Chest with Black Lacquer Finish and Brass Accents
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty black lacquered elm blanket chest from the late 19th, early 29th century, with weathered patina. Crafted in elmwood with a striking black lacquer finish that reveals s...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Blanket Chests

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Brass

Italian Renaissance Cassone Or Wedding Chest In Walnut - 16th Century With Coat
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb and rare Italian Renaissance walnut wedding chest or cassone from the late 16th century from the Tuscany region. Very beautiful chest with a wood marquetry coat of arms in it...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Blanket Chests

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Walnut

Wooden Storage Hand-Carved Decorative Box
Located in Vienna, AT
Solid teak wood hand-carved in the early 20th century in Rajasthan. It is richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving.
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1930s Indian Anglo Raj Vintage Blanket Chests

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Teak

Antique Merchant s Tool Chest, English, Pine, Craftsman s Trunk, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique merchant's tool chest. An English, stained pine craftsman's trunk, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Pleasingly r...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Blanket Chests

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Pine

Brass Mounted Camphor Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th century Brass mounted camphor chest w/original key & provenance.
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19th Century Antique Blanket Chests

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Brass

Chest or Stollentruhe, Early 16th Century, German Gothic, Oak Chest, Original
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This standing chest is of clamp-front construction, extensively decorated with long, ironwork straps with quatrefoil finials which ‘wrap’ around it, and has an ornate, central lockplate, and front legs with full, height stiles. The ironwork straps and finials are fixed with convex, headed nails: running along the front, five long straps; the two side straps; and the five straps on the top. On the chest front, centrally placed, is a large, iron lockplate with four outer, radiating spade finals in each corner and three, superimposed spade finials (a symbol of nobility) which are pierced with the initials ‘BB’. The lockplate receives a corresponding, external hasp fitted to the lid. Below the floor of the chest, the two front stile legs retain most of their original height. The lid is supported by substantial iron strap hinges that extend right down the back of the chest. Inside the chest at the left end is a shallow, oak till. Construction The chest is of joined, 'clamp-front' construction, reinforced by the nailed, iron mounts. In total it uses ten, oak boards which were riven and planed. The back and front are each formed from a large single plank held to the full height stiles by long, pegged tenons. The sides are also single boards joined into the stiles using long tenons held by dowels, and extend down below the chest bottom, concealing the ends of the bottom boards. The bottom consists of a single board cut into the sides and shallow rebates in the stiles. The front and back boards are dowelled into the bottom boards. The lid which overhangs the sides has a narrow cleat at each end, and consists of one wide plank which has bowed a little as a result of shrinkage. Ironwork : The wrought ironwork straps, lockplate, hasp and lock all appear all appear to be early, and of the same original manufacture and are fixed with convex headed nails. There is mild dark staining of the oak around the iron mounts, possibly because of low tannin content in the oak. Length 172 cm., 67 ¾ in., Height 71.5 cm., 28 ¼ in., Depth 63 cm., 24 ¾ in., Related to: No 900:2-1904 V&A Museum, London. Stadtmuseum Dusseldorf. Decorative Arts Museum Berlin. Museen Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg. A related example featuring elaborately-carved feet and formerly in the Horsham Museum, West Sussex, sold at Christie's in 2010 for £97,250 and another example, again with carved feet sold at Sothebys in 2006 for £48,000. Literature: A similar example is illustrated in H. Lüttgens, Alt- Aachener Wohnkultur; Ein Rundgang durch ein altes Aachener Haus im Wohnstil des 18. Jahrhunderts, Aachen, n.d., ill. 12, and another comparable iron-bound chests...
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16th Century German Gothic Antique Blanket Chests

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Oak

Vintage, New and Antique Blanket Chests

Antique and vintage blanket chests go by many names. You may have heard them called hope chests, dowry chests or Lane cedar chests, with the latter referring to the now-famous case pieces manufactured by the Lane Furniture company.

No matter the name, these were initially large crude wooden boxes with hinged lids where you stowed away your blankets, household linens and possibly some valuables. Everyone can always use a bit more storage in our bedrooms or guest bedrooms, and blanket chests can be a stylish solution to help you stay organized, particularly if you’re short on closet space.

Blanket storage trunks are still typically equipped with hinges on their lids for easy access to their large storage capacity. They’re often rectangular pieces, but in the hands of today’s furniture designers, contemporary blanket chests take on many shapes and are made of varying materials. Most antique blanket chests are made out of wood, from rich mahogany to oak.

Find a wide range of antique, new and vintage blanket chests available for sale on 1stDibs.

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