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The Ancient Egyptians created the first known chests, using wood or woven reeds, circa 3000 BC. [1] The early uses of an antique chest or coffer included storage of fine cloth, weapons, foods and valuable items. [2] In Medieval and early Renaissance times in Europe, low chests were often used as benches while taller chests were used as side tables.
The term "hope chest" or "cedar chest" is used in the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is "bottom drawer"; while both terms, and "glory box" are used by women in Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Today, some furniture makers refer to chests made to hold family heirlooms or general storage items as hope chests.
Oak-slat trunks incorporating many construction-styles (e.g. dome-top, flat-top, beveled-top) were built on a wooden frame, where the malletier would fit thin oak slats vertically side-by-side until the entire trunk was covered. To a Victorian, this would show the complexity of the trunk and astuteness of the malletier, and was an indication of ...
The most common item of campaign furniture is the chest of drawers, often referred to as a military chest or campaign chest. Campaign chests' primary wood was often mahogany, teak, or camphor, although cedar, pine and other woods were also used. The dominant type breaks down into two sections, and has removable feet.
Seaman's chests at the Åland Maritime Museum in Finland Seaman's chests from Sild island with the Dannebrog og North Frisias flag. A seaman's chest is a wooden chest which was commonly used by sailors to store personal belongings. They are also known as sea chests, not to be confused with the recesses found in the hull of certain ships.
It served both as an extra lock and handle since the chest was too heavy for the original handle. [5] The chest and the other items had probably been placed in a boat which capsized and sank in the lake. [6] Another theory is that the chest was temporarily hidden at the water's edge. [2] The chest contained Viking-era blacksmithing and ...
Ryobiraki tansu being carried by hired porters. Woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni, 1807. Tansu were rarely used as stationary furniture. Consistent with traditional Japanese interior design, which featured a number of movable partitions, allowing for the creation of larger and smaller rooms within the home, tansu would need to be easily portable, and were not visible in the home except at ...
Reconstruction of a palisade in a Celtic village at St Fagans National History Museum, Wales Reconstruction of a medieval palisade in Germany. A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall.