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  2. Chest (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    kist, a word that dates back to 14th century Scotland, derived from Old Norse kista, whereas "chest" derives from Old English cest [8] A cassone is a kind of carved or painted chest associated with late Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Cassones, also called marriage chests or hope chests, were often used to carry the dowry goods in a marriage ...

  3. Hope chest - Wikipedia

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    A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest, or glory box, is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life.

  4. Seaman's chest - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Old York acquires rare 17th-century chest of drawers

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    “The Weare Chest is a major addition to Old York’s collection,” says Joel Lefever, the society's executive director. “York was the seat of government in Colonial Maine, and the town’s ...

  6. Tea chest - Wikipedia

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    Tea chest Two women in London carry a tea chest to a wagon, 1943. A tea chest is a type of wooden case originally produced and used to ship tea to the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The conventional tea chest is a case with riveted metal edges, of approximate size 500 by 500 by 750 millimetres (20 by 20 by 30 in).

  7. Cassone - Wikipedia

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    By the mid-sixteenth century Giorgio Vasari could remark on the old-fashioned cassoni with painted scenes, examples of which could be seen in the palazzi of Florentine families. [3] A cassone that has been provided with a high panelled back and sometimes a footrest, for both hieratic and practical reasons, becomes a cassapanca ("chest-bench").

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