marriage chests
Marriage chest. A large wooden trunk, often carved and decorated, sometimes with initials and a date, in which a young woman would store clothes, sheets, linen and other domestic necessaries, in anticipation of her marriage. Sometimes known as a dowry chest.
3 item(s) found:
An 18th century Spanish hand carved walnut marriage chest 62 x 106 x 58 cm with original 18th century locks and hinges.
An early 18th century oak and iron bound marriage chest with painted decoration to front 'B.J.S/Anno/1722'. Width 139 cm. Depth 62 cm . Height 68 cm
16th/17th century English oak coffer with a later hinged plank top, a feathered frieze, a three panel facade carved with doves drinking from a chalice flanked by dual dragons and block supports.…