hope chests
Future bride's furniture
A hope chest is a wooden chest where a young woman traditionally stored household items—linens, quilts, dishes—in anticipation of marriage.
The practice has largely faded, but the term persists for decorative storage chests and metaphorically for any collection assembled in hopeful preparation: She kept her grandmother's hope chest at the foot of the bed.
- quiltsPadded fabric bedcovers
- trousseausBride's gathered belongings
- linensHousehold fabric goods
- dowriesWealth given at marriage
- glory boxTrunk for wedding preparations
bottom drawer · blankets · heirloom quality · family heirloom · brides · keepsake boxes · dovetail joints · handcrafted · carved panels · cherry wood · mahogany · satinwood · wood joinery · patina · storage · scrollwork · cedar wood · lacquered finish
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- heirloomsquilts, pocket watch, pocket watches, locket, lockets
- homesteadinghomesteading, self-sufficiency, off-grid living, off-grid, chicken coop
- storage cheststrunks, steamer trunks, footlockers, coffers
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery
hope chestscoffins
Boxes for burying bodies
caskets · urns · mourning jewelry · burial shrouds · estate liquidation
hope chestsdressers
Bedroom storage furniture
bureaus · junk drawers · filing cabinets · wardrobes · armoires
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