wedding chest
Trousseau storage container
A wedding chest is a large decorative trunk or box traditionally used to store items a bride brings to her marriage—linens, clothing, household goods.
Also called a hope chest or dowry chest.
The tradition of accumulating such items before marriage has largely faded, though antique wedding chests remain valued as furniture: The carved wedding chest had been in her family for generations.
- Italian RenaissanceCultural rebirth in Florence
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- hand paintedDecorated manually with brushes
- boxLidded storage container
- dowryMarital property transfer
trousseau · wood · carved wood · dovetail joints · glory box · lock · bottom drawer · folk art · lace · gilding · storage · marriage customs · legacy · heritage · trunk · inlay · craftsmanship · ribbon
- ancient furnishingsbed, table, chair, bench, stool
- marriage giftsdowry, bridewealth, bride price, trousseau, dower
- Moroccan craftstagines, tagine, Moroccan rugs, brass lantern, brass lamps
- Korean Relicsceladon, gold crowns, bronze mirrors, royal tombs, ancient tombs
- Indian Furniturediwan, divan
life stage/purpose
wedding chestcoffin
Burial container for remains
casket · funeral urn · death shroud · wardrobe · armoire