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Scandinavian Blue Marriage Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful 19th Century Scandinavian blue painted marriage chest, with the owner's initials and
Category
Antique 1870s Scandinavian Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Birch, Pine
17th Century Oak Marriage Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality mid 17th century oak marriage chest, having a three panel top with
Category
Antique 17th Century Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
19th Century Swedish Marriage Chest
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century Swedish marriage chest.
This chest is decorated with flora, fauna, and hearts and is
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Carved Oak Mule Chest, Green Man Marriage Chest
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Carved Oak Mule Chest, Green Man Marriage Chest
This is a profusely carved Marriage chest
Category
Antique 18th Century Gothic Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Antique 19th Century Painted Coffer Box Marriage Chest
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th century painted coffer box marriage chest. Dated 1860. These are now quite sought
Category
Antique 19th Century Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Arts and Crafts Carved Oak Marriage Chest or Carved Coffer
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Carved Oak Marriage Chest or Carved Coffer
This is a lovely old piece, and is in
Category
Antique 19th Century Gothic Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
18th Century Polychrome-Painted Marriage Chest, Scarlet Ground, Austrian, 1757
Located in Banner Elk, NC
An exceptional Austrian polychrome-painted marriage chest, with iron-hinged rectangular lid and a
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
H 32.25 in W 62 in D 24.75 in
Cassone Marriage Chest Italian Marquetry Coat of Arms Gilded Renaissance L73.5"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A late-16th Century, Museum Quality, Italian Walnut & Fruitwood Marquetry Marriage Chest with a
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Blanket Chests
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
H 24.41 in W 73.63 in D 24.41 in
American 19th Century Painted Folk Art Marriage Chest and Hanging Cupboard
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
American 19th century painted Folk Art marriage chest and hanging cupboard
A very rare and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century North American American Craftsman Wardrobes a...
Materials
Pine
Antique Marriage Chest, Asian, Chinese Elm, Carved Dowry Trunk, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique marriage chest. An Asian, Chinese elm carved dowry trunk, dating to the 19th
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Elm
H 41.15 in W 33.86 in D 19.49 in
Chinese Antique Carved "Long Life" Wedding Marriage Chest, 19thc.
Located in South Burlington, VT
A long life wedding marriage chest
In Chinese Mandaran, the symbol "Shou" a Chinese character
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare pastiglia marriage chest - North of Italy, First half of 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare pastiglia marriage chest
North of Italy, Liguria or Piemonte
First half of 15th century
wood
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Blanket Chests
Materials
Gesso, Wood
H 26.38 in W 61.42 in D 24.81 in
Early 19th Century Swedish Marriage/Dowry Chest
Located in Staffordshire, GB
1815.
Early 19th century Swedish marriage chest with original hand painted decoration, hardware
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Italian 19th Century Baroque Style Carved Walnut Figural Cassone Chest-Trunk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ornately carved chest, also known as a marriage chest, with an opening top supported with wrought iron
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 29.38 in W 71 in D 27 in
Antique Sterling Silver Dutch Marriage Box with Engraved Rococco Styled Figures
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
to approximately 1710 and done in the period Rococco style. This small marriage chest is composed of
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Rococo Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 2.5 in W 2.75 in D 2.13 in
19th Century Swedish Marriage/Dowry Chest
Located in Staffordshire, GB
1850
19th century Swedish marriage/dowry chest with original hand painted decoration, hardware
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Cassone Chest Cedar Azores 20 October 1592 marriage scrollwork mastic punchwork
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
. The numerous heart motifs and symbolism demonstrate that this was a marriage chest representing love
Category
Antique 16th Century Unknown Renaissance Blanket Chests
Materials
Cedar
H 31.3 in W 71.86 in D 25.79 in
Cassone, 17th Century, Italian, Baroque, Vernacular, Walnut, Carved, Hearts
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This handsome cassone has ornament with romantic associations and was most likely a marriage chest
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Blanket Chests
Materials
Walnut
H 25.6 in W 64.18 in D 22.84 in
Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Dome Top Marriage Coffer / Chest, Circa 1836
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique early 19th C Dutch marquetry inlaid marriage coffer \ chest c.1836. It is inlaid in various
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Colonial Blanket Chests
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Antique Carved Oak Marriage or Dowry Chest, Dated 1735
Located in Miami, FL
A period 18th century flat top Danish Baroque dower chest or trunk in carved oak decorated with
Category
Antique 1730s Danish Baroque Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Antique English Regency Carved Cellarette Cassone Wedding Casket Chest Trunk 33"
By George Bullock
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Regency cellarette / cassone casket / coffer / coffret , trunk or marriage chest
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
H 24 in W 32.5 in D 25.5 in
English Charles II Carved Oak Marriage Coffer, Dated 1684
Located in Southampton, NY
English Charles II carved oak marriage coffer, dated 1684.
Three paneled chest, top rail hand
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Charles II Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak
Zanzibar 19th Century Dowry Chest
Located in Nantwich, GB
hemisphere. A Zanzibar chest was essential in a marriage agreement and the style and size often served as a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Zanzibari Blanket Chests
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Zanzibar 19th Century Dowry Chest
Located in Nantwich, GB
hemisphere. A Zanzibar chest was essential in a marriage agreement and the style and size often served as a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Zanzibari Other Blanket Chests
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Monumental Antique Indian Dowry Chest
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent antique metal-bound solid teak wood damchiya marriage dowry chest with hidden
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Rustic Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
Marburg finch chest Biedermeier around 1800-10 Cherrywood bridal chest
Located in Münster, DE
1800, wealthy farmers had a new marriage bed, a chest and sometimes a table and chairs made as a bridal
Category
Antique Early 1800s German Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Fruitwood, Oak
H 30.32 in W 59.06 in D 26.58 in
Antique Country Swiss Immigrants Trunk Folk Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Forney, TX
different uses, including as a blanket chest, coffee table, low cabinet, marriage box - wedding hope chest
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swiss Country Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
Swedish Gustavian Dowry Chest with Exceptional Interior Painting, Dated 1782
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Swedish Gustavian dowry chest with original paint on the interior and exterior. The
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
H 22.17 in W 49.22 in D 25.79 in
19th Century English Chest of Drawers
Located in High Point, NC
Transport your living space to the 19th century with our antique oak chest of drawers, meticulously
Category
Antique 19th Century British French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Dr...
Materials
Wood
1930's Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Blanket Chest with Family & Museum Provenance
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Two Drawer Blanket Chest with Family and Museum Provenance, mid 1930s
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
H 38.5 in W 39 in D 17.5 in
REMIDA Chest of Drawers in Cognac Finish and Coppered Gold Structure
By Fratelli Boffi
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
The Remida Chest of Drawers is a stunning marriage of form and function that elevates your living
Category
2010s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 35.83 in W 44.49 in D 21.26 in
Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Boston chest of drawers with lidded top
Ipswich/Boston, Massachusetts, 1650-1670
The wood and wood of
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Antique Mid-17th Century American American Colonial Commodes and Chests ...
Materials
Wood
H 48.82 in W 48.04 in D 27.96 in
Richard Woods Wrongwood Chest of Drawers, Established & Sons, UK, 2007
By Richard Woods, Established & Sons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
covers it, and I feel this marriage illustrates perfectly the success of the collaborative process. This
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Post-Modern Commodes and Chests of...
Materials
Wood
BLUEBELL White Chest of Drawers in Bleached Maple Wood with Hand Painted Flower
By Fratelli Boffi
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
The Bluebell Chest of Drawers is a harmonious fusion of functionality and artistic elegance. This
Category
2010s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint, Maple
H 34.65 in W 57.49 in D 22.84 in
19th Century Swedish Dalarna Folk Art Cabinet dated 1805 with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
contemporary dress that decorated provincial wall paintings, cabinets, marriage chests, and other decorative
Category
Antique Early 1800s Swedish Folk Art Cabinets
Materials
Pine
H 35.44 in W 25.2 in D 16.54 in
Antique Red Lacquer Chinese "Marriage Cabinets" STORAGE CHESTS, a PAIR
Located in Weehawken, NJ
Pair of matching Chinese “Marriage Cabinets” constructed of wood with original brilliant red
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique circa 1900 Indian Teluga Kavidpetti Marriage Dowry Campaign Chest Wheels
Located in GB
Marriage Dowry chest with campaign handles and original wooden wheels
A very well made and decorative
Category
Antique Early 1900s Indian Arts and Crafts Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Iron
H 21.66 in W 33.08 in D 17.72 in
Traditional 19th century painted Swedish dome top trunk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
chest is older as they are often given away as marriage gifts.
Made from oak rather than the usual pine
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
Italian Renaissance Cassone with the Coat of Arms of the Bonfanti Family
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
occasion of a marriage. The chest would contain the bride’s trousseau and would decorate the room of the
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Blanket Chests
Materials
Walnut
H 21.66 in W 67.33 in D 23.04 in
Mid 19th century traditional Swedish painted coffer
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
of a marriage. Further hand painted florals to the lid. Once open the interior provides ample
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine, Paint
Swedish 19th century hand painted oak coffer
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
other. These types of pieces were often given as marriage gifts. Metal strap work to corners, front
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Blanket Chests
Materials
Oak, Paint
Carved Tuscan Wedding Cassone, Renaissance Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
there was an alliance between two families through marriage.
The thick lid has a fluted frieze at the
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Blanket Chests
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Danish Arne Wahl Iversen Teak Low Sideboard
By Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Emeryville, CA
sophistication through functional elegance. His furniture, a marriage of practicality and beauty, showcases
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Louis XVI Style Nightstand in Walnut with Legs and Drawer
Located in Prato, Tuscany
her marriage, will take the castle to her husband Claude-Jérôme Chabod de Saint Maurice. This family
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut Cassone Inlaid with Engraved Fruitwood Marquetry, 17th C
Located in London, GB
marriage in heraldry and, when figural painted panels began to be included in the decor.
A typical place
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
H 20.28 in W 68.9 in D 22.45 in
18thC.Georgian Washstand and Six Piece "Mason's Ironstone" Toiletry Set
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Incline Village, NV
, iconic Chinese fable about two young lovers denied marriage by their parents; the story being told in
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ironstone, Hardwood
Louis XVI Style Commode À Vantaux by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley, 1898
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
the marriage coffer for the Empress Eugénie, was continued by Louis' son, Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis (1847
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
H 38.59 in W 53.15 in D 21.66 in
Italian 19th Century Carved Walnut Cassone Chest with Putti and Winged Dragons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Circa: Florence, 1880-1890.
A cassone (plural cassoni) or marriage chest is a rich and showy Italian
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
H 52.13 in W 83.5 in D 29.75 in
Wedding Chest From 1797
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pine wedding chest from Central Europe, probably German, dated 1797. The Neoclassical style
Category
Antique 1790s German Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Iron
German Wedding Chest from 1842
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Picturesque German dowry chest made in 1842. These chests were typically part of a young woman's
Category
Antique 1840s German Rustic Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
Norwegian Scandinavian Painted Dowery Chest, circa 1800
Located in San Francisco, CA
Colorful and brightly painted all-over with flowers and love birds, marriage or dowery chest on
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scandinavian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Wood
Large Japanese Black Lacquered Storage Chest, 19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
happy union and marriage between lovers. The chest is perfect for storage and an exceptionally fine
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Folk Art antique rustic Trunk /Chest
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish antique rustique Chest from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
The chest has
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Pine
1875 Large Antique Original Paint Hungarian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk
Located in GB
trunk or marriage coffer chest
I have recently purchased a very large collection of these original
Category
Antique 1870s Hungarian High Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
H 18.9 in W 46.86 in D 19.3 in
Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk Church Painting
Located in GB
marriage coffer chest depicting a large Church to the front
I have recently purchased a very large
Category
Antique Early 1900s Romanian Late Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
H 18.9 in W 47.05 in D 22.45 in
Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk Married Couples
Located in GB
or marriage coffer chest depicting married couple portraits and tulip paintings
I have recently
Category
Antique Early 1900s Romanian Late Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
H 14.77 in W 40.56 in D 17.92 in
Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk Children Pictures
Located in GB
marriage coffer chest depicting Children's portraits and tiger oak paintings
I have recently purchased
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Late Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
H 14.38 in W 40.16 in D 17.13 in
Tetard Freres - 115pc. French Sterling Silver Flatware Set + Storage Chest
By Tetard Freres
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a Magnificent 115pc. French Sterling Silver Flatware Set + Storage Chest by one
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning circa 1880 Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk
Located in GB
marriage coffer chest.
I have recently purchased a very large collection of these original, antique
Category
Antique 1880s European Late Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
H 14.57 in W 43.71 in D 18.51 in
Stunning circa 1900 Antique Original Paint Romanian Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk
Located in GB
marriage coffer chest.
I have recently purchased a very large collection of these original, antique
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Late Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
H 14.77 in W 38.39 in D 17.33 in
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal marriage chest for your home. Each marriage chest for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, pine and softwood. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer marriage chest, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each marriage chest bearing Folk Art, Baroque or Louis XVI hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Marriage Chest?
Prices for a marriage chest start at $288 and top out at $49,665 with the average selling for $2,648.
Questions About Marriage Chest
- What is a marriage chest?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021A marriage chest is an ornate chest that is given as a gift or dowry to the bride by her parents. It was popular during the Renaissance period in Italy. It was especially used to hold a bride's dowry goods or other possessions. Find marriage chests and other vintage and antique case pieces on 1stDibs.
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