Some Pictures of Quilt Storage Chests
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The entire case is dovetailed together at the sides. The base surround and the top surround is also dovetailed. the only nails are holding the moldings to the underside of the top surround and the top of the bottom surround, which is traditional. Everything else, like the Cedar bottom boards, either fits into grooves or is free floating like the top center piece within groves to allow for expansion and contraction. This style of chest has been made in one form or another but based on the same ideas, since the middle ages. The joinery is timeless, at least as far back as Egyptian times, and probably before that if any has survived.
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I have a beautiful antique trunk that was my Great Grandmothers. My grandmother restored it, and made a new liner. It smells musty.. Guess I may have to replace the fabric inside as I have done fabreze, cedar chips, etc. It would be great to store quilts in if it did not smell funny. Anyone have any ideas?
#145
Originally Posted by MissQuilter
I have a beautiful antique trunk that was my Great Grandmothers. My grandmother restored it, and made a new liner. It smells musty.. Guess I may have to replace the fabric inside as I have done fabreze, cedar chips, etc. It would be great to store quilts in if it did not smell funny. Anyone have any ideas?
John
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John, those are beautiful. I wish they were still used now. I'm in my mid fifties and I had a "hope chest". I remember filling it up with household items and those things were the first things I took to my first apartment. I had collected that stuff for so long and finally was able to use it. After that it housed spare blankets and pillows. Love a hope chest.
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