a dear family friend with no children gave me her grandmother's cedar chest with brass bands on the top when I was 16 years old. It was 50 years old then. I filled it with chrochet doilies, embroideried dresser scarfs, tea towels that came in detergent and free glassware from the grocery store. It was full when I got married in 1964. I gave it to my daughter when she turned 16 and she still has it!It is full of stuffed animals and barbie dolls she can't part with. (She is 40 now)