My dh and I rescued a cedar chest belonging to one of his aunt's that was her hope chest. She was 85 when she died and she's been dead for about 10 years now. In the cedar chest was a grandmother's garden quilt that she made and that supposedly won ribbons at a county fair years ago. I was on the bottom of the cedar chest and had not staining or anything. There was also a hobnail chenille bedspread that she used on her 4 poster bed in the 1970s that is in perfect condition. it is white with the big pink and blue flowers. No staining, etc. In perfect condition. The cedar chest still has the smell of cedar and I open it every now and then just for the antique cedar smell.