Quilter's Widower

Nice looking chests!!

I see dovetails on the top and bottom; what did you use on the main carcase?

Fixedgearhead

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.
John

Quilter's Widower

Thank you.

Mike

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?

Fixedgearhead

They make cedar closet lining boards that you could lay down on the bottom, and that might cover up the smell. If the smell is strong, you might have to seek professional help.
John

gigi4419

Beautiful!

ilovetosew

absolutely beautiful!

quiltgran2

Truly beautiful woodwork.

M.I.Late

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.