Chests and Trunks
While we can offer you blanket chests and trunks in a
variety of woods and styles, our most popular trunk is
our Camphor Wedding Trunk. One very old Chinese
tradition is to plant the seed of a Camphor tree when a
daughter is born into the household. As the daughter
grows, so does the Camphor tree. When the daughter
is engaged, her father will cut down the Camphor tree
and build her wedding trunk from its wood.
Please click on the images to enlarge.
While we can offer you blanket chests and trunks in a
variety of woods and styles, our most popular trunk is
our Camphor Wedding Trunk. One very old Chinese
tradition is to plant the seed of a Camphor tree when a
daughter is born into the household. As the daughter
grows, so does the Camphor tree. When the daughter
is engaged, her father will cut down the Camphor tree
and build her wedding trunk from its wood.
Please click on the images to enlarge.
A solid Camphor Trunk or Wedding
Chest with tapered legs and Asian motif
lid. This trunk also makes a great bench.
Chest with tapered legs and Asian motif
lid. This trunk also makes a great bench.
This traditional trunk was assembled
from solid Camphor wood using hand
cut dovetail joints.
from solid Camphor wood using hand
cut dovetail joints.
This large sized Blanket Chest
incorporates a camphor burl veneer lid
with a hand carved African Blackwood
latch and pin (with the Chinese
characters for "Double Happiness").
incorporates a camphor burl veneer lid
with a hand carved African Blackwood
latch and pin (with the Chinese
characters for "Double Happiness").
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Here are some unique aspects
of other camphor chests
including hand-wrought iron
handles from Mexico and the
Chinese character for "love."
of other camphor chests
including hand-wrought iron
handles from Mexico and the
Chinese character for "love."