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C19th Camphor Campaign Chest
Antiques Decorative
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C19th Camphor Campaign Chest

19th century
Description

A quality example of good colour & figure, brass bound (screwed, not pinned), rising lid revealing vacant interior with brass carrying handles to each side.

Physical Dimensions
Height
49cm (19.29")
Width
103cm (40.55")
Depth
53cm (20.87")
Declaration

Antiques Decorative has dated this Victorian Camphorwood Campaign Chest to the 1880s.

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SA1176029
Description
A quality example of good colour & figure, brass bound (screwed, not pinned), rising lid revealing vacant interior with brass carrying handles to each side.
Height
49cm (19.29")
Width
103cm (40.55")
Depth
53cm (20.87")
Date of Manufacture

Antiques Decorative has dated this Victorian Camphorwood Campaign Chest to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1176029
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With over 30 years in the london antiques world, I have since established a dealership supplying the trade and private clients.

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Archive I A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles.

C19th Camphor Campaign Chest

Archive II A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View II
Archive III A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View III
Archive IV A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View IV
Archive V A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View V
Archive VI A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View VI
Archive VII A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View VII
Archive VIII A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View VIII
Archive IX A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View IX
Archive X A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View X
Archive XI A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View XI
Archive XII A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles. View XII
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A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles.
C19th camphor campaign chest
Ref: SA1176029
A nineteenth-century rectangular camphorwood campaign chest featuring brass corner mounts, flush-fitting hardware, and metal side carrying handles.
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A campaign chest is a piece of portable storage furniture originally designed for military officers to move easily during overseas deployments during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

These chests were typically crafted from durable hardwoods such as camphorwood, teak, or mahogany, fitted with protective brass corner straps, flush-fitting carrying handles, and recessed locks.

Authentic pieces display flush metal hardware designed to prevent damage in transit, heavy-duty side carrying handles, hand-cut dovetail joinery, and frequently feature aromatic woods like camphor inside.

A campaign chest works well positioned at the foot of a bed, used as a statement coffee table in a living room, or placed in an entryway to provide concealed storage.

Maintain the piece by dusting with a soft, lint-free cloth, applying beeswax sparingly along the wood grain, and keeping the chest away from direct heat sources to prevent timber shrinkage.
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