What's the difference between a coffer and a blanket box?

In practice the words overlap. "Coffer" tends to be used for the earlier oak chests, plank or panelled, and appears in 407 titles. "Blanket box" is the general term for a lidded chest kept in a bedroom or hall, and appears in 522. The same chest could carry either name depending on the dealer writing the title. Reading the timber and construction in the description tells you more than the noun does.

Which wood are these usually made from?

Oak leads, in 506 titles, followed by pine in 298. Elm, camphor wood, mahogany, walnut and a scattering of satinwood, padouk and teak make up the rest. Oak carries the panelled and carved coffers. Pine carries the Victorian boxes, often painted, scumbled or stripped.

How old can a blanket chest be?

The dealers' dated field runs from 1680 to 1940 across the listings that carry a clean year. Title attributions reach further, with sixteenth-century Tudor and Elizabethan claims at one end and 1930s oak at the other. One sampled title claims a late fifteenth-century Gothic coffer in oak and elm. It is the only pre-1500 attribution anywhere in the evidence, so medieval dating isn't a real segment of this market.

Are these only English?

No. Origins outside Britain form a steady minority: Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Romanian, Alpine, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Zanzibari, Canadian and American pieces all appear. Swedish painted chests and Chinese camphor wood turn up most often among them.

Do people use blanket chests as something else?

Often, and dealers say so in the title. Twenty-two titles offer the chest as a coffee table. Others are listed as a TV stand, hall seat, window seat or fireside bin. The low, flat-lidded forms take to it most easily.

Who made antique blanket chests?

Names are almost absent from this category. A scan of 1,290 listings turned up no maker or workshop attributions at all, which is unusual for a furniture form. What dealers name instead is a region. Welsh appears in 36 titles, and Yorkshire, Lakeland, Lancashire, Dorset, Westmorland, West Country and North Country coffers all surface in the samples.

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A lidded chest with a hinged top, made to store and carry blankets, linen and valuables long before the chest of drawers took over the job.

19th century

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Antique Leather Domed Trunk

From Penderyn Antiques

£495

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18th century

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George III Oak Mule Chest

From Thakeham Furniture

£2,900

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Super Quality Camphor Chest with Original Brass Hardware

19th century

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Super Quality Camphor Chest with Original Brass Hardware

From David Griffith Antiques

£1,850

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Antique Linen Chest, English, Carved Oak, Coffer, Bay Window Seat, William III

18th century

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Antique Linen Chest, English, Carved Oak, Coffer, Bay Window Seat, William III

From London Fine Antiques

£2,850

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Hand Dyed Leather Ottoman

From FB Antiques

£1,250

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19th century

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Antique Pine Domed Top Trunk

From Penderyn Antiques

£450

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19th century

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19thc. Camphor Wood Chest

From Piers Pisani Ltd Antiques and Furniture

£850

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Antique Travel Trunk Storage Chest C1920

1900 - 1920

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Antique Travel Trunk Storage Chest C1920

From MebleinUK

£189

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17th century

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17th Century Oak Mule Chest/ Coffer.

From Dickinsons Antiques

£980

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17th century

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17th Century Joined Oak Lancashire Coffer, C1678

From Anthony Short Antiques

£2,800

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Regional names run through the titles on Sellingantiques. Welsh appears in 36, and Yorkshire, Lakeland, Westmorland, Dorset and West Country coffers all turn up too.

18th century

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Welsh Oak Coffer Bach C.1770

From Collinge Antiques

£1,295

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19th century

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19th Century Mule Trunk

From Dean Antiques Ltd

£1,150

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18th century

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George II Solid Red Walnut Silver Chest

From Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

£4,750

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18th century

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18th.century Oak Mule Chest Coffer

From John Howkins Antiques

£695

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Mule Chest

From In A Nutshell Antiques and Interiors

£495

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Panelled Oak Coffer with Carved Decoration, C.1900

1900 - 1920

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Panelled Oak Coffer with Carved Decoration, C.1900

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£495

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Antique Blanket Chests

Antique Leather Domed Trunk

George III Oak Mule Chest

Super Quality Camphor Chest with Original Brass Hardware

Antique Linen Chest, English, Carved Oak, Coffer, Bay Window Seat, William III

Antique Hand Dyed Leather Ottoman

Antique Pine Domed Top Trunk

19thc. Camphor Wood Chest

Antique Travel Trunk Storage Chest C1920

17th Century Oak Mule Chest/ Coffer.

17th Century Joined Oak Lancashire Coffer, C1678

Welsh Oak Coffer Bach C.1770

19th Century Mule Trunk

George II Solid Red Walnut Silver Chest

18th.century Oak Mule Chest Coffer

Georgian Oak Mule Chest

Panelled Oak Coffer with Carved Decoration, C.1900

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