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.

Antique Carved Coffer, English, Oak, Linen Chest, Window Seat, William Iii, 1700

18th century

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Antique Carved Coffer, English, Oak, Linen Chest, Window Seat, William Iii, 1700

From London Fine Antiques

£3,450

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18th century

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Antique Oak Blanket Chest

From Affordable Old Furniture

£450

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Antique Chinese Camphor Chest Luggage Box Painted 1910

1900 - 1920

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Antique Chinese Camphor Chest Luggage Box Painted 1910

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,150

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18th century

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A Small Early Oak Coffer

From The Ark Stores

£480

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19th century

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Antique Fine Quality 19th Century Concave Shaped Upholstered Ottoman Blanket Box

From Prior and Willis

£1,396

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18th century

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An Imposing 18th Century Oak Mule Chest

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£1,585

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19th century

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Victorian, Travelling Trunk Circa, 1875

From Frank Craig Antiques

£480

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18th century

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Welsh Pine Panelled Chest, Circa 1760

From WelshAntiques

£780

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1900 - 1920

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Excellent Oriental Camphor Trunk

From Vintage Garden UK

£495

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Victorian Oak and Metal Bound Silver Chest.

19th century

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Victorian Oak and Metal Bound Silver Chest.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£265

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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.

16th century

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A 16th Century Carved Coffer

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£2,200

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17th century

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Fabulous Oak Coffer

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£895

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Antique Quality Hand-carved Oak Marriage /Dowry Chest

19th century

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Antique Quality Hand-carved Oak Marriage /Dowry Chest

From London City Antiques

£795

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Very Large Antique Chinese Campaign Trunk

19th century

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Very Large Antique Chinese Campaign Trunk

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,175

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19th century

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Antique Oak Mule Chest

From Penderyn Antiques

£695

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18th century

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18th Century Large Quality Carved Oak Coffer with Candle Box

From Prior and Willis

£1,046

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Antique Blanket Chests

Antique Carved Coffer, English, Oak, Linen Chest, Window Seat, William Iii, 1700

Antique Oak Blanket Chest

Antique Chinese Camphor Chest Luggage Box Painted 1910

A Small Early Oak Coffer

Antique Fine Quality 19th Century Concave Shaped Upholstered Ottoman Blanket Box

An Imposing 18th Century Oak Mule Chest

Victorian, Travelling Trunk Circa, 1875

Welsh Pine Panelled Chest, Circa 1760

Excellent Oriental Camphor Trunk

Victorian Oak and Metal Bound Silver Chest.

A 16th Century Carved Coffer

Fabulous Oak Coffer

Antique Quality Hand-carved Oak Marriage /Dowry Chest

Very Large Antique Chinese Campaign Trunk

Antique Oak Mule Chest

18th Century Large Quality Carved Oak Coffer with Candle Box

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