This unique 19th century dowry chest with four iron locks is an exquisite piece of furniture. These dowry chests were presented to a bride at the time of her marriage, by her parent’s household. It would have been used to store valuables, jewellery, linen, silverware, glassware, kitchenware, or any other such article that was considered valuable by the societal parameters of the period. Also referred to as a Hope chest, damchiya, sandook, majju, or pataaro, it is said to have originated due…
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