blanket chest
noun
: a piece of furniture with a hinged lid, a deep well, and usually one or two drawers underneath
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His work emulates 18th- and 19th-century styles, and pieces include blanket chests, bookcases, end tables, clocks and beds, including four-poster canopies.
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Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
The pine blanket chest has been in John’s family for more than 100 years, and the bedding is from Maine mainstay L.L. Bean.
—Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
The first step to a cooler bed is to store the heavy down duvet or comforter in the armoire or blanket chest until fall.
—Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
Some hid ropes and ladders in false refrigerators or bolted-down blanket chests to throw out of the window in case of emergency.
—Pippa Biddle, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2018
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Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
The pine blanket chest has been in John’s family for more than 100 years, and the bedding is from Maine mainstay L.L. Bean.
—Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
The first step to a cooler bed is to store the heavy down duvet or comforter in the armoire or blanket chest until fall.
—Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
Some hid ropes and ladders in false refrigerators or bolted-down blanket chests to throw out of the window in case of emergency.
—Pippa Biddle, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2018
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“Blanket chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blanket%20chest. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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