Posted 8 years ago
Tlapostolo
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This trunk/chest was given to us by a Jewish family that was retiring from their family owned highend furniture store and decided to let each one of their workers take one item from their warehouse on Richmond Avenue in Houston Texas as a consolation for having to let them go because of the store closing. I am looking for any info about this wood chest. It opens down from the front with hinges in the middle of it & seems to have Nazi emblems stamped in the lock hardware. I included a pic of the brass lock which to me looks like it was hand engraved with doves with olive branch in its beak.
I believe this in a Hindu pattern.
have you ever seen this type of chest? If so what would it have been used for?
I know very little about Hindu furniture, but think I have heard these called bridal chests. The symbols are not Nazi, but Hindu probably. They used it way before the Nazi's & still use it. It no more belonged to the Nazi's than the 6 point star belongs to the Jews. Both go back thousands of yrs to paganism & other decorations etc..
I have been doing some research about that symbol and was fascinated about the knowledge I have accumulated. It has been the symbol for Buddhism way before Hitler used it. I thing I read was when Hitler started using it he reversed it. So I read. But thank you very much for all your info. I am learning so much!
That apparent myth about Hitler reversing it seems to have taken root since WWII & keeps being perpetuated. It was used facing both ways for thousands of yrs. ! Always best to ignore revisionist history as people, for whatever reason, rewrite history to suit their personal beliefs or wants. History is full of those traps. Used in most cultures, including Native Americans.
well then thank you for all your input. I appreciate the history lesson!
I see a Korean piece. Like a blanket chest.
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http://www.asianantiques.biz/kang-don-blanket-chest.html
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Yes!!! TubeAmp!!! I have been doing alot more research on this and found out today that it is a Korean (banji) blanket chest!
http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/masterpiece/detail.nhn?objectId=10706
Now we have some people showing up who know their chests.