Antique Style Brown Trunk Chest Limoges Box

An antique style brown trunk, the kind once packed for long voyages or kept at the foot of the bed, gives this Limoges box its sturdy shape. It is hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France, and it could pass for a little chest or a stool.

Packed for the Grand Tour

Steamer trunks and blanket chests carried family treasures across oceans and down generations. This porcelain version evokes that sense of history, with warm brown tones that suggest well worn wood and leather.

Heirloom Corner

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Fits a furniture, travel or antique style collection
• Pairs with armoires, beds, suitcases and grandfather clocks

A Chest Full of Meaning

A trunk shape makes a fitting present for a graduate heading off to college, a couple moving into their first home, a genealogist piecing together the family tree, or a traveler planning a long journey. It also suits a hope chest tradition for a bride to be.

Place it at the foot of a porcelain bed in a miniature bedroom, on a bookshelf among antiques, or on a dresser where it can hold a few small treasures. Collectors of furniture shapes like its rustic warmth, which balances the brighter painted pieces and gives a grouping a sense of age and story.