Merchant's Shop Chest
1875-1925 (made)
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Chests with complicated configurations of differently sized drawers, lockable compartments and sections with sliding doors were used by merchants. They held sales ledgers and other equipment needed for the day-to-day running of a shop. Kanazawa on the Japan Sea coast was an important regional centre for the manufacture of storage chests.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 14 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Zelkova and deal with clear lacquer finish, iron fittings and copper alloy door-pulls. |
| Brief description | Merchant's shop chest, wood with iron fittings, Japan, 1875-1925 |
| Physical description | Merchant's shop chest with a combination of different size drawers, two sections with sliding doors and in the bottom right hand corner a lockable compartment containing several small drawers. |
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| Historical context | Chests of this configuration were generally used by merchants to hold sales ledgers and other equipment necessary for the day to day running of a shop. |
| Summary | Chests with complicated configurations of differently sized drawers, lockable compartments and sections with sliding doors were used by merchants. They held sales ledgers and other equipment needed for the day-to-day running of a shop. Kanazawa on the Japan Sea coast was an important regional centre for the manufacture of storage chests. |
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| Accession number | FE.7:1-1986 |
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| Record created | December 22, 1999 |
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