Lane Cedar Chest Styles
All lane cedar chests have a serial number.
Lane cedar chest styles. One of the most unusual and rare chests is a hand painted cedar piece with three drawers. Other affordable lane cedar chest styles and woods include. Lane made hope chests in traditional styles like queen anne and chippendale but they also produced pieces in new trends of the 1900s such as art deco danish and mid century. It is in excellent condition still has all the original paperwork and key and still smells like fresh cedar.
It wasn t until they gained popularity and ventured out to make tables and other pieces that they used the lane family name. The mid century modern designs often featured patterned wood stains with looks that appear more industrial the only decoration being the hardware. Lane made cedar chests in both danish modern and mid century modern designs following the aesthetics of these styles. Ed began making chests under a different name standard red cedar chest company rather than the family name.
Three common lines are pictured below. It doubles as the manufacturing date the chest was made when you read the number from right to left or backward. Hi joseph i have a lane cedar chest serial 853030 style 7711 02 and am trying to find out what it is worth. The cedar chests made by lane during this time frame including those made by the altavista virginia box company were equipped with an old latch configuration that would allow the chest to be closed with no way to open it from the inside.
Clean lines and angular feet.