Machinist Chest ?

wrongwayrick · Jul 25, 2017

My latest aquisition
Size is 27 wide 15 deep and 19 high
I got it from a man who said his grandfather brought it from France when he moved here (illegible customs tag on bottom).Unit appears hand built and not manufactured and was built by a true craftsman
My question is do you think it was built as a machinist chest or does the size and configuration indicate a chest for a different trade ?

Lester Bowman · Jul 25, 2017

That is a VERY beautiful chest no matter what it was originally used for. Treasure it.

L Vanice · Jul 25, 2017

It is indeed possible that the chest was not originally made for machinist tools.

Where I used to work, there was an industrial design department. They employed artists, including sculptors that made full size and scale clay models of proposed truck designs. One of the clay modelers had a beautiful multi-drawer mahogany chest that he had built to hold his tools.

I have also seen mass-produced Gerstner chests that resemble machinist chests, but were specifically designed to hold dental tools.

Larry

SouthBendModel34 · Jul 26, 2017

Try Ultraviolet or Infrared Light to Read the "Illegible" Customs Tag

Oh, Man! What a beauty! Flush fitting brass hardware "to die for," so to speak.

May I suggest trying ultraviolet or infrared light to read the "illegible" Customs tag?

Many times, a camera can "see" what we cannot see with the naked eye......

John Ruth

IanX · Jul 30, 2017

L Vanice said:
It is indeed possible that the chest was not originally made for machinist tools.

Where I used to work, there was an industrial design department. They employed artists, including sculptors that made full size and scale clay models of proposed truck designs. One of the clay modelers had a beautiful multi-drawer mahogany chest that he had built to hold his tools.

I have also seen mass-produced Gerstner chests that resemble machinist chests, but were specifically designed to hold dental tools.

Larry

Indeed. The first time I saw a Gerstner cabinet it was filled with trinkets, mainly middle priced early 20th century gold cased watches. The man who owned it was pleased that I took a greater interest in the cabinetry than his horological collection. Its a nice chest in the photos.

Jersey John · Jul 30, 2017

Certainly a lovely chest and one to treasure but I don't think it's a machinests chest but rather a dental cabinet.

Look after it

John

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