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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finnclouds, post: 9717480, member: 84680&quot;]Morning! Thanks for all the replies!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it has a hole in the back for a wire and likely had a shelf, but they might have been later modifications since the remnants of the shelf supports seemed like a DIY project by someone without proper tools. An old radio would’ve needed all the space of the chest part<i> without</i> the shelf, and it might not have fit in even so. I don’t have the measurements of the actual chest, and it’s in the deep frozen north as we speak.</p><p><br /></p><p>The front drops down when the lid is lifted—there are no supports—and it could once be locked (the key didn’t come with it). I guessed it might’ve been used as a liquor cabinet, with an added shelf and light. The top has so deep carvings it’s hard to get most anything to stay straight on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wrote to a company specializing in Gothic and Renaissance French furniture, and the owner was kind enough to confirm it looked like a marriage piece to him too. He’d never seen anything like the front panel design before.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The story&nbsp; portrayed on the front of the chest is an interesting one and may indeed reflect the 19th century interest in designs harking back to the Renaissance in France and the fascination for all things “Indian.” </p><p><br /></p><p>I was wondering if the chest was originally from Southern Europe, sailed to e.g. South America with emigrants, lost a panel and had one added locally.&nbsp; I’d really like to get some information about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>We cleaned it, removed the shelf remnants and used some restoration oil on it and changed the non-functioning lock.&nbsp; Didn’t let husband do anything more to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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