Sorry, I can't give you any information as to age o where or who....but it's lovely....appears to be very nice quality....and $135??? wow!
Linda C

Thanks for the look, LindaC! I know, I could not believe the asking price. I assume they just did not want to have to tote it around so they made it priced to sell?

Nice chest, and you paid a bit less than new ones are going for.

When you say "cedar" chest, do you mean it's made of or lined in aromatic cedar, or that it's a chest resembling the USA concept of a cedar chest. (camphor wood is usually used in oriental chests - they don't have our aromatic cedar)

http://www.woodchests.com/Product.aspx?CategoryID=72021&ProductId=81531 has some, more elaborately carved, but with non-Chinese legs

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1390301}}

lazygardens, the picture your provided is very similar. Do you know where the chest in your picture came from?

You know, the inside may not be cedar, bit instead the camphor wood. It is not the color of cedar but it still does give an aroma.
Thanks,

It's a camphorwood chest. They are made in Hong Kong (among other places in China) They are great for storing woolens because they are intrinsically moth-proof, and they are designed to close tight and dust-free; at least the one I have, made probably in the 1950's, is. I have seen sets of them in ascending sizes so that they would appear to nest inside one another for shipping or storage.
Casey

cjlerch -
China, probably Hong Kong or Shanghai.

I have one just like this. My grandmother gave it to my mother for her wedding gift. Bought it from Hongkong in the early 1960s.

Any know any details on my 1? I don't think mine's is camphor wood, it's heavy, I do have some camphor wood chests. Handle are a bit unusual, also has a curved lid. Was told it's from the 19301930s, but who knows.

Those are sometimes referred to as blanket chests. One use was to store wool blankets. The aromatic box or its lining repelled moths. When the smell faded, it could be replenished by treating the interior with aromatic oils or placing a vial of aromatic oil with a porous lid in the box. An alternative was moth balls.

I like the decorations! Those are detailed and plentiful, and appear to be in good condition. Some of the scenes may have been created by adding pieces of wood rather than carving the scene from one piece of wood. One way to detect if a separate piece was inserted is to examine the grain. If a scene was carved from one piece of wood, the wood grain will be continuous across the entire scene. If pieces of weed were inserted, there will breaks in the grain pattern when moving from one piece of wood to another.