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The Tudors used this chest for putting spices and other valuable things like scrolls, money, gold and silver in. The spices they keep are called Cinnamon and nutmeg.
Chests, sideboards and stools were decorated with carvings and were
so well made that a few still exist.
From the middle ages until around 1700, large chests for storage and seating, were the most common pieces of furniture in any household.
Before banks were established in the
Seventeenth century, chests had to serve as safes, reinforced with iron straps and locks.
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