Japanese 7 Drawer Tansu with Ornate Hardware

Seven drawers, and each one has more hardware than most doors.

This 7 drawer tansu with ornate hardware comes from Japan and dates to the 19th century, in wood and bronze. Tansu were storage chests made to keep clothing, papers and household goods in order, and in a Japanese house the metalwork also showed off the owner's taste. A dark reddish finish covers the stacked case. Heavy pierced plates and swinging bail handles mark each drawer, and shaped corner plates guard the edges. Three wide drawers sit above a row with one wide and two small drawers, and a last wide drawer below. Forty-two inches high and 33 long.

Losing your keys here would be a project.