5 Drawer Japanese Double Stacking Tansu

Built to come apart in two pieces and leave in a hurry.

This 5 drawer Japanese double stacking tansu comes from Japan and dates to the 19th century, in wood and bronze. Tansu were the chests in which Japanese households and merchants kept clothing, papers and valuables, and stacking versions separated into sections so that they could be carried. The wood is stained a deep red-brown. Each wide drawer carries a large round lock plate and two cloud-shaped handles, with dark metal braces at the corners. A small drawer and a little locking door with ornate strapwork sit at upper right. Forty-three inches long, 18 deep, 38.5 high.

Every drawer here takes its security seriously.