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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 352761, member: 5833&quot;]I have my grandmother&#039;s &#039;hope chest&#039;, the term in the US for a long time.&nbsp; As girls got proficient at needlework, they began to hem &amp; embroider, pillow cases, tea towels, etc., &amp; place them in the chest in the hope of getting married, at least that was the idea.&nbsp; Not too different from a dowry chest, methinks.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://clickamericana.com/topics/love-marriage/cedar-lined-lane-hope-chests-1950s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://clickamericana.com/topics/love-marriage/cedar-lined-lane-hope-chests-1950s" rel="nofollow">Lane</a> was a major purveyor.&nbsp; I have a miniature one, a promotional item of theirs, that belonged to my mother.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. - <a href="https://clickamericana.com/topics/love-marriage/what-should-you-put-in-a-hope-chest-1920" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://clickamericana.com/topics/love-marriage/what-should-you-put-in-a-hope-chest-1920" rel="nofollow">This</a> is not to be missed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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