New and constantly evolving jewelry chest designs, which don't follow any standard pattern, are being created by skilled craftsmen all over the world. Over the centuries, we’ve seen the incredible work of talented designers like Andre-Charles-Boulle, who was the premier ébéniste du Roi – ‘The First Cabinet Maker to the King’ Louis IV, and Jean-Ferdinand- Schwerdfeger who was famously known as the ‘art carpenter’ of the late eighteenth century.

Recently, a free art form is seen predominantly that surprises with its unique shapes, unexpected clear sharp lines, dark matte finishes, and minimal detailing. Bright colours and curvy lines are also very popular. A traditional design is the deep dark finishes with even grain and reddish undertones of cherry wood and mahogany.

A wooden jewelry box can take several forms and sizes. Even the smallest of jewelry boxes can hold a lot of jewelry if it is built properly. The stress, however, is more on the exterior work and the carving rather than on its utility.

Customise your own wooden jewelry chest with these exciting designs:

• A box shaped like a closed book with a key that opens into a box lined with velvet with a mirror and several ‘pull-out’ trays. Different bits of wood are used on top and at the bottom to achieve the look of an old leather backed book.
• Fancy painted brass work of flowers and stems running along the side of a oval box and on top of the lid. The lid is secured with a bronze clasp.
• A tiny square box with broken pottery embedded in an interesting pattern on the lid and sides and painted to give a stained glass exterior.
• Rectangular boxes made of black ebony with elaborate gold inlays both along the sides and on the lids.
• A box shaped like an open book with the ‘pages’ opening on either side to show trays with hooks and ring and earring holders. Two different types of wood are used for the ‘book’ cover and the ‘pages'.
• A wooden jewelry box that has ‘pop-up’ trays on folding hinges that spring up like a jack-in-the-box when opened. Each tray has tiny compartments with holders for rings and earrings.

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