Miniature (13 1/2") Four Door Weathered Wooden Chest in Old Paint vintage Navajo from the slightly drooping rose

from the slightly drooping rose at its center to the buoyant lilac that you can just about smell

While this very little one-- I believe dating to the early 20th century--has some damage to the lid

is ready to give again

This is the most exuberantly colorful of the lot

made all the better but the alligatored paint

Miniature (13 1/2") Four Door Weathered Wooden Chest in Old Paint vintage Navajo from the slightly drooping roseQuite an evocative feeling piece I think (better, as almost always, than photos!), I assume made for storing doll clothes or dishes and whatnot, but useful now for housing all sorts of small things. Clearly it has had quite a life, with what looks like a few layers of paint on it, though I find it a bit hard to tell exactly how it's surface came to be and the sides and back are something else as well. (It looks feels to me like the yellow detail on