While campaign chests have been trendy for the past few years, their roots are in the battlefield, not the blogosphere. This classic has seen a resurgence in popularity and moved from military campaigns to stylish homes thanks to its clean lines and versatile style.
You'll know a campaign chest (or desk) by its signature hardware, originally added to protect the edges of these pieces as they were moved. Colorful versions (and look-alike Ikea RAST hacks) are classy attention-grabbers, while white, black, and wood versions play a more subdued but strong supporting role.
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Wasn't the green one used just yesterday as an example for Chinoiserie und today it is an example for Campaing Chests? It can't be both, can it?
Chinoserie is a pretty vague term. Most of what makes the chest be vaguely Chinoserie is the tassels and the color. It's not what I (or probably most Francophiles) would consider a good example of Chinoserie. A better example would be export porcelain or European copies of it.
A campaign chest is also pretty vague, and seems to depend largely on the piece having the joins reinforced with metal. To a lesser extent, it involves having recessed handles.
Very few decor items are so perfectly situated in one aesthetic movement that there are no other influences or elements.
@Torrilin: I didn't mean that something can't have influences from several styles. It just seemed so odd to use the same thing as example for both in such a short time and in my opinion, examples used to illustrate a specific style should be pretty stereotypical for that style and not, well there are some influences of that style but just as many for that other style.
For me it looks like a Campaign Chest and I don't see the Chinoiserie at all, but then, I mostly don't get American interpretations of European styles anyway.
@Torrilin: I think the point of the chest's use in the Chinoiserie post had more to do with the overall styling of a space with references to Chinoiserie, rather than with representing spot-on elements of Chinoiserie. After all, as someone pointed out recently, a lot of us who read Apartment Therapy live in apartments and have apartment-size budgets for things like large furniture items. Someone in the comments to that post pointed out that the green chest is a campaign chest. That might have prompted today's post.
good lord ppl are whiny
I have a 9 drawer black campaign chest that I added legs too. She looks great.
http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc28/Nancy33Sales/Cool%20Stuff/?action=view¤t=Sideboard10.jpg
I picked up a 3 piece set (large 6 drawer w/mirror, nightstand and tall 5 drawer) for $200 in excellent condition. 1 owner. The lady babied them but was moving out to smaller apt. I carefully painted the 6 drawer a hot pink (B. Moore) and it looks SHARP!!
https://plus.google.com/photos/108207230679121738130/albums/5792266150851192417?authkey=CPL-zPKbn6GBlQE
I don't have a pic of it upright (don't know why) but you get the idea.
what are the brass pieces called and where can they be purchased? I'm pretty sure the guys at Lowes would think i was cray cray if i asked for "campaign style brass pieces"
See my new Campaign Creation! www.shabbymaggie.com
There is a way to make one using a piece from IKEA (it's a hack): http://designmanifest.blogspot.com/2012/02/labor-of-love.html