Found in Villeneuve and originally from a farm outside Lyon, this French grain chest was made in the late 19th century to hold a household's wheat or rye after the harvest. The body was built from thick planks of oak, joined to take the weight of the grain pressing outward over the winter. The wide top is hinged to lift open for scooping out a measure for the day's bread, and it doubled as a work surface on busy mornings. The wood has bleached and softened from over a hundred years in a stone-floored farm kitchen, and the shape, wider at the top than the base, was standard for grain chests across rural France. Sylvie places it at the foot of a bed for storing extra blankets and linens.
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