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Small rectangular trunk with rounded hinged top covered in cow hide, brass tacks and leather strips along edges, brass handle at top, brass lock at front, inside lined with block printed wallpaper with blue floral and swag pattern and polka-dots on cream ground (2001.117.2).
trunks (containers)
wallpapers
brass (alloy)
Trunk
"Aaron Fitz, / SADDLER, HARNESS & TRUNK MAKER, / Sign of the Trunk, Fish-Street, / PORTLAND : / Makes all kinds of Saddles, Bridles, / Portmanteaus, Saddle-Bags, / Fire-Buckets, & Trunks, / In the neatest manner.Cheap for Cash, / 1805." (Paper Label)
3136
Fitz, Aaron (Maker)
Fish Street, Portland, Maine; Boston, MA (lining)
6 1/2 in x 12 in x 7 1/2 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Chirtopher Ohrstrom
2001.117.1
Title Wallpaper Fragment Accession Number 1971.156
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2.1924
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