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Trunk

Collection Type

  • Personal gear

Date

1875-1900

GUSN

GUSN-11430

Description

Of rectangular form with a slightly domed lid, covered in beige canvas with wood and iron bracing and strapping. The iron hasps are marked.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trunks (containers)
accessories
case furniture
canvas
iron (metal)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Coated Canvas
Iron
Trunk

Inscription

Caston the hasps is the number: 4 .

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 38 1/2 x 22 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.380

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