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1870-1900
GUSN-25569
Trunk. Canvas, wood, base metals. Label on top "Robert S. Gifford/ Cedar St./ Duxbury, Mass.". Rectangular form with flat hinged lid. Wood carcass covered with black canvas. Hardwood and tin strapwork reinforced overall. Brass colored mounts. Leather handles at sides. No label inside. Lined with small diaper-printed paper.
trunks (containers)
accessories
case furniture
canvas
metal
wood (plant material)
Coated Canvas
Unidentified Metal
TRUNK
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
24 1/8 x 37 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.78
Massachusetts (United States)
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