Wooden trunk covered in treated pitch-covered burlap; four vertical leather straps encircle trunk, fastened by metal nails; one-inch leather apron around lid scalloped, fastened by metal nails; lock mechanism, front face, center, covering hole through wood; iron handles on left and right sides; five leather hinges at rear; strip of wood along left inside top attached with wallpaper; ; lined with chinoiserie wallpaper, periwinkle with two figures, floral and bridge motifs.
trunks (containers)
wood (plant material)
leather
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
Chinoiserie
Trunk
"EST" (paint on bare board)
Unknown
18 1/4 x 42 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)
Anonymous Gift
1998.6373
Derry (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire (United States)
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