Rectangular wooden carcass with flat hinged lid; covered with heavy black leather fastened with elaborately patterned brass tacks and reinforced at all corners with black painted iron bands; leather strap handles at both ends; two long straps come over lid and buckle on front; leather flap with embossed brass medallion is suspended from center lid force and covers lock; interior lined with flazed cotton in blue and white pattern of elaborately dressed window with its surrounding interior and exterior views.
trunks (containers)
accessories
case furniture
brass (alloy)
cotton (textile)
iron (metal)
leather
wood (plant material)
Leather
Brass
Iron
Cotton
TRUNK
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
14.5 x 26 x 14.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.783
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