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1830-1850
GUSN-66470
Trunk. Leather, brass. Brown leather incised with a small lozenge pattern overall. Tooled leather overlay applied with brass tacks in scalloped border at edges and center of panels in floral geometric patterns. Brass tacks; curved lid. Rests on four ball feet.
trunks (containers)
case furniture
brass (alloy)
incising
leather
Leather
Brass
Incised
TRUNK
Thacher, George C., 1796-1856 (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
6 1/3 x 6 x 12 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Maria Howard Thacher and Miss Elizabeth M. Thacher
1925.790
Massachusetts (United States)
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