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1800-1849
GUSN-72556
Rectangular red trunk with a hinged lid and bail handles; decorated with floral design, edges and corners reinforced.
trunks (containers)
accessories
case furniture
brass (alloy)
camphorwood (wood)
leather
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
Trunk
Leather
Brass
Camphor
Painted
Flower
Trunk
In exhibit "Boxes: Open and Shut" at SPNEA's One Bowdoin Square Gallery May 15, 2001 to October 2001. The exhibit then traveled to Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA where objects were on display from November 2001 to May 6, 2002.
Used At 168 Marlborough Street,
Unknown
13 x 30 5/8 x 15 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3080.1
Massachusetts (United States)
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