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STORAGE TRUNK FOR HILLWOOD FURNITURE COVERS

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Labeled "Library", on front in white painted letters contains covers. This trunk was used for storing the furniture covers for a room, as labeled, in the Hillwood mansion. After Marjorie Post’s departure from Hillwood to Camp Topridge for the summer or to Mar-A-Lago for the winter, a crew stayed behind to close Hillwood.

Object name:
STORAGE TRUNK FOR HILLWOOD FURNITURE COVERS
Made from:
plywood
Made in:
Washington, USA
Date made:
1955-1973
Size:
H. 12 × W. 48 × D. 19 1/2 in. (30.5 × 121.9 × 49.5 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2014.9.19
Signature marks:
LABEL Library front
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973