TRAVELING TRUNK
Currently in storage
About this object
Rectangular painted brown metalic coated wood traveling with metal and brass hardware and frame. Four interior wooden dress trays lined with glazed linen with fabric straps and fabric handles; Lined in adhesive applied linen; tacks corroding or missing; Two broken leather handles; top tray has canvas cover with leather straps, metals corroded on leather straps.
- Object name:
- TRAVELING TRUNK
- Made from:
- wood --metal --cotton --linen --leather --brass
- Size:
- 25 × 52 × 24 in. (63.5 × 132.1 × 61 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2018.14.2
- Signature marks:
- LABEL: Great many pins everywhere. Be careful. [Top of first tray] PAPER TAG: Massage Room 2 LABEL: 1, 2, 3, 4 [Interior trays, individually numbered] ENGRAVING: BAL [PR interior metal hinge] LABEL: No. 1 [Top] LABEL: Mrs. Post [Top] INSCRIPTION: 1 [lid interior, handwritten] INSCRIPTION: 1 / M.P.D. [PR and PL side, in orange]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973