TRAVELING TRUNK

Currently in storage

About this object

Vertical rectangular Hartmann trunk with yellow laminate covered wood with vulcanized tan rubber binding with brass hardware. Brown leather handle on top PL. Interior: PR flocked cushion on lid. Steel hanger frame with fourteen wooden hangers, steel hardware on either side, wrapped in faux leather vinyl, bottom plain weave linen cover that buckles into lower baseboard creating a compartment. Interior wrapped in faux leather tan vinyl. Front interior with metal frame that folds down with two synthetic ribbon straps that hold it open, one missing button; two horizontal elastic straps covered with rouched fabric straps with plastic rings on end that attach to metal hooks. Leather handle on top.

Object name:: TRAVELING TRUNK
Made from:: Brass --wood --leather --metal --fabric
Date made:: 20th century
Size:: 39 × 32 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (99.1 × 82.6 × 54.6 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 2018.31.3
Signature marks:: mongram P PL and PR side Exterior horizontal blue, white, and yellow stripe with blue "P" in yellow oval LABEL Hartmann/Racine Wis U.S.A. PL side metal engraving HARTMANN/H771/MADE BY YALE lock LABEL GIBRALTARIZIDE Reg US Pat Off PL back metal label LABEL lid shipping labels LABEL Maralago lid tag hanging from handle LABEL lid blue and white striped Hillwood tag LABEL Piedmont Airlines PR side shipping label scratched out in black crayon LABEL Mar-a-lago top White Hillwood label with outoing address of Mar-a-lago
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973