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 silk velvet cushion on lid red, plainweave cotton pannel with brown stripe from center that hangs vertically with two leather straps with snaps that fasten to lether covered baseboard at trunk bottom. Steel hanger frame that extends, no hagers, steel harware on either side, wrapped in tan vinyl, bottom plain weave linen cover that buckles into lower baseboard creating a compartment. PR, series of five vinyl covered removable drawers, fourth dwarwer in a differnt material. Upper drawer has metal lock with divder. Interior of drawers is tan vinyl. Second, third and fourth drawers with two straps on interior with buckes that are engraved "Hartmann". Fifth drawer has silk panel with metal buckle that fastens to back of drawer to make compartment, tacked into lower back of the drawer, buckle ready "Eagle".

Object name:: TRAVELING TRUNK
Made from:: Brass --wood --leather --metal --fabric
Date made:: 20th century
Size:: 40 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 23 in. (102.9 × 77.5 × 58.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 2018.31.4
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. front metal engraving Made by Yale/Hartmann/H75 lock LABEL GIBRALTARIZIDE Reg US Pat Off PL back metal label LABEL Mrs Post Hillwood lid tag hanging from handle
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973