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 red 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, eleven hangers, 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 four vinyl covered removable drawers, bottom drawer is missing. 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 × 33 × 22 1/2 in. (102.9 × 83.8 × 57.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 2018.31.5
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/H752 lock LABEL GIBRALTARIZIDE Reg US Pat Off PL back metal label LABEL To Mrs MM Post Hillwood" From Mrs. MM Post Balm Peach Ocean Blvd lid tag hanging from handle tag front shipping ticket from Maralago to Hillwood with values on it dated 3/12/1973
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973