TRAVELING TRUNK
Creator(s): Hartmann (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Vertical rectangular Hartmann trunk with yellow laminate covered wood with vulcanized tan rubber binding with brass tacks and hardware. Brown leather handle on top PL. Opens on two sides, one for hanging and one for drawers. PR interior hanging: flocked cushion on lid. Steel hanger frame with twelve 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 one synthetic ribbon strap that holds it open with button; two horizontal elastic straps covered with rouched fabric straps with plastic rings on end that attach to metal hooks. PL side Six drawers in graduating sizes from small to large. Bottom drawer has silk divider. Three drawares have canvas straps. Top two have fixed compartments. Drawers have two synthetic coated pulls with metal hardware. Red wooden rotating disk on bottom for turning trunk.
- Object name:
- TRAVELING TRUNK
- Made from:
- Brass--wood --leather --metal --fabric
- Date made:
- 20th century
- Size:
- 41 × 34 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (104.1 × 87.6 × 57.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2018.32.7
- Signature marks:
- mongram M Front Exterior horizontal blue, white, and yellow stripe with blue "M" in yellow oval LABEL Hartmann reg. u.s. pat. Off. Hartmann trunk co. racine wis front metal engraving hartmann/made by yale/H771 lock 2 top blue paint Mrs. Post Hillwood top handwritten notecard taped to top
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973