Travelling trunk
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - 1840
Materials
Oak, pine, pony skin, iron, metal, paper
Measurements
53 x 42 x 540 cm
Place of origin
Europe
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Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 494446
Summary
A pony skin-covered travelling trunk, late 18th/early 19th century. Covered with pony skin fixed with metal studs which also form decorative lines. The interior lined with 19th century paper, probably roller-printed paper over a woodblocked paper in white on grey. With iron straps and lockplate.
Provenance
Gifted in 1980
Marks and inscriptions
Lockplate: HW