Suitcase cover
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
191 x 318 x 229 mm
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Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 708880
Summary
A leather suitcase cover with front, base, back and top made from one piece of leather. Double strap buckles to the front and a single strap encompassing the whole, held by sewn leather loops, back and front. Top quadruple line edged and inscribed with the initials LDM. Lined with lambswool. Case cover of brown leather with cream woollen lining initialled LDM. Split stitches. Vacuumed.
Provenance
Pennyman collection devised in October 1961 to the National Trust under the terms of Col. J.B.W. Pennyman's Will.