| Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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| Huge and Substantial Late 19th Century (1870s-1880s) All Wood Dome Top or Humpback Antique Trunk With the Sought After High Arch, Polished Black Japanned Hardware, Period-typical Decorative Rosettes Adorning the Body, Victorian Lithographs Under the Lid and Covering the Original Lift Out Tray. Dated Working Lock (Mar 1869 and Apr 1877), No Key. 130+ Year Old Seasoned Natural Pine Body, Wide Red Oak Slats with Decorative Grooves, and Circular Impressions on the Inside Planks From the First Cut at the Saw Mill. This Restored Antique Dome Top Trunk has Fantastic Grain and Lots of Character with Hidden Functional Compartment Under the Lid. New End Caps and New Leather Handles. |
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36"L x 21"D x 25"H A beautiful and huge restored dome top trunk for any contemporary home or large room outfitted in a 19th century decor. Lots of character to this trunk. The Victorian Lithographs of Women in Period Dress are absolutely beautiful and perfectly detailed. The compartment doors under the lid and on the liftout tray are constructed of wood, not the regular cardbard found on most trunks. The large compartment lid on the liftout tray is not attached but could possibly be or even put into a frame (which would be our first suggestion)! |
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| Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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| Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production. |
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We all romanticize about the mystique of these antique trunks. The possible owners and travels that each steamer trunk has taken, along with the high level of detailed craftsmanship in the original production of each and every steamer trunk with that individualized character giving both intrinsic and non-intrinsic value. |
It was a common practice that loyal and productive craftsmen would be allowed to bring their children to work with them to learn a craft, so many of the children in this photograph were more than likely sons of the men shown. |
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