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Trunk

Dateabout 1800-1850
MediumWood, nails, brass tacks, and blue paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 5 1/2 x 14 x 8in. (14 x 35.6 x 20.3cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSmall trunk covered with dark brown leather trimmed in Moroccan red leather attached with round brass tacks and lined with blue paper. A woodcut paper label attached to the lid of the trunk shows a mounted soldier (militia?) with his saber drawn. The initials "EHL" have been stencilled on the underside of the trunk.
Object number2000.59.0
On View
Not on view
Trunk
Frances Mary Dana
about 1815
Side Chair
State of Connecticut
1740-1780
1960.103.13
Harold D. Margolis
1960
Gift of Frederick K. and Margaret R. Barbour, 1960.7.5  © 2006 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Eliphalet Chapin
1775
Gift of Frederick K. and Margaret R. Barbour, 1960.7.6   © 2004 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Eliphalet Chapin
1775
Gift of Frederick K. and Margaret R. Barbour, 1959.8.2  © 2006 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Eliphalet Chapin
1775
Trunk
Unknown
leather 1750-1770, trunk 1805
Woman's Wedding Shoes
Dorothy V. Brosmith
1915
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2007.4.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undet…
Albert G. Walker
1858
Man's Shoes
The Sandal Maker
about 1965
Woman's Overshoe
Unknown
about 1805-1815