Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 1979.033.005
- Place of Origin:
- Europe
- Date:
- 1790-1800
- Description:
- Trunk, wood covered with vellum. Used by Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814), Count Rumford. Wood painted maroon color. Hinged lid covered in vellum with hair on it. Lid bears brass plate engraved "Le Comte de Rumford / N: 6." "No 6" painted in black on front and on left side. "N 6" painted in black on right side. Iron handle on each end. Lined with coarse brown fabric. Key stored inside, with wooden key tag inscribed "Rumford Trunk / in the Attic 1912" in ink.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Hair
Textile
Vellum
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-13.5 W-38 D-16.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814), Count Rumford.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, In Memory of Walter C. and Louise Kimball Jenkins.
- Subjects:
- Animals, Boxes, Fur, Hair ornaments, Trunks
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