Trunk
date: label: date made
content: 1824 - 1855
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted with two different red crab flowers, both highlighted by white and alizarin overstrokes, that are perched on red stems with green and yellow leaflets. Yellow streamers form a butterfly-shape around the handle; a yellow rope border is on the lid front. Sides of lid and box feature a large yellow brushwork motif. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Aaron Butler Tinshop on Brandy Hill, East Greenville, NY, 1824-1855.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, East Greenville
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0119.28
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 22.225 cm x 13.335 cm