Painted Swedish Trunk

Painted steel bound trunk, with hand wrought steel straps on all sides, open interior with candle box on right, original steel hinges. The top has ''bread ...

Painted leather camphor wood trunk, the top is double brass studded with brass framing. It is painted with a floral center cartouche and borders and...

English brass studded painted trunk has steel support strapping and the original steel carrying handles. It appears that the original covering is leather...

Inlaid mother of pearl truck , the top with multiple cast iron studs and the corners feature an interesting pattern of tiny brass beads. The sides have wrought iron carrying handles ...

Chinese red lacquer pig skin trunk, the interior is lined with sea blue fabric. Inside the top there is an applied calligraphy tablet. The brass lock hi...

Painted four sided box, the top is split and hinged on each half to allow access from both sides; all sides and top with similar decorative and vivid painti...

A petite Swedish pine marriage trunk with its original paint. The exterior is painted blue with floral designs and monogrammed G E D 1835. Forged iron bindings enforce the constructi...

A leather covered black Swedish trunk with "Swedish American Line" - stickers

A beautifully painted Mongolian wooden chest of the 19th century. This is a wonderful example exhibiting the art work in the region. Large hand made hand decorated Mongolian painted storage chest. A well preserved patina showcasing its history alive with warm soft rich colors of cinnabar, red, white, orange, gray, gold and black. Superbly decorated with birds, butterfly's, flowers and goldfish. Surrounded with the endless knot or eternal knot Srivatsa. Srivatsa is a symbolic knot one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols in Tibetan Buddhism. It is symbolized also as Samsara, the endless cycle of suffering of birth, death and rebirth and the inter-twining of wisdom and compassion. Also as a symbol representing the cycle of life. This highly decorated chest was worthy of such Auspicious regard making it extremely significant to those who used it. An important Asian Antique chest...

Charming mid-19th century Swedish wedding trunk or dowry trunk featuring floral painted reserves over a blue background. This dome-top oak trunk ...

Original blue painted dome top oak trunk from Sweden with traditional hand-painted details include floral motif along top and front. Monogram of KND and date "1804" indicate this tru...

A charming Tibetan painted leather storage trunk, 18th century, Tibet. Of smaller size, the softwood construction of the trunk covered by a richly tanned yak leather. The central p...