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  • Chinese Blonde Hide Storage Trunk, c. 1800
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscellaneous items, trunks were found in every room in the home and were often stacked on top of one another. This early 19th century storage trunk has a simple, rectangular form, wrapped in a layer of softly worn hide and accented by a square brass lock plate decorated with double coins and subtle floral motifs. Likely originally coated in dark oxblood-brown lacquer, the hide exterior has been stripped and bleached to a neutral, pale blonde color. The interior is lined with colorful fabric printed with pink...
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    Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Trunks and Luggage

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    Brass

  • Blonde Chinese Hide Storage Trunk, C. 1800
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscel...
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    Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Trunks and Luggage

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    Brass

  • Blonde Chinese Hide Storage Trunk, C. 1800
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscel...
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    Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Trunks and Luggage

    Materials

    Brass

  • Chinese Finely Woven Lacquered Trunk, c. 1800
    Located in Chicago, IL
    A work of art in itself, this finely woven Qing-dynasty trunk likely once stored prized painted scrolls. Framed in elmwood, the trunk’s panels are lined with thin reeds that were pai...
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    Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Trunks and Luggage

    Materials

    Brass

  • Chinese Woven Reed Trunk, c. 1850
    Located in Chicago, IL
    A work of art in itself, this finely woven Qing dynasty trunk likely once stored prized painted scrolls. Framed in elmwood, the trunk’s panels are lined with thin reeds that were pai...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Trunks and Luggage

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    Reed, Elm

  • Chinese Painted Festival Trunk, c. 1820
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscellaneous items, trunks were found in every room in the home and were often stacked on top of one another. This festive trunk dates to the early 19th century and has been embellished with black lacquer and detailed hand-painted decoration in a traditional folk style. The front of the trunk is painted with a scene of Communist propaganda, depicting three young men holding...
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    Antique Early 19th Century Trunks and Luggage

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    Wood

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