Busacca Gallery

🔥 Consignment 🔍 We need to check the availability 🌈 C. 1880 antique monitor-top trunk with original hardware, brown leather binding, hardwood slats finished in tung oil. Rare alligator pressed tin facings. Hand stitched leather side handles, rosette accents on front and lid. Natural cherry stain interior. *If you need more information please call us. 415-776-0104 *Our job is to find and target great art by collecting a vast array of contemporary, vintage, antique and collectible items from across the globe. Individually handcrafted, we breathe new life into these forgotten relics by giving back each piece it's unique story. We welcome dealers, galleries, and private collectors to register securely and buy with us.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_%28luggage%29

A trunk, also known as a travelling chest, is a large cuboid container for holding clothes and other personal belongings, typically about each deep and high. They were most commonly used for extended periods away from home, such as for boarding school, or long trips abroad. Most trunks are now used as either furniture such as glass-covered coffee-tables or decorative storage for everything from blankets and linens to memorabilia and military paraphernalia. Trunks are differentiated from chests by their more rugged construction due to their intended use as luggage, instead of the latter's pure storage. Among the many styles of trunks there are Jenny Linds, saratogas, monitors, steamers (or flat-tops), barrel-staves, bevel-tops, wardrobes, dome-tops, barrel-tops, wall trunks, and even full dresser trunks. These differing styles often only lasted for a decade or two as well, and along with the hardware can be extremely helpful in dating an unmarked trunk.