20th Century Emigrant Trunk, 1910s

Twentieth century emigrant trunk.

Subject: Travel trunk
Period: around 1910
Style: treasure chest
Provenance: Unknown

Twentieth century emigrant trunk

Very pleasant aesthetically pleasing wooden and iron chest. Made of poplar wood for the structure, covered in wrought iron and decorated on the entire visible surface. External reinforcements in hardwood, probably oak.

Designed for ship travel and extreme transport conditions, it is very solid and resistant. The aesthetic aspect is very nice with floral decorations painted on the sides and on the lid. It can be closed with two side hooks and a central key lock. Completely original in all its parts with the exception of a side leather handle replaced because it is missing and the key, also lost and replaced with a key from the same period and style as the trunk.

It has the inscriptions on the cover of the owner and of the journey he made from the port of Salerno, to the port of Naples in southern Italy to the United States of America, probably New York.

The poplar wood interior covered with decorated paper maintains this original covering in the lid, while in the bottom of the trunk it was largely missing and has been restored to wood and varnished and protected.

Restoration:

with regard to the restoration already described in part, an attempt has been made to keep everything original and exclusively to protect it.

Completely restored and ready to use.

Trunk dimensions:

Length: 87cm
Width: 48cm
Height: 58cm

Weight: 15Kg