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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 107632, member: 37"]Both very old and European in origin. I would think Germanic/Scandinavian. The first one is what we here in the states would call an immigrant's trunk. I imagine in European houses they served to house valuables, linens, and keepsakes. Maybe even as dowry chests? </p><p><br /></p><p>The second one seems to have been modified quite a bit. It looks like it was probably cut down from a taller chest since you can see missing segments of vertical strap-work along the top edge. The top may be a replacement or at the very least modified. As mentioned, those hinges are too new and I would think this should have opened all in one piece originally. You can also see on the inside the "ghosts" of some previous attachments to the wood that don't fit in with the entire scheme of the trunk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 107632, member: 37"]Both very old and European in origin. I would think Germanic/Scandinavian. The first one is what we here in the states would call an immigrant's trunk. I imagine in European houses they served to house valuables, linens, and keepsakes. Maybe even as dowry chests? The second one seems to have been modified quite a bit. It looks like it was probably cut down from a taller chest since you can see missing segments of vertical strap-work along the top edge. The top may be a replacement or at the very least modified. As mentioned, those hinges are too new and I would think this should have opened all in one piece originally. You can also see on the inside the "ghosts" of some previous attachments to the wood that don't fit in with the entire scheme of the trunk.[/QUOTE]
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