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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yourturntoloveit, post: 641055, member: 57&quot;]<u>stolenchyld said</u>:&nbsp; &quot;. . . i<i>n years of looking at trunks online and at flea markets and antique stores, I&#039;ve never seen one with a lid shaped like this . . . .&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</p><p>Please excuse the italic lettering which follows!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>I &quot;think&quot; it was the maker of the trunk (who could have been the original &quot;owner&quot; of the trunk) making the best he could do in putting a &quot;sort of&quot; dome(d) lid on top.&nbsp; The trunk maker/owner was doing the best he could to keep people from putting other big items on &quot;his&quot; trunk.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Originally &quot;domed-lid&quot; trunks were &quot;a step above&quot; and more &quot;prized&quot; than flat-top trunks.&nbsp; It has been said that was because if a trunk had a &quot;domed lid&quot; then other luggage could not/would not fit/be stable on top of it in transit (or otherwise).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Domed (rounded) lid trunks were (supposedly) the first off of a train, bus, and other means of transportation. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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