Early-Mid 19th C. Wallpapered Domed Trunk with Fantastic Blue and Newspaper Interior targets everyone’s hands are inspected and

everyone’s hands are inspected and counted

This special thing is a piece of late 19th century figural Italian Cantu lace

This particular form

Two of the rooks show a little structural damage and there are a few small repairs

There is such a warmth and intimacy to it that I'd guess the painter

Early-Mid 19th C. Wallpapered Domed Trunk with Fantastic Blue and Newspaper Interior targets everyone’s hands are inspected andThat blue! My favorite color on the planet, it just makes me swoon, so no way could I resist this trunk. I think the trunk itselfmade of poplar I believedates to the early 1800s, but I think the wallpaper is mid 19th, because the newspaper lining, I believe added at the same time, shows a date of 1850. (On the back side there are remnants of what appears to be an even earlier wallpaper.) Clearly its been around, with the lock removed and plenty of