Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett. Sized and color-correc…

Chest

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureChinese

Dateca. 1820

MediumLeather | Wood | Brass

DimensionsOverall: 19 3/4 x 41 x 24 1/2 in. (50.2 x 104.1 x 62.2 cm)

Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.

Object number97.49.61

On View

On view

DescriptionA leather-covered lift top trunk or traveling chest bound in brass and ornamented with double rows of brass upholstery nails. The front panel has a small brass shield-shaped escutcheon plate and a large decorative swag of brass nails. The chest is set on a wooden base with turned ring and cove feet.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House Published ReferencesBernard L. Herman, "Town House: Architecture and Material Life in the Early American City, 1780-1830" (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, 2005) 237.