Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid
Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid

Antique Folk-Painted Scandinavian Immigrant Storage Trunk with Lift-Top Lid

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Rectangular wooden immigrant trunk with a hinged lift-top lid, raised on an integral scalloped base. The exterior is painted in a deep oxblood-brown ground and decorated with hand-painted folk motifs throughout, including curling scrollwork borders, stylized floral elements, and central cartouche panels rendered in muted blue, green, cream, and ochre pigments. The front panel features painted name-style lettering flanked by floral sprays, a characteristic personalization detail commonly found on Scandinavian immigrant trunks used for identification during travel. Forged iron hardware includes side-mounted bail handles on shaped backplates, strap hinges, and a front keyhole escutcheon, all exhibiting period oxidation and wear consistent with age. The interior reveals unfinished pine boards with visible tool marks and iron hinge straps, underscoring its utilitarian construction beneath the decorative exterior.

Painted trunks of this type were commonly produced in Norway and neighboring Scandinavian regions during the late 19th century, serving as primary luggage for emigrants traveling to North America. Often locally made and decorated, these chests functioned both as transport containers and as long-term household storage once families settled, blending practical construction with regional folk-art traditions.

Shows expected wear from age and use including surface abrasions, scattered paint loss, softened edges, scratches, oxidation to iron hardware, and interior scuffing; interior retains a fixed small compartment and all major structural elements appear intact.

35.5" W x 22" D x 22.5" H
Interior: 32" W x 19.5" D x 14.5" H
Interior box (fixed): 19.5" W x 3.5" D x 2" H

MM - C-18342 - 121925

 

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