EARLY ANTIQUE FOLK ART HAND PAINTED WOOD WEDDING TRUNK BLANKET CHEST DOVETAILED DATED 1866! Up for sale is this amazing hand painted trunk, blanket chest or mule chest. It’s a beautiful long and large chest with tons of character and that true folk art flavor. Many trunks that were highly decorated like this were wedding trunks but who can know? It has a snipe hinged lid as you can see in the pictures. The trunk has a wonderful, dark black base color with red, white, faded yellow and green highlighted accents in the folk art / floral painting. It looks like the flowers are tulips to us and there are white little accents here and there. The paint appears to be all original and has nicks, chips, scrapes, fading and patina on it as you’d expect from an item of this age. You can also see the painted date on the front of 1866!! The top of the trunk was painted but has worn off. You can still see some of the floral accent on the back portion of the lid. This was probably used as a seat at some point and the paint rubbed off where the people sat. The lid has a lot of patina, scuffs and wear as well as some green paint. Under the trunk, the legs are square and hold the trunk up off the ground. We have felt pads on the legs to protect our floors but those could be removed if you don’t want them. The construction of the trunk has dovetail mortises on the ends. You can easily see these on the sides and back. They are there on the front but the dark paint hides them, look closely. The top and bottom have wooden peg construction and you can see pegs across the front lip of the lid as well as in the bottom into the sides, front and back of the trunk. The lid is held on with old, forged iron snipe-style hinges. You have to jiggle the lid a little to get it to sit down on the frame as it has to come over the front of the trunk before it will sit down all the way. Inside it’s pretty clean. There are a lot of marks in the wood, we don’t know what these are from. The inside is a very dark brown color and the nicks/marks are light. There is a center divider and makes two compartments. The hand painting on the front is a collection of flowers and organic motifs. The trunk is wonderfully hand painted. Inside, the trunk is clean but worn. The back of the trunk is pretty clean considering its age. Look at the back board, it’s one big board!! That’s a nice piece of wood! The trunk has a wonderful patina to it. The trunk has some paint wear, paint loss, edge wear, nicks, scrapes, dings, fade, wear and overall age marks. There are spots and scuffs. You can see all of this in the pictures and it’s what you’d expect from a trunk that’s over 150 years old!! It’s a large size and measures. 92.25 long at the top. 90.75 long at the trunk. 16.75 inches deep at the top. 14.75 deep inside. You will need to coordinate this. Plycon is a good source for a blanket wrap shipper. This is a very nice trunk for those of you who love Primitives or folk art. It’s one of a kind! It would certainly make for an interesting conversation piece. Thank you for looking at this item. Let us know if you have any questions. We regularly put up new items so check out our other items. We will do our best to answer your questions. We will handle them on a case-by-case basis. We will do the same. We couldn’t sell anything if it wasn’t for you and the time you have taken to spend looking at our items. As a very small business we strive to keep you as our customer! We GUARANTEE that your item(s) will be received as described. We work hard to describe them correctly and in detail (note that the pictures are part of the description) with all flaws (if any) exposed. The item “EARLY ANTIQUE FOLK ART HAND PAINTED WEDDING TRUNK BLANKET CHEST DOVETAILED DATED” is in sale since Sunday, March 04, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “americas-place” and is located in Riverside, California. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.