Slat chest from the Jones-Hall-Sims House

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A dome top steamer trunk or chest from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The chest is made from wooden planks, embellished with thin vertical wooden slats nailed to the exterior. The slats are alternating reddish and brownish stained wood. There are wooden bands with carved channels nailed at the midpoint and base of the trunk, and secured at the corners with metal corner brackets. The cast corner hardware features a double "MM" to indicate the maker Martin Maier & Co. The corner brackets on the top back edge of the chest have integrated hinges which correspond to those on the bottom back edge of the lid.The chest has a barrel lid that rests on top of the chest but is no longer physically attached to it. Wide metal bands, painted black, are nailed up the corners, the top edge of the trunk, and the bottom edge of the lid.

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