A Decorative Late Victorian Pink Painted Pine Trunk c.1900 sub-Curios We have given her a

We have given her a light wax to bring out the wonderful colour and patination in the wood

were favoured in this later period of Regency design emphasizing the gay informality of the new taste rather than the opulent and rich pieces made earlier

It remains complete and is pleasingly heavy

Female painters exhibiting at the Royal Academy were few at this time and this proves to be a capable and salient work by an undervalued artist

A Decorative Late Victorian Pink Painted Pine Trunk c.1900 sub-Curios We have given her aOrigin: British Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Depth: 17. 25 Width: 28. 25 Height: 19. 5 The dusty pink painted pine travelling trunk or blanket box having a vacant interior with its original iron carrying handles and hinges, the whole on railed feet for ease of travel, with a wonderful patina and texture to its surfaces and surviving from the zeniths of the nineteenth century. This trunk has some obvious signs of use: there