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Storage Trunk

Inspired By Timeless Design, Best Of Leather Collections

Singapore Leading Leather Furniture Provider. Locus Habitat, Home For The Luxury. The Leather Trunk Is A Classic Piece Inspired By The Charm And Romance Of A Past Era Of Long, Luxurious, Sea Voyages. 

LH132
L:98cm
W:60cm H:207cm


Leather Storage Trunk LH051

LH051
L:165cm
W:59cm H:83cm

LH035 Leather Storage Trunk

LH035
L:94cm
W:54cm H:51cm

Leather Storage Trunk LH038

LH038
L:55cm
W:46cm H:126cm

Leather Storage Trunk LH086

LH086
L:142cm
W:62cm H:182cm

Leather Storage Trunk LH030

LH030
L:91cm
W:51cm H:85cm

Leather Storage Trunk LH032

LH032
L:91cm
W:53cm H:86cm

Leather Storage Trunk LH033

LH033
L:77cm
W:49cm H:72cm

Genuine Leather Storage Trunk LH035

LH035
L:94cm
W:54cm H:51cm

Steel Leather Storage Trunk LH037B

LH037B
L:58cm
W:52cm H:53cm

Storage chests and boxes were pro­duced throughout the Renaissance and up until recent times. They are a useful form and are among the most basic in terms of construction. We find them in provincial areas, decorated with local folk motifs. There are wonderful painted chests, for example, from Germany. Each area gave these coffers and chests its own particular form of decoration.

In Renaissance Italy the chest was called a cassone—a long, low box with a flat lid (in its most basic form), meant to store linens. It often played a symbolic role in the customs of marriage, with wed­ding cassoni being ostentaciously deco­rated (with intarsia, painting, or carving) with the coats of arms and other symbols of the couple's families. After the six­teenth century, the form was submerged in the cassapanca—in essence, a cassone transformed into a settle. The cassone was the base and back and arms were added, turning it into a long seat or bench.

Another important piece from Re­naissance Italy was the credenza, a sort of buffet that stood against a wall and had a closed-in plinth base. It generally had a top of dining-table height above two frieze drawers, with two cabinet doors in the base. Using the frame-and-panel construc­tion, the design was simple, often with panels and architectural elements being the primary decoration. This was a popu­lar form in the Renaissance and the baroque periods (German cabinetmakers also built credenzas in the seventeenth century), and in fact, it is one of the few forms from this period that we do see on the American market today, most often with extensive repairs and replaced parts.