A Mid-Victorian Painted Pine Trunk c.1860 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Williams 1872

Williams 1872

As a prayer rug

describes how his design is to work: "If the Spectator could Enter into these Images in his Imagination approaching them on the Fiery Chariot of his Contemplative Thought [

The patina to the paint is beautiful with an aged craquelure

A Mid-Victorian Painted Pine Trunk c.1860 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Williams 1872Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860Depth: 19Width: 25Height: 19. 5The attractive inky blue black painted pine trunk having a hinged cover and two iron side handles and newspaper lined interior, the original layer of newspaper dating to 1867, the whole sitting on its original iron castors and surviving from the middle of the nineteenth century. This chunky and well made trunk has some obvious signs of use: there are old