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In the seventeenth century, voyages to colonies and places of exploration, trunks were made directly in ports with exotic woods (camphor) brought back by ships on their return journeys. These trunks had simple shapes, construction was sturdy, but often brass in the corners and delicate parts.
The trunks have grown strongly since the 1850s. Used...
In the seventeenth century, voyages to colonies and places of exploration, trunks were made directly in ports with exotic woods (camphor) brought back by ships on their return journeys. These trunks had simple shapes, construction was sturdy, but often brass in the corners and delicate parts.
The trunks have grown strongly since the 1850s. Used in large liners and in trains.
Writing box usually made of precious or exotic wood, closed by a lid containing inkwell, often had drawers or secret compartments.
