Unidentified artist
Leather-Bound Traveling Chest (Baúl de viaje encorado)late 17th-early 18th century [?]

Not on view

Wooden storage chest with domed lid open, exterior covered in dark leather with brass studs, interior lined with intricate geometric marquetry inlay and a central heraldic double-headed eagle motif

Leather-covered wooden chest with domed lid, decorated with rows of brass studs in geometric patterns and ornate pierced metalwork hasps and corner mounts in dark iron.

Artist or Maker: Unidentified artist
Title: Leather-Bound Traveling Chest (Baúl de viaje encorado)
Place Made: Possibly Mexico, Oaxaca
Date Made: late 17th-early 18th century [?]
Medium: Wood, leather, brass and iron fittings and studs, and granadillo inlay
Dimensions: 22 3/4 × 41 1/4 × 26 1/2 in. (57.8 × 104.8 × 67.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California
Accession Number: M.2013.130.3
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: This leather-bound trunk was intended as a luxury traveling chest, with its tanned leather covering protecting it against inclement weather. The interior surface boasts exquisite geometric designs. Aromatic resinous woods, such as granadillo, were preferred for textile storage due to their pleasant fragrance and moth-deterrent properties. Spain’s coat of arms decorates the interior lid, with the shield set inside a double-headed eagle and flanked by columns with the Spanish monarchy’s motto, Non plus ultra (No more beyond).

From exhibition Archive of the World, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Carlos F. Duarte in the accompanying publication, cat. no. 80, pp. 313–15)
Provenance: Metropolitan Fine Arts and Antiques, New York; R. M. Barokh Inc. Antiques, Los Angeles, 2003; Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California, 2004; LACMA, 2013.
Selected Bibliography: Katzew, Ilona, ed. Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Selected Exhibition History: Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022

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Unidentified artist
Leather-Bound Traveling Chest (Baúl de viaje encorado)late 17th-early 18th century [?]

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unidentified artist
Title: Leather-Bound Traveling Chest (Baúl de viaje encorado)
Place Made: Possibly Mexico, Oaxaca
Date Made: late 17th-early 18th century [?]
Medium: Wood, leather, brass and iron fittings and studs, and granadillo inlay
Dimensions: 22 3/4 × 41 1/4 × 26 1/2 in. (57.8 × 104.8 × 67.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California
Accession Number: M.2013.130.3
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: This leather-bound trunk was intended as a luxury traveling chest, with its tanned leather covering protecting it against inclement weather. The interior surface boasts exquisite geometric designs. Aromatic resinous woods, such as granadillo, were preferred for textile storage due to their pleasant fragrance and moth-deterrent properties. Spain’s coat of arms decorates the interior lid, with the shield set inside a double-headed eagle and flanked by columns with the Spanish monarchy’s motto, Non plus ultra (No more beyond).

From exhibition Archive of the World, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Carlos F. Duarte in the accompanying publication, cat. no. 80, pp. 313–15)
Provenance: Metropolitan Fine Arts and Antiques, New York; R. M. Barokh Inc. Antiques, Los Angeles, 2003; Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California, 2004; LACMA, 2013.
Selected Bibliography: Katzew, Ilona, ed. Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Selected Exhibition History: Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022