ANTIQUE TRUNK RESTORATION

In April of 1992, I stumbled upon my first antique trunk at a car swap here in Northern California.  It was a barrel top in the Saratoga class, leather-covered.  I had been fascinated with these old "treasure chests" since I was a child, and when I spotted this one, there was no way I would be leaving the swap meet without it!

Over the years I have acquired numerous trunks with plans for eventual restoration of them all, with the exception of the ones I feel should be left "as is" in museum condition.  The others are stored in The Trunk Barn waiting for restoration and/or preservation.

Pictured is a restoration of the paper in a leather-covered trunk owned by the Purintons, a prominent early California family.  Sometimes, but not often, a trunk will have "provenance", evidence of original ownership of the trunk.  Click the link below to read the Trunk Genealogies I have researched from baggage tags and other sources on some of my trunks.