Petaca trunk, in leather with agave fiber embroidery... Lot 1235
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Petaca trunk, in leather with agave fiber embroidery decorated with flowers, foliage, birds and exotic animals; hinges, hasp lock and side handle in wrought iron.
Hispanic colonies, Mexico, partly late 17th century
Height: 44 cm - Width: 70 cm - Depth: 51 cm
(reassembly and missing lace)
Comparable example in the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico (inv. 7-O6306785 GBK-0015)
Book consulted: Exhibition New York 1990/91, Mexico Splendors of Thirty Centuries, The Metropol-itan Museum of Art, cat. p. 442, n°206.
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