Restoration Hardware Safari-Style "Richard" Traveling Trunk, Side/End Table With Leather Handles

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C.2000-2009; Restoration Hardware; "Safari-style or Traveling," Richard's Trunk, side/end table, It's a cube steamer-like trunk in look, girth and quality … more C.2000-2009; Restoration Hardware; "Safari-style or Traveling," Richard's Trunk, side/end table, It's a cube steamer-like trunk in look, girth and quality of craftsmanship, with a 2-drawer fronts. These the of trunks were made for a World Traveler of discerning tastes, as this is named for and English Traveler, named Tom Richard's, which is marked with a brass plate, as image indicates. The modern, polished version you see inset is a Modern interpretation of those bespoke traveler's trunks, and aspects and nuances are influenced by the gleaming nose cones and fuselages of mid-20th. Century aircraft, clad in a patchwork of polished aluminum panels, accented with exposed steel screws, ending in the form-fitting canvas-clad charcoal finish of the body, with raised relief aged solid wood, and trimmed with antique brass. Also the added additional elements that round such traveling trunks, it is fitted with leather handles as drawer pulls to the front, and handles on opposite apposing ends of the exterior sides, as well as round, radius leather to all corners. The interior of the drawers are lined with the same charcoal canvas used for the exterior. The body incidentally has been form-fitted with aluminum over a solid wood body, the aged charcoal canvas, and accented with steel screws.

Canvas has been waxed to create the satin sheen, and should be wiped with a soft dry cloth
This particular piece sat within an industrial building in Delray Beach, Florida; of a Tech Guru's play/workplace, inspiration lab, within the large open planned seating, lounging area. Most everything within is part and partial among this diaspora. less