This exquisite “Enconchado” trunk or portable wooden chest has and inlaid decoration of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell depicting naturalistic motifs and stylized floral and geometrical sets. It has a rectangular shape with four angular stands. The cover on top shows the same geometrical and floral decoration and is foldable. The interior has some drawers and a geometrical ornamentation of different fruit woods. The iron lock has also naturalistic decorations. The inferior lower part of the trunk has a thin drawer.

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