Enconchado Trunk, 17th century
Mexico
Wood, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, and silver locks.
Wood, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, and silver locks.
Height: 40 cm
Width: 60 cm
Depth: 32 cm
Width: 60 cm
Depth: 32 cm
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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 spherical stands. The cover on top shows the same geometrical and floral decoration and is foldable. The sides and the top have a volumetrical construction with circular shapes emerging from the flat wooden inlaid decorations. The interior has some drawers and a geometrical ornamentation of different fruit woods. The silver lock has also naturalistic decorations with a more detailed and complex construction. The inferior lower part of the trunk has a thin drawer.
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