Trunk (retired)
Jan 10, 2012 1:01:25 GMT -5
Post by maggiedoll on Jan 10, 2012 1:01:25 GMT -5
From Playthings:
Kit’s Trunk
Kit uses her mother’s old trunk for her clothes when she moves up to the attic. It’s covered in burgundy vinyl and trimmed in wood. The top lifts up to reveal a compartment where you can keep your Kit doll, and two drawers with brass handles hold her outfits and accessories.
I think it was around 2007 that the trunk became hingeless. For the first time, I actually went the secondhand market route and got me the hinged trunk even though American Girl.com has a perfectly good one still available. :
Kit and her trunk...and Tabby the cat's butt.
The trunk is made out what seems like either light wood or heavy-duty cardboard. The outside is lined with pleather (misspelled fake leather) and brass details. The brass has tarnished over the years, of course, I don't think my trunk was the best kept trunk ever. As someone has pointed out, this was Mother's traveling trunk, it should be lightweight.
The locks are very pretty and look Victorian to me, which would put it correctly in Mother's young adulthood. You can see the pattern of the pleather.
The brass details. They are heavier than the leather and feel cold to the touch. I do think it is real brass.
The trunk seems like it should be a little longer, there seems something short about it. Kit fits in the top tray. You can slip a few accessories around her, not a lot but enough to keep her from sliding around. If the hats are stacked together, there will be more room for other accessories.
I was curious for a long time how much this trunk would hold. The tray holds my Kit's ridiculously large shoe collection along with her hats, socks/stockings, hair things and a couple of other things.
The trunk's opening falls down to show two large drawers. I don't know how historically correct it is but it is nice. My Kit has a lot of clothes and her wardrobe is a bit of a tight fit in my drawers.
It's a bit tight in my closet so Kit's washday set has to go on top of the trunk. The trunk is wide/long enough to display somethings if you are short on floor. Kit could fit up there as well.
In all, I wish that the trunk had a bit more things. I do however love the brass details and the attempt made to make it look like a real trunk. The fact that is the only trunk mentioned in the books is an added bonus. Right now hinged trunks seem to go on the low side on Ebay. My very played with trunk was under a $100 shipped. Even though it seems like it went though the ringer (or the crayon box) the trunk has survived. Kit's trunk is a well made, sturdy piece of storage. A
Kit’s Trunk
Kit uses her mother’s old trunk for her clothes when she moves up to the attic. It’s covered in burgundy vinyl and trimmed in wood. The top lifts up to reveal a compartment where you can keep your Kit doll, and two drawers with brass handles hold her outfits and accessories.
I think it was around 2007 that the trunk became hingeless. For the first time, I actually went the secondhand market route and got me the hinged trunk even though American Girl.com has a perfectly good one still available. :
Kit and her trunk...and Tabby the cat's butt.
The trunk is made out what seems like either light wood or heavy-duty cardboard. The outside is lined with pleather (misspelled fake leather) and brass details. The brass has tarnished over the years, of course, I don't think my trunk was the best kept trunk ever. As someone has pointed out, this was Mother's traveling trunk, it should be lightweight.
The locks are very pretty and look Victorian to me, which would put it correctly in Mother's young adulthood. You can see the pattern of the pleather.
The brass details. They are heavier than the leather and feel cold to the touch. I do think it is real brass.
The trunk seems like it should be a little longer, there seems something short about it. Kit fits in the top tray. You can slip a few accessories around her, not a lot but enough to keep her from sliding around. If the hats are stacked together, there will be more room for other accessories.
I was curious for a long time how much this trunk would hold. The tray holds my Kit's ridiculously large shoe collection along with her hats, socks/stockings, hair things and a couple of other things.
The trunk's opening falls down to show two large drawers. I don't know how historically correct it is but it is nice. My Kit has a lot of clothes and her wardrobe is a bit of a tight fit in my drawers.
It's a bit tight in my closet so Kit's washday set has to go on top of the trunk. The trunk is wide/long enough to display somethings if you are short on floor. Kit could fit up there as well.
In all, I wish that the trunk had a bit more things. I do however love the brass details and the attempt made to make it look like a real trunk. The fact that is the only trunk mentioned in the books is an added bonus. Right now hinged trunks seem to go on the low side on Ebay. My very played with trunk was under a $100 shipped. Even though it seems like it went though the ringer (or the crayon box) the trunk has survived. Kit's trunk is a well made, sturdy piece of storage. A