Book chest of Hugo de Groot, c. 1600 - c. 1615 Suitcase of Vurenhout, covered with cattle leather with traces of trapped ornament and equipped with forged iron band batter, two integrating boxes of crushes with robbery and a robbery for a padlock in the middle. Handles on the sides. The lid is convex. The suitcase is lined on the inside with linen and crossed with lace tire. According to tradition, this is the coffin, in which Hugo de Groot escaped from Loevestijn on March 22, 1621. Northern Netherlands wood (plant material). spruce (wood). leather. iron (metal) sawing / die cutting / forging
Book chest of Hugo de Groot, c. 1600 - c. 1615 Suitcase of Vurenhout, covered with cattle leather with traces of trapped ornament and equipped with forged iron band batter, two integrating boxes of crushes with robbery and a robbery for a padlock in the middle. Handles on the sides. The lid is convex. The suitcase is lined on the inside with linen and crossed with lace tire. According to tradition, this is the coffin, in which Hugo de Groot escaped from Loevestijn on March 22, 1621. Northern Netherlands wood (plant material). spruce (wood). leather. iron (metal) sawing / die cutting / forging Loevestein lock. Gorinchem
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