Object Details
Maker
Associated with work of Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751-1843)
Date
19th century
Geography
France: Paris
Culture
French
Medium
wood
Dimensions
No size
Provenance
Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919), Ambassador to Austria (1901-1903), Ambassador to Court of Czar Nicolas II, Russia (1903-1905), and Ambassador to France (1905-1907); to son, Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1924), by descent, (R-IL) U.S. House of Representatives (1917-1919) and U.S. Senate (1919-1925), and his wife Ruth Hanna McCormick (1880-1944), a daughter of Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio; Ruth Hanna McCormick married Albert G. Simms (1882-1964), (R-NM) U.S. House of Representatives (1925-1927) in 1932; to nephew, Albert G. Simms, II, of New Mexico, by descent.
Inscriptions
Each trunk bears remnants of pasted labels written in both Russian and English with the name St. Petersburg denoted.
Credit Line
Gift of The Albert Simms Family of New Mexico in loving memory of Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms 1880-1944
Collection
The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number
RR-1976.0076.28-.30