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It was a product of the Connersville Cabinet Company of Connersville, Indiana, and the Powers Museum does hold an actual example of this piece, which due to its size and weight, is one of the few things that does not get rotated in the main gallery! The actual illustration at the top is a detail view from a larger sheet of cabinets and secretary/desks manufactured by the company (shown above).
The cabinet was sent to Curtis and Nira Wright for an anniversary gift shortly after the Wrights arrived in Carthage, Missouri, and was sent to them by former employees of Mr. Wright's at the furniture Company.
When Curtis Wright decided to come to Carthage in the late 1880s, he sold his interests in Cooley-Morrison Furniture Company and the firm was then reorganized into Connersville Cabinet Co. and Curtis' brother Nathaniel remained with the firm. Curiously enough, Sedalia, Missouri, tried to entice Curtis Wright to settle there and operate a furniture factory, but always interested in geology, Wright was swayed by the promise of greater rewards from the mineral boom that was going full force when he visited this region in the late 1880s.
Furniture companies in Connersville, Indiana is an ongoing research project of the Powers Museum; however, we do NOT have information on "hope chests" made by Connersville Furniture Company, c1915—35. At this time we are unsure if the Wright family was still involved in the Connersville Furniture Company during this period. Also, we are unable to give valuations or appraisals for Connersville furniture pieces.
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