Digital Collections

Box, Needlework

Object/Artifact

Sewing box with veneer of rosewood and ivory and tiny mosaic panels (steel?) with ebony (black), jasper (red) and malachite (green) triangles; interior fitted with 3 thread containers and 2 canisters, and 3 matching veneered lidded compartments, a spool rod, pincushion, and 2 narrow spaces. Reddish velvet lining in lid. Brass lock.

G87.217

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1830

sewing box

mosaic pattern

ivory

rosewood

malachite

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