Digital Collections

Box, Needlework

Object/Artifact

Sewing box, factory made of mostly of walnut, with 3 pine doors decorated with a slab of pine with walnut bands. Black painted trim. Consists of an upright ‘cabinet’ above a desklike section. The doors slide to the sides, revealing a removable shelf which has metal posts to hold spools, and below, a dark velvet covered pincushion. The ‘desk’ lid lifts to reveal a compartment with a drawer at the top. All painted a thin yellow inside. 9.5” high.

G2010.047

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1900 - 1920

sewing

box

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

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