Digital Collections

Box, Needlework

Object/Artifact

Sewing box with slanted top with mahogany and birdseye maple veneers in checkery or windmill design; brass ring in ivory escutcheon; mahogany sides; no feet; divided interior, perhaps incomplete. Ivory escutcheon, iron lock. No lining. 8 x 11 x 4.

G88.171

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1830

Sewing Box

Mahogany

Maple Veneers

Ivory escutcheon

Divided interior

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