Digital Collections

Box, Needlework

Object/Artifact

Mahogany sewing box with stringing; 3 'storeys' of graduated size; ivory finials; pincushion on top; upper level for spools on spindles, bone eyelets on thread holes; mahopgany flame veneer on 2 drawers; wooden knobs, ball feet; mirror slide; marked ""Manufactured by M. Watrous Andover, Ct."

G87.222

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1810 - 1830

sewing box

mahogany

ivory

bone

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