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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