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BOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The bos is round with a detachable cover. It is covered on the outside and on the bottom with a vertical striped design in straw. There is a tortoiseshell lining to the cover. In the center of the cover is a medallion in straw depicting a scene on a dock with sailors seated about a barrel smoking and drinking. The rest of the surface is covered with stripes in straw, some natural colored and some light green. Inside there is an inner cover with a large flower, leaves and birds in colored straws against a background of natural colored straw. The design is repeated in the bottom of the box.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Straw marquetry -- fruit wood -- tortoiseshell
Made in:
FRANCE
Date made:
ca. 1800
Size:
3 × 7.6 cm (1 3/16 × 3 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
34.19.1-2
Class:
WOOD
Signature marks:
LABEL inside box: Made by French Prisoners
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973