HINGED BOX WITH INLAID SILVER FRETWORK
Creator(s): Lukutin Factory (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The black, rectangular box is hinged and is covered with a fine fretwork of alternating stars and silver in inlaid silver. The pattern is framed on the top and sides with a row of tightly arranged circles. A larger star, clusters of circles and arabesques are inlaid on the cover to indicate the side that opens. The interior is lacquered to imitate tortoiseshell.
- Object name:
- HINGED BOX WITH INLAID SILVER FRETWORK
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- silver -- brass (hinge)
- Made in:
- Danilkovo, Russia
- Date made:
- 1855-1863
- Size:
- 2.7 × 8.9 × 4.7 cm (1 1/16 × 3 1/2 × 1 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.16
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK [Cyrillic]: Fabriki Lukutinykh" [Imperial double-headed eagle] Interior of lid. The factory name is in red letters and the eagle is in gold.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973