An oval bentwood box with three tapering "finger" laps and fitted cover with single "finger" lap; shaped arched swing handle held with turned wooden pins; secured with a polymer peg; natural finish.
sewing boxes
needlework (visual works)
bentwood
birch (wood)
maple (wood)
maple (wood)
Shaker (Christian sect)
Birch
Maple
Bentwood
Shaker
Box
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.407A,B
Unknown
4 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.407AB
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