Oval, four-fingered, with attached handle and cover; copper and wooden fasteners; bottom unfinished; interior of silk brocade fastened to outside by ribbons.
sewing boxes
needlework (visual works)
varnishing
maple (wood)
sewing boxes
containers for textiles and needlework
Maple
Varnished
Bentwood
BOX, NEEDLEWORK
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.158A,B
Unknown
9 1/2 x 6 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.158AB
New Hampshire (United States)
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