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Rectangular, wooden, covered with an overlay of beige/gold/brown straw resembling marquetry: outside and inside lid have architectural scenes, interior compartments have Adam-esque floral and fan designs; mirror on reverse of center panel; red ribbon attached as hinges.
boxes (containers)
overlays
straw (plant material)
wood (plant material)
Adam Style
houses
Neoclassical
Wood
Overlaid
Neoclassical
House
Straw
Adam
Box, Jewelry
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6 3/4 x 10 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.244
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