White box w/ silk top and sides made of gridded paper embroidered w/ beads and silk thread. Initials "SBC" embroidered in beads on one side. Interior of white silk.
sewing boxes
needlework (visual works)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
silk (textile)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Cardboard
Unidentified Paper
Silk
Beaded
BOX, NEEDLEWORK
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Possibly Coffin, Sarah (Bartlett), 1732-1798 (Maker)
Newbury, MA, USA
3 x 3 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.134
Massachusetts (United States)
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