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Box

Date

1810-1830

GUSN

GUSN-2772

Description

Of rectangular form, with a domed hinged lid. Painted a deep orange-salmon and decorated with half circles (lunettes) in black at the edges of the lid sides, base and at the top of the box.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
lunettes
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Lunette
BOX

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.5 x 18.25 x 9.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1222

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