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In the form of a book with a sliding cover a the edge, the spine is incised with horizontal bands painted salmon and gray, the covers are incised with a geometric design centering a diamond and painted black, cream and salmon. The "pages" and sliding door are painted in cream.
boxes (containers)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
lozenges
geometric patterns
pine (wood)
Pine
Carved
Painted
Geometric
Diamond
Box
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 3/8 x 3 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1488
Connecticut (United States)
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