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Box

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-30174

Description

Small box in the form of a book. Covered with red velvet fabric and metalic paper. Brass sunflower motif in middle of attached cover. Mirror affixed to the inside of the cover. Lined with pink paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
velvet (fabric weave)
metal
Box
Box

Associated Person

William Eliot Norton
Norton, Catherine Eliot
Andrew Norton

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Gaskell Norton

Accession Number

1924.156

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