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Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-50769

Description

Rectangular box w/ hinged lid w/ chamfered front edge; covered w/ block-printed wallpaper patterned w/ large scallop-edged leaves in brown w/ blue vines and bittersweet outline on white ground. (An earlier layer of wallpaper underneath) Iron hook and eye. Underside of cover painted green.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
wallpapers
pine (wood)
Pine
Wallpaper
Iron
BOX

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 x 19.5 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.281

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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