1820-1840
GUSN-55993
Rectangular chest shaped sewing box, footed with bombe sides, hinged lid and hinged smaller box in lid. Cylindrical grips with applied gilt metal bosses front and back. Interior lined with raspberry pink paper and foil paper (new). Exterior veneered with mahogany.
sewing boxes
mahogany (wood)
metal
pine (wood)
Empire (style)
pine (wood)
Chest
Chest, Sewing
Empire
Pine
Mahogany
Unidentified Metal
Chest, Sewing
Stimson, Virginia
Unknown
9 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 9 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Louise Stimson
1981.46
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably
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