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Sewing Box

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1877

GUSN

GUSN-70524

Description

Brown, ivory, gold; large and small spools of thread in seven compartments; sliding lid

Details

Descriptive Terms

sewing boxes
cotton (textile)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Cotton
BOX, SEWING

Associated Person

Bradlee, Mary Perrin (May), 1815-1877

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Taylor, I. & W. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Leicester, England

Dimensions

2.875 x 9.75 x 6.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5071

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