Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

1959.038.07

Description:

Box, trinket or sewing, with mica pieces inside. Paper and textile. Box core, heavy paperboard. Red, white, and blue striped paper applied to sides and cover. Colors faded. Some dark floral patterns on top of stripes which are simple clusters that look like perhaps 3-leaf clovers, alternating with 8-dot, circular patterns. These alternate on different rows from floral patterns. Yellow paper around edges of top surface and top and bottom edges of bottom portion of box. Pink paper on inside surface of bottom of box. Pink paper on bottom surface of top. On the two remaining, vertical portions fit inside the lower box section. Rectangular textile cover, slightly pillow-shaped. Design element in center of top. Surface dirty tan color with red and green stamped design on it. Red flower and some small green leaves stamped or painted on it. Red letter name: "maria" on design element. Cushion appears to be glued to top. Pencil writing on one of pink cover elements, script: ".....momento....W. B.......". Center of very bottom surface, plain, gray paper board. Yellow paper border around its edge. It also wraps around and is on top surface of recessed border around bottom of box. Random white threat sections holding bottom and sides together at their ends. Remants of narrow embossed paper design elements which are loose on top surfaces. Inside box, several sheets of mica. Rectangular and square. Some have holes at corner for rectangular ones. About a dozen sheets of the rectangular ones, 2 x 1.5" approximately. Some have holes in corners, some don't. Two 1.5" square pieces with holes in corner. Five diamond-shape pieces, 2.7" x 1.47". Writing on bottom of box: "Harrison 6/17/59". Small white adhesive label "59-38". Below it "Harrison".

Material:

Paper
Mica
Textile

Dimensions:

H-2.6 W-3.8 L-5.2 inches Weight-3 oz

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Henry F. Harrison