Box, Wall
- Object Name:
- Box, Wall
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.56
- Description:
- Wall box. Wood and iron. Medium brown soft wood (probably). Two rectangular trays with slanting front on top of each other mounted to a backboard with asymmetrical, curved surface leading to oval top edge. Side boards 14.9" high on right side, 14.8" on left side. Top shelf 6.5" below top edge on side. Front surface of top shelf, 3" high, slopes forward 10 degrees from vertical. At ends, top surface of front board meets side board. Side board then tapers backward toward front in a slight concave curve. Shoulder near top turns to back edge. Left side and right side are similar but not exactly equal. In front of bottom shelf, 4" high. Equally inclined towards front. Top edge of side board, straight line to bottom edge of upper, front board. Nails used to hold on front boards, to hold shelf surfaces in place, and to hold backboard to back piece. Front and side surfaces smooth with semi-gloss finish. Two labels on back; one typescript, "Wooden wall box, pine. / Miss Jessie M. Tilney". Second label on back below that, rectangular paper, with worn edges; blue ink with printing, upper left corner, octagon frame around image of spinning wheel, small wheel with treadle; pper right corner, evidence of upholstered seat, side chair; stripes in seat; chair with curved back top rail and center rail with two curves upward to central decoration; in center of this label: "FROM / MCGUINESS'S A TEAK SHOP / 59 UNION ST."; at right side: "LEOMINSTER, MAS[S]"; double fine horizontal lines: "TO // //'.
- Material:
- Wood
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-21.9 W-12 D-6.2 inches Weight-62.3 oz
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro), between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
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