Box, Hat
- Object Name:
- Box, Hat
- Object ID:
- 1976.071.02
- Date:
- circa 1851
- Description:
- Hatbox. Large oval box made of thin wood, including removable lid. Edges covered with blue cotton with small white dots. Bottom edge covered with a white canvas. Body and lid covered on exterior with paper printed in two-color geometrical pattern on buff ground. Design is large rectangle with black or white borders. Center of rectangle covered with white and black motif. Interior is covered with newspapers, including Brother Jonathan, New York, 1851. Large print of Millard Fillmore on bottom of box, and death scene of Zachary Taylor on inside of lid.
- Material:
- Wood
Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-18.3 D-13.8 inches
- Provenance:
- From Clement family homestead, Clement Hill Road, Deering, NH.
President Zachary Taylor died July 9, 1850, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. - Credit Line:
- Given in Memory of Ruth Ethel Clement Farr
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Portrait prints, Prints
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