Box, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Box, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1947.023.02
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Sewing Box. Cardboard, in shape of a book. Book is covered in pink paper with gold scroll-like trim. Marbled paper on edges. Inside of book is hollow and lined with green paper. Label inside reads: "I.M. Beard / Freedom, N.H. / Sept. 25, 1947.".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-0.5 W-1.7 L-2.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Sewing items belonged to Mary Colcord Foster (1766-1860) of Brentwood, NH, the maternal great-grandmother of the donor. They were childhood possessions of Mary Colcord or of her daughter.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ithamar M. Beard
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies
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