Box, Tool
- Object Name:
- Box, Tool
- Object ID:
- 1981.023.12.01
- Creator:
- Aiken, Herrick -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Franklin, NH
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Wooden box for two Aiken knitting machines. Painted green. Hinged lid. Black painted hand lettering on top: "H. AIKEN, / Franklin, N.H." Leather strap handle on front. Back board not painted. Leather strap on inside to hold lid open. Two wooden disks attached to inside of bottom, for holding machines (.02 and .03). Latch, no key.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-4.8 W-21.75 D-11.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Rogers Johnson m. Dorothy Aiken, daughter of Charles Aiken and great-granddaughter of Herrick Aiken.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Rogers B. Johnson
- People:
- Aiken, Herrick (1797-1866)
- Subjects:
- Box, Hosiery, Knitting, Knitting Machine, Machine Box
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