Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

1967.047.50

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Box with glass top, with wool flowers. Paper and glass and textile. Rectangular. Cover fits over bottom section. Piece of glass constitutes body of cover. Some textile and paper materials used to cover box and make side panels. Textile is gauze-like material. Red, green, and white paper. Seems to be much larger design with red and green speckles and dots in some geometric layout. Also, some green and red flower decorations. Pattern too big to decipher from what is used for box. Too paper, mitered corners at top, goes down sides, wrapped around inside, then folded back and glued down to glass. Box bottom heavy board. Patterned paper wrapped on sides and extends slightly over to inside surface. Also, wrapped over onto bottom surface around edge. On inside, plain white paper used to line box. On outside, coarse, gray-brown paper used to cover bottom and edge of side papers. Paper of bottom sections, sides, and bottom surfaces is quite stiff. Inside box, assortment of wool flowers. Yarn and wire used to create shapes and stems and leaves. Some small pieces of paper used for backing.

Material:

Paper
Glass
Textile
Wool

Dimensions:

H-1.5 W-3.9 L-5 inches Weight-3.35 oz

Credit Line:

Gift of Ethel Rock Millen

Subjects:

Flowers