Box, Hat
- Object Name:
- Box, Hat
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.29.2 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Hatbox, owned and used by Countess Rumford. Cardboard, oval, with removable cover. Body covered with white paper and vertical strips of blue paper. Cover covered with red paper, including two strips forming an "X" across top. Paper label adhered to front of box, inscribed in ink, "U.S. of America No. 2 / Countess Sarah of Rumford. / Care of Jas. F. Baldwin Esq. / Tremont Street 163 / Boston / (Mass)". Box contains straw bonnet (c), which is dated 1830.
A. Box body
B. Cover
C. Bonnet - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11 W-19.5 D-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).
One of two hatboxes labeled "Countess Rumford's Hat Boxes. Brought back from Paris when she visited her father, the Count." - Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
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