Letter box
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular box with curved corners and an over-lapping cover; the cover is deep with a three-lobed cut in the center of each long side; these frame two brass rings, threaded on chrysanthemum mounts affixed to the box; the mounts are screwed to the box sides and capped with raised disks inside the box; the cover has a slightly convex upper surface. Both box and cover are painted with a gold 'nashiji', the rims of the two pieces are painted in matte 'fundame' gold. The cover and sides of the cover and box are decorated with diagonally bent fences against which sprays of chrysanthemum and grasses grow.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1966-6-5-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Letter box
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Lacquered wood, silver, brass