Box with Two Compartments
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Barrel-shaped blond horn box with hinged lid at each end and center wall dividing it into two compartments. Relief bands encircle box which is decorated with gold piqué posé in patterns of vine leaves, branches, C-scrolls; in gold piqué point are tendrils, draperwork, rays, stippling; gold rims, hinges, and thumbpieces.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 the Estate of Harry G. Friedman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1966-2-13
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Box with Two Compartments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Shaped horn with gold piqué
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 7.4 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)