Sewing box with implements
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Elaborately contoured square box with stepped, slightly domed, hinged lid with scalloped edges; stepped, scalloped base with four broad feet; the black lacquer ground with overall floral and foliate decoration of mother-of-pearl inlay, gilding and touches of paint; lid with scene of large church in landscape, "Melrose Abbey" in small letters painted under scene; lid opens over compartmented top section; double doors in front open to reveal four drawers, the bottom one designed like a lap desk with hinged flap; drawer and compartment linings of silk, velvet, paper; ivory and mother-of-pearl tape measure container and emery container; small metal key.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1926-22-16-a/j
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Sewing box with implements
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Papier-mâché, wood, mother-of-pearl, velvet, paper, paint, gilt, ivory
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 28.3 x 35 x 31 cm (11 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)