Case for Set of Ten Gilt Demitasse Spoons
date: label: Date
content: 1880
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular box with maroon velvet on top and sides. Faded maroon plain fabric on underside. Two metal (brass?) security closures at front, two small hinges at back. Inside base lined in shirred blue satin with shaped "backbone" to hold 12 spoons. Inside cover with floral brocade in red and blue, and shirred yellow satin in two rectangles. Rectangular box with maroon velvet on top and sides. Faded maroon plain fabric underside. Two metal (brass?) security closures at front, and two small hinges at back. Inside base lined in shirred blue satin with shaped "backbone" to hold 12 spoons (two lacking in set). Inside case cover with floral brocade in red and blue, and shirred yellow satin in two rectangles.
place: label: Place
content: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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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 Dona Guimaraes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1986-113-12
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: case
label: Type
content: case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: velvet, brocade, satin, wood, metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 14.5 × 36.5 × 4 cm (5 11/16 × 14 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (Open): 14.5 × 36.5 × 16 cm (5 11/16 × 14 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.)