Sewing box in the form of a grand piano, ca. 1837
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1837
notes: label: Description
content: Sewing box in the form of a grand piano, made of rosewood, trimmed and inlaid with light wood. SImulated keyboard inlaid on cover (five tune keys). Cut-red velvet-covered tray has depressed receptacles for holding various sewing tools and utensils. Not all fitted tools are in their places. White silk cushion over tray. Paper under lid in inscribed in pencil "Agnes H. Thornton from her husband Thomas F. Thornton. She died in 1837, 20 yrs. old. Mother of S.C. Brown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Needlework
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Alexander Wetmore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E392349.000
label: catalog number
content: E392349.000
label: accession number
content: 198356
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, metal, paper, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 6 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 19.05 cm x 29.21 cm