box, needlework
notes: label: Description
content: Needlework box. Cardboard(?) needlework box covered in brown faux leather with hinged lid, metal trim, and closure. Exterior top of lid has decorative metal design at center that includes 18 small metal embellishments shaped like rinestones. The lid is worn at both front corners. Exterior of the bottom half of the box has an oval shaped closure with a protruding "knob" at the "key hole". Closure does not appear to require an actual key. Two thin round leather handles attach at the the front and back of the bottom half of the box. Interior of box lined with red fabric. Red velvet lines side compartments that holds sewing box contents.
label: Description
content: Contents stored inside 20228a and subindexed off of catalog number 20228.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T20228a
label: accession number
content: 220965
label: catalog number
content: 20228a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, needlework
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box (closed. not including handles): 3 1/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 18.0975 cm x 9.525 cm