Object Number 1964.2058

Object Name

Box

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Lancaster County.

Date

1800-1840

Materials

Cedar; Paint; Tinned sheet iron

Dimensions (inches)

2.875 (H) , 11.625 (W) , 11.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.303 (H) , 29.527 (W) , 29.21 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at top, OD at top.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Little, Nina Fletcher. 1980 Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American households. 205 p.
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[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• For a related example, see p. 37.
[Book] Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
• For a related example, see p. 29.
[Book] Garvan, Beatrice B. 1982 The Pennsylvania German Collection.
• For related examples, see p. 11, nos. 6-7.