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On Display: House - Connecticut Valley House Entrance - North End
Box (Book box)
1698-1698
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine, white
- Oak, red
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1958.0679
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0679
Object Name
Box (Book box)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is probably Massachusetts.
Date
1698-1698
Materials
- Pine, white
- Oak, red
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
7 (H) x 20 (W) x 14 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.78 (H) x 50.8 (W) x 35.56 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at top, OD at top.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Little, Nina Fletcher. 1980 Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American households. 205 p.
Catalogue: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. 1986 A Place for Everything: Chests and Boxes in Early Colonial America. 40 p.
• Published as cat. no. 3, pp. 17-19.