Name/Title
Wood inlay table box of Olive Turner Toye, 1894Entry/Object ID
2017.7.1Description
Acc. No. 17.7.1
Subject Category: Household, decorative
Date or Period: 1894
Object: Box, table
Description: A rectangular-shaped box with an elaborate inlay of various types of wood. The lid has a marquetry caption, "Olive". The hinged lid when lifted, has a removable tray, the interior is lined with a dark green velvet fabric.
Size: D-7 3/4” x L-16” x H-5 1/4”
History of Object: A presentation box of folk marquetry that was most likely given to Olive Turner upon her marriage to Frederick W. Toye. The donor is the granddaughter of Adeline Toye Cox, who was the daughter of Frederick W. and Olive Toye. Mr. Toye was a conductor for the South Pacific Coast Railroad. He also commissioned the MacRae Brothers to build their family home at 3210 Encinal Ave., which they occupied from 1890 to 1957.
Acquired from: Ruth Cox,
Date: 02/04/2017Interpretative Labels
Label
1/9/2021 MvL: current sign:
Hand-crafted
INLAY BOX
This box was created by a family friend for Olive Turner's marriage to Frederick W. Toye. Mr. Toye was a conductor for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He had a residence built at 3210 Encinal Ave. that his family occupied from 1890 to 1957.
