Hat Boxes and Bandboxes at Shelburne Museum

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2004.004.0076

Description

While some may think of hat boxes or bandboxes as repositories for hats and dismiss them as of no importance, the collection on display at the Shelburne Museum will point up that these "trifles" existed in the past as evidence of the deep wanderlust in the heart of a mobile American population. They also mirror a restless nation's high standard of living at a very early period of its history. This book describes the collection in the Hat and Fragrance Unit at the Shelburne Museum, a collection of over 200 bandboxes collected by Mrs. J. Watson Webb. xiii, 195 p., ill., 23 cm., paperback

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2004.004.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2004)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Fine Arts, Decorative arts; applied arts; decoration and ornament, Boxes, Hatboxes, Bandboxes

Book Details

Author

Carlisle, Lilian Baker

Series

Shelburne Museum Pamphlet Series

Publisher

Shelburne Museum

Place Published

Location

Shelburne, VT

Date Published

1960

Call No.

NK3665 .C3 1960

LCCN

59-15284

Location

Building

NRH Research Room

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Bottom pages of book show evidence of water damage. Some pages are stuck together

General Notes

Note

Notes: Shelburne Museum Pamphlet Series, no. 4 Status: Shelf

Created By

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Create Date

December 2, 2004

Updated By

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Update Date

April 11, 2013