Handkerchief box

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Handkerchief box

Entry/Object ID

SS.2002.38 a-c

Description

Flat square box, A-lid,B-bottom,C-yellow paper liner: A-lid, very decorative, pink, gold and white relief design on top and sides: colored image of a bust portrait of a woman with index finger at her chin, brown hair pulled back at sides, blue ribbon in back; red upholstered chair with tan carved wooden chair crest rail behind her; round decorative relief medallion in center with a square border, has four matching decorative relief medallions on each side of box; has four different classical relief profiles in oval openings; at each corner are relief red and blue flowers with green leaves, has a morning glory floral vine pattern around sides of box; B- bottom of box, plain white paper with wider bottom edge, C- square piece of yellow paper fits inside box.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Material

Cardboard, Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.2002.38 A-C
SS.2002.38a-c

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Box and lid closed

Height

1-1/16 in

Width

13-1/8 in

Length

13-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 1 1/16 x 13 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (2.7 x 33.3 x 33.3 cm)

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

In the process of examining files in 2010, Kate Johnson found a letter dated January 10, 1991 from Joseph Butler thanking Mrs. Nancy Kennedy for her donation of a handkerchief and handerkerchief box. The letter indicates that the box would be on display at Sunnyside in one of the bedrooms. A handkerchief box from Mrs. Kennedy appears on the list of Curatorial gifts in 1991, but there is no object matching this description with a 1991 accession number. It is possible that Mrs. Kennedy was the donor of this object. This object was previously in TMS with "Donor: Unknown" [Jessa J. Krick, 7/23/2010]

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Rear Guest Bedroom

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial