Sewing box

Object/Artifact

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Sewing box

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.82

Description

Sewing box with dark brown wood exterior and silver tone metal perimeter, undecorated plaque on lid, and hardware. Wallpaper inlay and veneer panels on interior of box lid. Container with six compartments paneled in wood veneer and green textured paper, and pincushion covered with red cotton velvet. Rear compartment with intact mother-of-pearl handle contains small tools or fragments of bone.

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Date made

circa 1860

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

sewing boxes

Dimensions

Dimension Description

2 × 7 1/2 × 5 in. (5.1 × 19.1 × 12.7 cm)

Material

Wood, Paper, Metal, Cotton, Bone, Mother-of-pearl

Color

Brown

Location

Box

Box 4 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio