Box
1750-1800 (made)
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Small box for four reels of thread, oak covered with straw marquetry in geometric strips with borders of diamonds and inset dots, each side of box and sliding lid with an inlaid marquetry oak-leaf panel. The interior of the box compartmentalised into four sections and each section with a bored hole in the side of the box lined with bone eyelets.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | oak, straw marquetry, bone |
| Brief description | for bobbins of cotton, 1700s, English |
| Physical description | Small box for four reels of thread, oak covered with straw marquetry in geometric strips with borders of diamonds and inset dots, each side of box and sliding lid with an inlaid marquetry oak-leaf panel. The interior of the box compartmentalised into four sections and each section with a bored hole in the side of the box lined with bone eyelets. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Lewis Leppard |
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| Accession number | T.121-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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