Box

Attributed to William Buell American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 708

The attribution of this box to William Buell is based on its similarity to a box in the Oneida, New York, Historical Society, which descended in Buell's family and was presumably made by him. Both boxes (and a third box at Yale University) are characterized by the geometric quality of their carved rosettes; the intertwined band, or guilloche, surrounding the rosettes; the notched edges; and punched decoration. Buell was born in Chesterton, County Huntington, England, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630. He moved to Windsor, Connecticut sometime between 1635 and 1639.

Box, Attributed to William Buell (died 1681), Oak, pine, American

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Box, Attributed to William Buell (died 1681), Oak, pine, American
Box, Attributed to William Buell (died 1681), Oak, pine, American

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