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Box

1680–1700

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 708

Only a small minority of seventeenth-century boxes were decorated with applied ornament rather than carving. The decorative elements on this box are related to an unidentified school of craftsmanship that was active in northern Essex County during the 1680s and 1690s. The box bears the initials “SP”— presumably those of its first owner.

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Title: Box

Date: 1680–1700

Geography: Made in Northern Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Culture: American

Medium: White oak, maple

Dimensions: 9 x 29 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (22.9 x 74.9 x 43.8 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909

Object Number: 10.125.684

Chronology

The United States, 1600-1800 A.D.

American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. I, Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William and Mary Styles

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The United States, 1600-1800 A.D.

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American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. I, Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William and Mary Styles

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