Marquetry box in book form

between 1800 and 1899

Not on view

Case carved of solid boxwood, with applied rosewood covers and spine. The separate upper end of the spine and the top edge are separately carved of solid boxwood as well to form a sliding lid that reveals two cylindrical compartments; both sides of the box are decorated with marquetry designs of eight-pointed stars created from alternating veneers of rosewood and stained maple, against am ebony background and framed with banding. Possibly a box for needles, matches or other small items. -- description by Mindell Dubansky in consultation with Lynn Heckman

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Title: Marquetry box in book form
Date: between 1800 and 1899
Geography: England (?)
Dimensions: 1 box : boxwood, rosewood, ebony, stained maple ; Height: 3 15/16 × 2 5/16 in. (100 × 58 × 28 mm)
Credit Line: Gift of Lynn and Bruce Heckman
Object Number: N7433.3 .M37 1800

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