Sewing supplies box

Item Information

Title:
Sewing supplies box
Description:
White box w/ silk top and sides made of gridded paper embroidered w/ beads and silk thread. Initials "SBC" embroidered in beads on one side. Interior of white silk.
Creator:
Coffin, Sarah (Bartlett), 1732-1798
Date:
1825–1840
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
silk (textile)
sewing boxes
needlework (visual works)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Cardboard
Unidentified Paper
Silk
Beaded
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newbury
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.)
Extent:
3 in. x 3 in. x 4.625 in. (H x W x L)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/24831
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
Accession #:
1985.134
Identifier:
24831