Sewing Basket Lid

Item Information

Title:
Sewing Basket Lid
Description:
A slightly domed lid with straight sides. The underside of the lid has a multi-colored painted wicker forming a starlike pattern in the center with green and tan concentric circular bands radiating from it.
Date:
1900–1991
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
painting (coating)
straw (plant material)
wicker
weaving
lids (covers)
sewing baskets
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
stars (motifs)
Wicker
Straw
Woven
Evening Star
Painted
Places:
New Hampshire > Rockingham (county) > Portsmouth
Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
1 in. (H) Diameter: 8.25 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/11972
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Ralph May
Accession #:
1971.1680B
Identifier:
11972