Decorative arts

Stenciled Box

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1835
Accession number: 2016.25.44
Maker: Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
Dimensions: 5 × 12 × 8 in. (12.7 × 30.5 × 20.3 cm.)
Medium: wood, metal and paint
Description: Lock box with gold and orange stenciling on black background with leaf and flower motif, and the initials - L.L.E. on top, and a green interior and skeleton key lock; Connecticut or New York because of heavy stenciling commonly found in those areas, associated with Hitchcock chair company type of decoration.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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