Dressing Box

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Dressing Box
  • Casket
Datemid- 17th–late 17th century
Made inEngland
MediumSilk, beads, metallic lace, ink, paint, and mirror glass
Dimensions5 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 13 in. (14 × 44.5 × 33 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.53.12
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[John Kenneth Byard (1905–1960), Silvermine, Norwalk, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, September 9, 1953; given to MFAH.

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