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Box

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Public Domain

Maker
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Box
Datec. 1840–1870
Made inUnited States
MediumPainted and gilded pine
Dimensions7 1/2 × 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (19.1 × 37.8 × 26.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry
Object numberB.96.15
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Technical notes: Pine: paint, gilding (not analyzed microscopically). Surface is crackled all over with numerous deep scratches. Corners and edges are worn. Black paint splatters on interior. Lock plate and hinges, both possibly replacements, are loose.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Nancy S. Boyd Antiques, New York]; purchased by Jas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown American