DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Heart-shaped sewing box

NameSewing box

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateEarly 20th century

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumWood (pine, dark and light hardwoods), metal (brass)

Dimensions2 3/16 × 6 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (5.5 × 16 × 5.5 × 16.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.26

Object numberFA.2016.24.26

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionHeart shaped box made of three types of wood. The top is hinged to the base with two hinges. A letter P is inlaid into the lighter wood heart inlaid at the center of the top.

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