Painted Dome-top Box
Maker
Unknown, American
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateearly 19th century
Mediumpine, nails, and paint
Dimensions10 1/2 x 29 5/8 x 12 in. (26.7 x 75.2 x 30.5 cm.)
DescriptionRectangular painted pine box with a hinged dome lid. The top and sides are stamped with white and black blossoms (rosettes) on a colored ground. The olive green borders have a repeating black and white fish like deign and there is painted scrolled foliage on the front below the iron lock plate. The box is painted in green, black, white, yellow and salmon. The box is joined with nails.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On viewObject number2016.25.42
