RED PILL BOX WITH FLOCKED RASPBERRIES
Creator(s): Esther Kirwan Steck (Designer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Deep pill box shape, in thick pile with a swirled nap. The front and sides are ornamented with flocked raspberries, figs and leaves in matching red color, There is a 4.5” gap in the decoration across the back, with a .5” sweetheart shape cut in the front of the form. Inside the crown and along the sides, the hat is lined with red-brown taffeta with the maker’s name embroidered in pink threads and a + stitched to indicate the front of the hat. The hat blank is stamped “Selene, body made in Italy”
- Object name:
- RED PILL BOX WITH FLOCKED RASPBERRIES
- Made from:
- taffeta -- nylon horsehair braid
- Made in:
- Washington, USA
- Date made:
- ca. 1960
- Size:
- 12.7 × 22.9 cm (5 × 9 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2012.9.15
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE Maker’s name embroidered in pink threads STAMP “Selene, body made in Italy”.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973