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