VELVET COVER FROM NECESSAIRE
Creator(s): Jos. SauerWein & Company (Retailer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Inside the box, lined in red velvet, are nine compartments, four of them with red velvet covers embroidered in silver gilt threads with floral motifs. This cover is a smaller rectangle. The velvet is stretched over a solid core. It is plain on the back and elaborately embroidered with flowers on the top.
- Object name:
- VELVET COVER FROM NECESSAIRE
- Made from:
- Velvet -- thread
- Made in:
- Austria
- Date made:
- 1845
- Size:
- 15.2 × 20.3 cm (6 × 8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 34.21.4
- Class:
- WOOD
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973