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Knife box (one of a pair)
1790–1800
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany veneers with inlay of satinwood, tulipwood and ebony, pine bottom; lock plates and handles of silver
Dimensions
Overall: 38.7 x 22.9 x 31.4 cm (15 1/4 x 9 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number41.597a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 76
InscriptionsPaper MFA label on bottom: “T.3980”
ProvenancePurchased from J. Stuart Halladay and Herrel George Thomas, "1750 House," Sheffield, Massachusetts; Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts (Accession Date: October 9, 1941)