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Work box
1813– about 1840
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Painted maple, mahogany veneer, mahogany, interior green fabric
Dimensions
Overall: 11.1 x 33.3 x 23.5 cm (4 3/8 x 13 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Barbara Boylston Bean
Accession Number1976.655
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
InscriptionsPainted in black on back of the box: "SALLY BOYLSTON"
ProvenanceSally Brooks Boylston (b. 1793 - d. 1881), Princeton, MA. By descent to her great-great-granddaughter, Barbara Boylston Bean (b. 1913 - d. 1975); 1976, bequest of Bean to the MFA (Accession date: September 8, 1976).