Box
Unknown Artist
This box has an elaborate cast escutcheon of the type found on high-style case furniture, yet its painted ornament—consisting of various spray and vine designs—appears to have been the work of an amateur. Inscriptions on the interior suggest that the original owner was Rebecca Lynde (d. 1716) of Saybrook. She may also have been responsible for the decorative painting.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1945
1705-15
Yellow poplar, chestnut, white oak
17.1 x 58.1cm
45.78.8
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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