Artist unknown. Box. 1650–1700. Eastern Massachusetts. Red oak and white pine The most common object in a colonial home, a small, lidded rectangular storage box would have held personal articles, such as household items, writing implements, or a Bible. They were decorated simply, usually only on the front, with stylized plants or vegetation and geometric lines. The Art Institute’s box is segmented by an upper band of intersecting lunettes with intervening foliate leaves and a lower border with repeating floral S-scrolls. The initials M P, carved in the center of the box, are presumably those o
Artist unknown. Box. 1650–1700. Eastern Massachusetts. Red oak and white pine The most common object in a colonial home, a small, lidded rectangular storage box would have held personal articles, such as household items, writing implements, or a Bible. They were decorated simply, usually only on the front, with stylized plants or vegetation and geometric lines. The Art Institute’s box is segmented by an upper band of intersecting lunettes with intervening foliate leaves and a lower border with repeating floral S-scrolls. The initials M P, carved in the center of the box, are presumably those of the original owner (although his or her identity is unknown).
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