Sewing box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Beech, Leather, Leatherette, Paper
Measurements
83 x 151 x 120 mm
Place of origin
Paris
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549073
Summary
Drum shaped oval sewing box made of beech. Black leatherette on top of lid. Leather strap pinned to base. Reverse of lid lined with green paper on which label in French reading '233 Rue St Honore pres la Place Vendome Maison Fondee en 1792 GOYARD St. de M. MOREL' etc. Contents of box including various braids and balls of wool and cotton.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
233 Rue St Honore pres la Place Vendonne Maison Fondee en 1792 GOYARD St. de M. MOREL (label on lining)