Sewing box
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton and cardboard.
Measurements
380 mm (length); 267 mm (width); 115 mm (depth)
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Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 662736
Summary
A cardboard box with a lid which is attached to the box with material. The outside four sides and lid are covered with striped fabric - pink and cream with pink flowers and green leaves and cream with small blue flowers. The inside is covered with a cream 'watermark' fabric and the base is padded. The underside of the box is covered with black plastic and has a small label with '5/6' written on it in blue ink. It was possibly used to store sewing materials.
Provenance
Transferred from Sudbury Hall in 2016