Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2012.22.02 |
Object Name |
Box, Bride's |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Features |
Bride's box, walnut, in shape of a jewelry casket, footed with Queen Anne style leg, hinged lid, coral lining, puckered silk. This box is finely crafted from walnut, with cabriole legs and no surface decoration to take away from the fine finishing. The interior is lined with puckered silk to cushion jewelry and other valuables. |
Object Story |
During the 1920's, as part of a marketing campaign, these beautiful little boxes were given away as promotional items to new brides who were buying Gibbard to furnish their houses. A limited number of these boxes were made. |
Subjects |
Marriage Weddings House decoration Promotional materials Brides |
Search Terms |
1920s Gibbard's Furniture Gibbard Furniture Gibbard |