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Pastel box
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Box of colored crayons
Pastel box
English (used in America)
1810s
Object Place: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States; Place of Manufacture: England
Medium/Technique
Cardboard, block-printed paper, string, pastel crayons
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5 x 20.3 x 13.3 cm (1 x 8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ellen A. Stone
Accession Number99.664.114
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsEquipment
DescriptionBox covered in paper with design of black squares and blue dots, lid with string hinges, twenty-four interior compartments which hold colored pastels or crayons
ProvenanceUsed by a member of the Robbins family; inherited by Ellen A. Stone; gift to MFA, 1899