Boxes to delight Pandora

Author

Cummins, Genevieve

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Antique collecting. 2005, Num. 5, Vol. 40, 34-39, 19 col. ill.

ISSN

0003-584X

Abstract (en)

Illustrates and discusses a variety of 18th- and 19th-c. boxes, some with particular functions (e.g., to hold money or jewelry) and others distinguished by their form (e.g., book-form boxes, fruit-, nut- and vegetable-form boxes).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts
• Boxes
• Europe
• United States
• Great Britain
• Containers
• 1700-1900

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs
• Boîte
• Europe
• Etats-Unis
• Grande-Bretagne
• Récipient
• 1700-1900

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00026547

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