The image shows a rectangular box with a sliding lid painted with floral designs. The color palette includes dark green, yellow, orange, and red. The box is angled with the lid slightly opened to reveal compartments inside. The hand-painted floral design is on the sliding lid facing forward.

Spice Box

c. 1937

Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Classification: Index of American Design
Period: 1926 to 1950
Image size: 3524 × 4284px

Description

The image shows a rectangular box with a sliding lid painted with floral designs. The color palette includes dark green, yellow, orange, and red. The box is angled with the lid slightly opened to reveal compartments inside. The hand-painted floral design is on the sliding lid facing forward.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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