Watercolor Paint Box
Bourgeois Ainé, French, 1867 - 1965
about 1870
Burl walnut, mahogany veneer, with walnut and brass fittings
Overall: 7 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (18.4 × 31.1 × 26.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Charlotte Wood Jewett Collection; Given by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Jewett
F.982.5
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Making Colors in Europe, 1400–1800, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 6, 2025 - November 14, 2026.
Provenance
Given to Marie Schroeder Bockel, in New York, about 1870; given to Charlotte Wood Jewett (1904-1991) and Kenneth E. Jewett (1905-2003), Belfast, Maine, date unknown; given to present collection, 1982.
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