Box

Alphonse Giroux & Cie., Paris

Maker

Alphonse Giroux & Cie., Paris

Date

ca. 1860

Medium

Wood veneered with parquetry of tulipwood and kingwood, gilt bronze, modern silk lining trimmed with metal thread

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 7 3/4 × 15 × 9 in. (19.7 × 38.1 × 22.9 cm)

Culture

French

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2010.227

Credit line

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass Gift, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2010