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Box Lock Lock
This is a lock. It is dated ca. 1745 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is bronze, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Hardware such as furniture mounts and locks and keys were collected as examples of ornamental as well as functional embellishments of furniture.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Patent Model For A Lock, Patent No. 32,330 (USA)
- brass, iron.
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Cat. 309165 .
- 14.2012.182
- Keyhole Plate Latch
- wrought and gilded iron.
- Museum purchase from Interest Account Fund.
- 1909-14-6-a
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 21 × 17.8 × 5.1 cm (8 1/4 in. × 7 in. × 2 in.)
Cite this object as
Box Lock Lock; France; bronze, gold; L x W x D: 21 × 17.8 × 5.1 cm (8 1/4 in. × 7 in. × 2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1909-25-13-a
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Sarah & Eleanor Hewitt: Designing a Modern Museum.
