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Patch boxes

Scope note

Small, shallow, covered boxes, generally circular or oval, formerly used to contain patches worn on the face and fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000196745

Term used for

boxes, patch

Equivalent Terms used

patch box

Created

13yrs ago

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