Box

William Buell

1640–80 · Oak, pine · The American Wing

The attribution of this box to William Buell is based on its similarity to a box in the Oneida, New York, Historical Society, which descended in Buell's family and was presumably made by him. Both boxes (and a third box at Yale University) are characterized by the geometric quality of their carved rosettes; the intertwined band, or guilloche, surrounding the rosettes; the notched edges; and punched decoration. Buell was born in Chesterton, County Huntington, England, and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630. He moved to Windsor, Connecticut sometime between 1635 and 1639.

Artist

William Buell

Date

1640–80

Medium

Oak, pine

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909