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Object Timeline

1934

  • Work on this object began.

1996

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Box (USA)

This is a Box. It was created by Engelbert Rehle. It is dated ca. 1934 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is various woods, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Sister Mary Perpetua Rehle. It is credited Gift in memory of Engelbert Rehle from his wife, Anna Rehle, and daughter, Sister Mary Perpetua Rehle, S.C.C..

  • Box And Cover
  • bent and burned wood.
  • Gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
  • 1951-84-65-a,b

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 11.2 x 22.4 x 15.4 cm (4 7/16 x 8 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

On interior, floor of box: E R (in rounded script) / 1934 inlaid in varous woods.

Cite this object as

Box (USA); Engelbert Rehle; various woods, metal; H x W x D: 11.2 x 22.4 x 15.4 cm (4 7/16 x 8 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Gift in memory of Engelbert Rehle from his wife, Anna Rehle, and daughter, Sister Mary Perpetua Rehle, S.C.C.; 1996-66-1

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