lace boxes

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Scope note
Boxes with small interior compartments for storing pieces of lace. The term is popularly applied to wide and shallow boxes, often decorated with marquetry, made in the late 17th-century in England; such boxes, however, were not necessarily intended to contain lace.
lace boxes
Accepted term: 10-Feb-2025