Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Matchsafes
February 3, 1981 – April 12, 1981
On view are about 500 matchsafes, selected from a collection of 4,289 recently donated by Stephen and Carol Brener. Made in a myriad of styles and in a range of materials, the small boxes were a necessity after the invention of the friction match in the 1820s.
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