Your ultimate packaging resource


Boxes information

Boxes are highly variable receptacles.about anything else.
When no shape is described, a typicalIt can also be used as an adjective to
rectangular box may be expected.describe being unfairly treated. An
Nevertheless, a box may have aexample would be "Don't you shoebox me!"
horizontal cross section that is square,It is also used to describe someone with
elongated, round or oval; sloped ora closed minded way of thinking who
domed top surfaces, or non-verticalprefers to generalize others
sides. A box normally may be opened byunfavorably.
raising, sliding or removing the lid,Strong box
which may be hinged and/or fastened by aA strong-box is a receptacle for money,
catch, clasp, or lock. Whatever itsdeeds and securities. Its place has been
shape or purpose or the material oftaken in modern life by the safe. Some
which it is fashioned, it is the directof those which have survived, such as
descendant of the chest, one of the mostthat of Sir Thomas Bodley in the
ancient articles of domestic furniture.Bodleian library, possess locks with an
Its uses are innumerable, and the name,extremely elaborate mechanism contrived
preceded by a qualifying adjective, hasin the under-side of the lid.
been given to many objects of artisticKnife box
or antiquarian interest.The knife-box is one of the most
Packaging boxescharming of the minor pieces of
Boxes for packaging and shipping arefurniture which we owe to the artistic
most commonly made from cardboard.taste and mechanical ingenuity of the
Wooden boxes are used for shipping heavyEnglish cabinet-makers of the last
or delicate objects. Large wooden boxesquarter of the 18th century. Some of the
are usually called crates. Cardboardmost elegant were the works of Adam,
boxes are made from either flat orHepplewhite and Sheraton. Occasionally
corrugated cardboard.flat-topped boxes, they were most
Permanent boxesfrequently either rod-shaped, or tall
Numerous types of boxes are used inand narrow with a sloping tip
permanent installations. Some types arenecessitated by a series of raised veins
designed to be temporarily inhabited byfor exhibiting the handles of knives and
workers. Permanent boxes include thethe bowls of spoons. Mahogany and
following:satinwood were the woods most frequently
Equipment boxes:employed, and they were occasionally
Fuse boxinlaid with marqueterie or edged with
Inhabited boxes:boxwood. These graceful receptacles
Luxury boxstill exist in large numbers; they are
Police boxoften converted into stationery
Signal boxcabinets.
Telephone boxBible box
Jewel boxThe Bible box, usually of the 17th
A jewel-box is a receptacle forcentury, but now and again more ancient,
trinkets, not only jewels. It may take aprobably obtained its name from the fact
very modest form, covered in leather andthat it was of a size to hold a large
lined with satin, or it may reach theBible. It often has a carved or incised
monumental proportions of the jewellid. In Colonial America the Bible box
cabinets which were made for Mariewas built of wood, specifically as a
Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor,container for a bible, but it often had
and another at Versailles, the work ofdual use as a portable desk.
Schwerdfeger as cabinetmaker, Degault asFamous boxes
miniature-painter, and Thomire asAccording to Greek mythology the
chaser.Pandora's box is said to be the cause of
Shoeboxevil being released into the world.
A shoebox is, exactly as its nameOne form of camoflague in the popular
implies, a cardboard box which holds aMetal Gear Solid video game series is a
pair of shoes. It is commonly acquiredcardboard box. It is often referred to
when one purchases a pair of shoes.by fans as 'The Box'.
Shoeboxes have long been cherished forBox shape
their versatility and are commonly usedA common storage box has the shape of a
for many tasks around the house, such ascuboid
holding trading cards, photos, and just



1 A B C 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102