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Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Dense pattern featuring bright colored flowers on a background of amoeba-like bushes. Blockprinted in olive green, three pinks, black, chartreuse, and yellow on blue ground.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
458
1923.577
John C. & Charles Cook (Manufacturer)
United States
13 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 15 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1923.577AB
"Wallpaper in New England," pg. 149, fig. 36.3.
United States
Block Printed
Bandbox
Blue
Original
Handmade
Wove
Paper
flowers
bushes
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