Circular, pasteboard bandbox covered in wallpaper. Paper displays a sculptural diaper pattern with leaf medallions or fleurions in each losenge. The lines are embellished with circles and two diamonds appearing to be in relief. Block printed in orange and white on a beige ground. There is a border around the rim with flowers. Blockprinted in white, green and black on a blue ground.
bandboxes (containers)
wallpapers
Bandbox
433
Unknown
United States
6 1/8 (H), 11 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
1923.352
United States
Block Printed
Bandbox
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
diaper pattern
circles
diamonds
leaf medallion
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