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Large, oval bandbox (A) with lid. (B) Renaissance/Rococo Revival pattern with scrolling foliage openwork, shell motif, swags and strapwork. Printed in green, white and brown on a grey ground. Paper underneath with stylized flowers printed in green, blue on a white ground.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
1908
Unknown
13 7/8 x 20 3/4 x 16 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Accession
1980.96AB
1840-1850 (newspaper on bottom dated 1849)
Machine Printed
Bandbox
Grey
Original
Machine Made
Paper
openwork
scrolling foliage
diamonds
arabesques
strapwork
Ren/Rococo Revival
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