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Wooden box with hinged lid covered in paper. Geometric patterned borders with repeating triangles in a horizontal line and embellished with pindots, chevrons, flowers, and floral vines. Blockprinted in red, black and white on a green ground.
boxes (containers)
wallpapers
Box
1595
Unknown
United States
4 3/8 x 11 1/8 x 5 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
1971.370
Lynn, "Wallpaper in America," pg. 124, fig. 7-6.
1790-1791 (newspaper lining dated 1791)
United States
Block Printed
Bandbox
Green
Original
Handmade
Paper
triangles
chevrons
flowers
beads
pindots
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