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Pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B). Paper depicts large, thick, scrolled leaves with floral vine meandering around them. There are also bouquets shaded by pindots. Blockprinted in two greens, purples, two blues, grey and ochre on a white, satin ground.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
565
1931.1136
Unknown
United States
12 3/4 x 17 3/8 x 14 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Samuel B. Dean
1931.1136AB
Lilian Baker Carlisle, "Hat Boxes and Bandboxes at Shelburne Museum," pg. 162.
United States
Block Printed
Bandbox
White
Original
Machine Made
Paper
pindots
vines
flowers
foliage
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