Very small, trunk-like, wooden box covered in paper with a pattern of borders. Vertical borders have a circle and star/flower design. Printed in black and white on a pink ground.
bandboxes (containers)
Bandbox
846
Unknown
United States
2 x 4 7/8 x 2 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Frances Phipps
1965.74
"Wallpaper in New England," fig. 11.6, pg. 69.
United States
Title Accession Number 1967.174B
Title Accession Number 1970.496.1
Block Printed
Bandbox
Pink
Original
Handmade
Border
Laid
Paper
circles
vertical lines
star
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