Covered box w/ applied Japanesque decoration, including photo of Japanese woman w/ umbrella on top. Straw pieces in shape of bamboo, bird, oak leaves, flowers and border around photograph. Straw border w/ tan and brown stripes.
boxes (containers)
appliqué (technique)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
straw (plant material)
Orientalism
Cardboard
Straw
Unidentified Paper
Applied
Oriental
BOX
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
15.75 x 13.25 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2291
New York state (United States)
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