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Bandbox

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2443

Description

Demilune paste board band box covered with a block printed green and white leafy pattern over which is applied a brown flocked floral wreath pattern with orange painted details. The lid is attached with silk ribbons and contains a black lace and silk ribbon bonnet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bandboxes (containers)
accessories
pasteboard (paper)
wallpapers
Wallpaper
Particle Board
BANDBOX

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 x 11 x 9 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.467

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