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Oval wooden bandbox with lid. Bandbox [a]: wallpapered with block printed floral paper on cream ground. Lid [b]: wallpapered with block-printed floral paper on cream ground. Same paper on box and lid.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Bandbox
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.283
2002.63.3ab
Unknown
United States
6 x 11 15/16 x 8 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.3AB
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.2AB
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.4AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Cream
Original
Handmade
Laid
Paper
Floral
Floral
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