Pasteboard bandbox with lid. Bandbox [A] and lid [B] are covered with a block-printed yellow floral and vine diamond shaped design with red floral bouquet or medallion in the center of each diamond, blue ground. Interior of the box and lid are lined with white paper. Lid rim is covered with a repeating yellow, black, red striped paper on blue ground. Visible stitching along the bottom edges and a string handle on one side of the box.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.291
2002.63.11ab
Unknown
United States
13 x 17 1/8 x 13 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.10AB
Block Printed
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Laid
Paper
Floral Medallion
Stripes
Floral
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