Pasteboard bandbox with lid. Bandbox [A] is covered in a block-printed wallpaper with a rose basket and drapery swag pattern on light blue ground. The lid [B], which may not be original to the box, is covered in wallpaper depicting a shepardess. Box interior is lined with white paper. Stitching is visible on the lid and underside of the box.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
"M" (Letter "M" is circled)
"A.D.B." (handwritten)
"From Miss Allison Howell / Sunthold, LJ.N.4" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.296
2002.63.16ab
Unknown
11 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 12 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.16AB
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.43
Block Printed
Bandbox
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Laid
Paper
Floral
Basket
Drapery
Shepardess
Animals
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