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Pasteboard bandbox with lid. Box fragments (A) and (C) are covered with "Empire Garden Scene" wallpaper - a block-printed landscape with male and female figures surrounded by trees and flowers. The female figure holds her skirts while the male figure points upward. The scene is surrounded by a spiral, floral design on a light blue ground. The box has been flattened and is in two pieces. The lid (B) is covered with a wallpaper featuring large bird purched on the branch of a small tree on a light blue ground. The rim is the same pattern as 2002.63.34B
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
"Mrs Harold E. Bray / 210 South St / Hingham Mass" (handwritten)
"Miss Knoell / South (illegible). L.L." (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.305AB
2001.281.25AB
Unknown
United States
10 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 12 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.25A-C
Block Printed
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
Landscape
bird
figure
floral
spiral
leaves
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