Two wooden bandbox fragments (A) and (B) and lid fragments (C). Fragments are covered with a wallpaper with block-printed large flowers and intertwining blue and yellow lines on ungrounded paper.
bandboxes (containers)
wood (plant material)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.322
Unknown
United States
19 x 13.5 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.42A-C
Block Printed
Ungrounded
Original
Handmade
Paper
floral
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