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Bandbox lid. Paper covering lid appears to be made specifically for a bandbox. Pattern of a people and dog enclosed in a curtained setting. Block-printed in pink, green and white on blue ground. A paper of another design covers the lid rim: intertwined cords block-printed in pink, white and green on ungrounded paper.
bandboxes (containers)
lids
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.323
Unknown
United States
17 x 12.5 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.43
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.16AB
Block Printed
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
Drapery
Figure
Floral
dog
vignette
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