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Oval wooden bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Paper has uniform squares of alternating horizontal and vertical thin stripes. Large horizontal band of rosettes bordered by geometric border separate two sections of striped squares.
Lid has broken into numerous pieces; box is also damaged.
bandboxes (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
1917.811
Unknown
11 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1917.811AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Brown
Original
Handmade
Paper
rosettes
stripes
Geometric
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