Wooden box with attached domed lid and metal clasp. Exterior of box is covered two layers of paper. Top layer is embossed with an all-over floral pattern in gold on dark brown. All edges are covered with thin strips of sold blue paper. Small piece of bottom layer of blue paper is visible on lid.
boxes (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
metal
Box
Unknown
3 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of John Winslow Perkins
1918.440
Box
Brown
Original
Embossed
Paper
floral
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