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Square or rectangular bandbox fragment with exterior decorated with printed paper and interior lined with "Musical Visitor" periodical from 1841. Exterior paper has a diamond and circle diaper pattern block-printed in green with abstract cross element printed in each diamond and an abstract flower or star element printed in red in each cirlce. Paper appears to be ungrounded and covered with a layer of varnish.
bandboxes (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
varnish
newsprint
Bandbox
"MUSICAL VISITOR./ DEVOTED TO VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC./PLEASE CIRCULATE. / PRICE FOUR CENTS. / PUBLISHED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF GENTLEMAN. / A SEMI-MONTHLY PERIODICAL. $1 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE./ BOSTON, MARCH 31, 1841." (Title and heading text from paper lining verso side of object.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
9 5/8 x 8 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.243
1841-1842 (1835-1841 - Date of wallpaper. \n 1841-1842 - Date of box.)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Probably Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Block Printed
pasteboard box fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Paper
crosses
star
circles
diamonds
diaper
Diaper Pattern
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