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Fragments of decorative paper removed from an oval bandbox associated with the library in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral block-printed in two greens on light green ground. Fragment (A) consists of several wallpaper pieces that have been affixed to cotton fabric.
wallpapers
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
Wallpaper
"Chinoiserie / Hat box - Barnstable" (Fragment (A))
"Barnstable / Hatbox" (Fragment (B), written in red pencil)
"From hat box / found in / Barnstable library" (Fragment (C), written in both pencil and ballpoint pen)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Sturgis Library (Barnstable, MA),
Unknown
23 x 18 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.284A-F
Barnstable (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Title Accession Number
Block Printed
bandbox paper
Lt. Green
Original
Handmade
Wove
Paper
flowers
floral
Floral
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