Four fragments of decorative paper from a bandbox associated with the Barnstable, Massachusetts library. Small figure, abstract pattern is block-printed in white on gray ground. An orange stripe is overpainted or stenciled on the pattern. Oval fragment (D) has an affixed label with "Miss L. Smith" written on it. Laid, partial sheets of paper.
wallpapers
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
laid paper
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
"Hatbox / Barnstable / Library" (Fragment (B). Written again on Fragment (D))
"142" (Fragment (B), paper is torn, there may have been additional numbers following 2)
"Miss L. Smith" (Original box owner's name?)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Sturgis Library (Barnstable, MA),
Unknown
40 3/4 x 11 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.285A-D
Barnstable (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Title Accession Number
Block Printed
Stenciled
bandbox paper
Grey
Original
Handmade
Laid
Paper
Abstract figures
Stirpes
Stripe
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