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Four fragments of paper from a bandbox associated with the Barnstable, Massachusetts library. Curved stripe pattern consisting of solid lines alternating with long, spiky leaves or vines. Block-printed in mauve and white on pink ground. Wove paper in partial sheetsr.
wallpapers
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wove paper
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
"Hatbox Barnstable Library" (Fragment (A))
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Associated With Sturgis Library (Barnstable, MA),
Unknown
4 1/2 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.286A-D
Barnstable (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Title Accession Number
Block Printed
bandbox paper
Pink
Original
Handmade
Wove
Paper
Stripes
Vine
Leaf
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