Rectangular pasteboard bandbox with rounded corners without lid. Box is covered in a paper with large stylized scrolling foliage on a background of repeating abstract trefoil-like motifs. Block printed in gray and blue on a cream ground. Box has a broken fabric cord attached to to long sides for carrying. Bottom of box is covered in a cream moire fabric.
bandboxes (containers)
textile materials
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
"E. P. Fowler / Danversport" (Handwritten on bottom of box)
Fowler House Main House,
Unknown
5 5/8 x 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
1934.2948.1
Block Printed
Bandbox
Cream
Original
Handmade
Paper
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