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Small wooden drawer from a chest or trunk. Drawer is made with tongue and groove construction and custom-shaped inserts to support wine glasses. There are remnants of a paper that once lined the interior of the drawer. The paper is block-printed with a vine pattern in black and white on blue ground.
chests (case furniture)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
block printing (relief printing process)
Chest
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
2 x 6 5/8 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.550
Block Printed
drawer lining
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
vines
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