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Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. "John B. Bradford, Gardner" is written faintly on the lid. The interior is lined with a wallpaper with a delicate, all-over sprig pattern block-printed in white on blue ground. The pattern was reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Treasure Chest."
boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
leather
metal
block printing (relief printing process)
Box
"John B. Bradford / Gardner" (Barely visible. Maybe imprint from label that is now missing.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
6 1/2 x 12 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.553
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.257
Title Box lid covered with wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.1202
Block Printed
box lining
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
flowers
sprigs
Sprig
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