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Square bandbox (A) and lid (B) with rounded corners covered with wallpaper. Wallpaper has a block printed design of grapes, grape leaves, and flowers against an abstract stripe. Block printed in blue and brown on a cream ground. Paper on top of lid has an abstract leaf and pin dot pattern block printed in gray on a yellow ground. Rim of lid is covered in a striped paper in blue, black and rust. Lid is damaged and may not be original to box.
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
Original To Stetson House Main House,
Unknown
11 x 11 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Dr. L. Vernon Briggs
1928.1407.1AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Original
Handmade
Paper
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