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Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered in wallpaper. Paper had large-scale all over stylized floral motifs printed in brown on beige ground. Interior of box and lid are lined with plain paper. Lid has long crack.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
"56" (Stenciled on bottom of box)
1928.781
Unknown
12 1/4 x 18 x 13 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss M. P. Lord
1928.781AB
Bandbox
Beige
Original
Paper
stylized floral
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