Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B). Box and lid are covered in wallpaper with a foliage stripe pattern. Stripes are separated by a moire design and small v-shaped motifs. Roller printed in green, brown and white on beige ground. Interior of box is lined with plain off-white paper. Lid has an rectangular piece of paper of top that may have been a label. Lid rim has hand-stitched repairs on both ends.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
1928.782
Unknown
9 x 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss M. P. Lord
1928.782AB
Machine Printed
Bandbox
Beige
Original
Machine Made
Paper
foliage
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