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Sidewall of a bandbox, lacking bottom and lid. Covered in an irise wallpaper with repeating pattern of square lozenges on point containing stylized floral motifs. Lozenges are separated by stylized foliage. Block printed in red, orange and yellow on a blue ground.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
"Old wall-paper from Greeley House / Falmouth Fareside / Maine" (inside)
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. H. E. Johnson
1929.979
Irise
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
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