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Bandbox
J.G. Huntca. 1850
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Tall bandbox covered with wallpaper, printed with flowers with bright green leaves. Top of lid covered with matching paper, with rim of top covered in a small floral pattern on light green ground. The green pigment on the wallpaper appears to be arsenic.Manufacturer label pasted inside lid.
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Details
- Title: Bandbox
- Creator: J.G. Hunt
- Date Created: ca. 1850
- Location Created: USA
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Block-printed paper on pasteboard support
- Credit line: Gift of Staten Island Museum
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