Bandbox lid

1850–60

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Pasteboard bandbox lid, top covered with two pieces of machine printed wallpaper, green background, face-like white pattern with bands formed of closely spaced white lines. Rim and interior of top covered with machine printed wallpaper with white background, striped patterns in green and brown of leaves on vines, flower-like configurations of dots.

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Details

Title: Bandbox lid
Date Created: 1850–60
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 Harvey Smith

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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