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1941

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2015

2024

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Bandbox (USA)

This is a Bandbox. It is dated 1820–35 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is block-printed paper on pasteboard support. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

51 x 44 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Bandbox (USA); block-printed paper on pasteboard support; 51 x 44 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1941-64-2-a,b

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