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1917

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2017

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Bandbox (USA)

This is a Bandbox. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is block-printed paper, pasteboard support. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

59 x 37 x 30 cm (23 1/4 x 14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Bandbox (USA); block-printed paper, pasteboard support; 59 x 37 x 30 cm (23 1/4 x 14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1917-36-4-a,b

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