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Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie, bandbox and lid made c. 1830. Block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
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Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie, bandbox and lid made c. 1830. Block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
Bandbox, 1845, New Hampshire.
Bandboxes (US and French, early 19th century). Block-printed on paper, pasteboard support.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Wikimedia.
My current mood: Lydia in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen buying an ugly hat for the box
"I am glad I bought my bonnet, if it is only for the fun of having another bandbox!"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, August 11, 1907
Bandbox, 1801-11, New Hartford Connecticut. [A bandbox is a pasteboard box used to carry accessories such as gloves and hats.]
Bandbox, 1800-25, USA. (A pasteboard box used to carry accessories such as gloves and hats.)
Bandbox (USA, circa 1830)
Block-printed paper on pasteboard support.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Catalog Photo
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