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1918

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2014

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Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830

This is a Bandbox. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1918. Its medium is block-printed paper, pasteboard support. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

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

Its dimensions are

42.5 x 32.5 x 28 cm (16 3/4 x 12 13/16 x 11 in.)

Cite this object as

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830; block-printed paper, pasteboard support; 42.5 x 32.5 x 28 cm (16 3/4 x 12 13/16 x 11 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1918-19-2-a,b

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