Red, green, white and brown on a yellow field. On sides of box, squirrels and trees. On top of box, houses with trees and a border of flowers.

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Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830

This is a Bandbox. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1913. Its medium is block-printed on paper, pasteboard support. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was donated by Alexander Wilson Drake. It is credited Gift of Alexander Wilson Drake.

Sidewall, The Wayside, 1900–40
machine-printed.
Gift of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb.
1973-2-10

Scrolling foliate medallion enclosing squirrels perched on branch amidst fruit and flowers.

Sidewall (France), 1820
block printed on handmade paper.
Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition....
1994-101-13

Handle in the form of a squirrel sitting upright on a twisted leaf.

Demi-tasse Spoon (France), ca. 1890
silver.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
1996-56-30

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Sampler with red embroidery on a natural linen ground in three sections. The upper register has rows of alphabets. The middle register contains rows of geometric pattern bands, with a large squirrel in the center. The lower register contains spot motifs, including houses, vases and baskets of flowers, crosses, an anchor, bible, teapot, key, heart, ship, and animals, including an elephant between two palm trees.

Sampler (England), 1887
cotton embroidery on cotton foundation.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-50-188

Images of toxic waste removal cut and pasted from newspaper, printed in traditional-style print room paper.

Sidewall, Acorn, 2000
digital print.
Gift of Francesco Simeti.
2000-62-2

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Oak Tree Trunk, Leaf, Acorn, February 1936
brush and black wash, graphite on cream paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-875

Its dimensions are

44.5 x 36.5 x 30.5 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/8 x 12 in.)

Cite this object as

Bandbox (USA), ca. 1830; block-printed on paper, pasteboard support; 44.5 x 36.5 x 30.5 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/8 x 12 in.); Gift of Alexander Wilson Drake; 1913-9-1-a,b

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Bbmv/
Accession Number 1913-9-1-a,b
Object ID 18180245