Object Number 1959.0629 A, B

Object Name

Bandbox (Wallpaper box)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John C. and Charles Cook (Maker)
c.1831-c.1836

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1831-1836

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside of lid; "John C. & Charles Cook, / Importers and Manufacturers of / Paper Hangings, / Borders and Chimney Board Prints. / Also Manufacture / Hat and Bonnet Boxes by the Dozen or Hundred, / at Reduced Prices. / Store 220 Washington Street, / Boston." There is an undecipherable name and the word "Salem" written in ink on the bottom of box.

Materials

Distemper; Paper; Pasteboard

Techniques

Woodblock

Dimensions (inches)

12.598 (H) , 12.008 (W) , 7.992 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32 (H) , 30.5 (W) , 20.3 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Similar fabric illustrated as fig. 399, p 340.