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Hatbox

Hatbox
Object name 
Hatbox
Date 
1800-1850
Medium 
Cardboard, paper, textile
Dimensions 
Overall: 9 x 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 33.7 x 27.3 cm )
Description 
Cardboard hatbox in the shape of a high hat with curving brim facing up, covered in paper printed with bunches of flowers (hand-painted) and geometric patterns traced in tiny dots across box, in green, yellow, and brown on off-white ground; edge of lid covered with paper printed with geometric pattern consisting of abstract forms traced in brown; edge of lid and inside of lid covered with printed paper with text from the Bible, paper label pasted to top of lid; lap joints secured with stitching.