Bandbox, circa 1830
THF163100 / Bandbox, circa 1830
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Artifact Overview
In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers. This bandbox's paper consists of roses, drapery and vase-shaped pillars.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Bandbox (Container)
Date Made
circa 1830
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2001.0.18.43
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Pasteboard (Paper)
Wallpaper
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Blue
Red
Yellow (Color)
Pink (Color)
White (Color)
Green
Dimensions
Length: 16.25 in
Width: 13 in
Height: 11.5 in
Inscriptions
On interior of lid [in pencil]: M_ Pa_kma_ / Pulaski No.12
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In the early 1800s, bandboxes stored clothing, hats, accessories, and other small items for a growing number of American travelers. Box makers covered their products with swatches of colorful wallpaper or papers with vivid images and scenes specifically made to decorate the outside of the box. Bandboxes were affordable and expressed the traveler's taste. Today, we appreciate them as markers of travel, style, and the lives of early Americans.