Bandbox

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description: 
Cylindrical bandbox with lid, covered in paper with floral designs.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1617
Gallery Label: 
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance: 
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
12426
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bandbox

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 9.2 x 14.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description: 
Bandbox covered with wallpaper with a ribbon and bow motif; interior lined with printed paper.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1618
Gallery Label: 
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance: 
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
12425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Figurine

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Paper, wood, glass, velvet
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/4 x 7 in. ( 15.9 x 17.8 cm )
Description: 
Paper sculpture of woman in full skirt, bonnet and shawl seated at a spinning wheel; displayed under glass dome on velvet-lined wooden base.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number: 
1930.23
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
12197
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Wastebasket

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1850
Medium: 
Wood, paper, gilding
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 1/8 x 13 x 7 1/8 in. ( 41 x 33 x 18.1 cm )
Description: 
Ovoid wooden wastebasket with applied rims at top and bottom, gilded; outside of wastebasket covered with four overlapping sheets of paper printed with music and with hand-colored lithographs of Jenny Lind and other singers in various roles; inside of wastebasket covered with four overlapping sheets of music.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number: 
1945.262
Marks: 
printed: on one piece of music pasted to outside of wastebasket: "LA FILLE DU REGIMENT./No. 1, France, I adore thee/Salut à la France[ellipsis] 50 Cts Nett. [list continues into second column, with five entries]/NEW YORK, WILLIAM HALL & SON, 259 BROADWAY
Provenance: 
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
9541
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bandbox fragments and hook and eye (4)

Classification: 
Date: 
1830-1930
Medium: 
Paper, cardboard, metal, textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 x 14 in. ( 5.1 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Three separate fragments from a blue paper box, with one piece with stencilled vines and leaves motif; also, printed card with hook and eye.
Object Number: 
INV.8530
Marks: 
printed: on card: "SAMPLE OF/NOTE/THE/THIRD LOOP SEE/BAR/ACROSS/EYE/YEISER HOOK & EYE"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
7854
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bandbox lids

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, string
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 x 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 44.4 x 34.3 cm )
Description: 
Two lids to bandboxes, cardboard covered in blue and white floral printed paper and red and white floral printed paper.
Object Number: 
INV.8529
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
7851
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Band box: military scene

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1830
Medium: 
Wood, wallpaper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 x 15 x 20 in. ( 40.6 x 38.1 x 50.8 cm )
Description: 

Ovoid wood bandbox and lid; sides of box covered with paper printed with an image of Napoleon Bonaparte dressed in his characteristic bicorn hat and a greatcoat being confronted by a British soldier with a palm tree, fallen log, and bunches of fauna in the background, printed in green, brown, and white on blue ground; lid covered with paper printed with the same scene in green, brown, and white on blue ground bordered by a swirled floral motif; edge of lid covered in paper printed with geometric pattern consisting of repeating loops, circles, and rays in white and green on a blue ground; base and interior lined with newspaper; lap joints secured with finishing nails.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1622ab
Marks: 
printed: on white paper label: attached to underside of lid: "WARRANTED / NAILED / BAND-BOXES / MADE BY / HANNAH DAVIS, / JAFFREY."
Inscriptions: 

circular adhesive label: attached to underside of lid: inscribed in black ink: "2802 / Amer".

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
7533
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bandbox

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1830
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, string
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 13 x 16 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 33 x 41.9 cm )
Description: 
Cardboard bandbox covered with block printed paper of green, white, and red parrots perched on green flowering branches.
Object Number: 
INV.8527
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
7531
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bandbox

Classification: 
Date: 
1830-1850
Medium: 
Cardboard, wallpaper, cotton twine
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 45.1 x 36.8 cm )
Description: 
Bandbox and lid covered with colored wallpaper with pattern on box entitled "Coach Scene" and pattern on lid entitled "Castles in Spain"; seams sewn together with cotton twine.
Object Number: 
INV.8531
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
7529
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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