Hidden Delights: My Favorite Folk Art Wallpaper Band Box Ever, 1859 Newspaper 1970s art poster Some wear to one corner

Some wear to one corner of the box but otherwise very good condition

My guess is that this was meant to serve as a match holder (for wooden matches of course

with a little paint loss here and there

but which could be a package she is about to fly away to deliver

There's some glare caught in a few photos--surface of the cards has a little sheen

Hidden Delights: My Favorite Folk Art Wallpaper Band Box Ever, 1859 Newspaper 1970s art poster Some wear to one cornerPure joy to find this one in Mid coast Maine this week, a 1859 wallpapered "band" box with very lovely exterior, but completely wonderful and surprising interior and underside! I can't look those pink and yellow papered grids and stripes without thinking of Froebel kindergarten cut and woven paper works, which it would have pre dated a bit in the U. S., and also of course of quilts, and of 20th century modern abstract painting just glorious. And it