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Painted Box with Paper Appliqués

Unidentified, Painted Box with Paper Appliqués, ca. 1880, painted wood with applied paper collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.76

Unidentified, Painted Box with Paper Appliqués, ca. 1880, painted wood with applied paper collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.76

Unidentified, Painted Box with Paper Appliqués, ca. 1880, painted wood with applied paper collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.76

Unidentified, Painted Box with Paper Appliqués, ca. 1880, painted wood with applied paper collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.76

Copied Unidentified, Painted Box with Paper Appliqués, ca. 1880, painted wood with applied paper collage, 8 x 18 x 9 ¹⁄₂ in. (20.3 x 45.7 x 24.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.76

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Artwork Details

Title: Painted Box with Paper Appliqués
Artist: Unidentified
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 8 x 18 x 9 ¹⁄₂ in. (20.3 x 45.7 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums: wood
paper
brass
Mediums Description: painted wood with applied paper collage
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Object Number: 1986.65.76
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.65.76