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Cardboard box covered with blue marbled paper, with a pattern cut out on the lid; a birth cushion was kept in the box
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Cardboard box covered with blue marbled paper, with a pattern cut out on the lid; a birth cushion was kept in the box

anonymous · c. 1750 · marbled paper; plakken; scheppen (papierbereiding); cardboard; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Box of cardboard, covered with blue marbled paper. On the lid this is pasted on yellow paper, which shows through as borders and in the center, where the marbled paper is cut out in a heart and palmette motif. A birth cushion was kept in the box.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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boxpacking material
Credit lineDoos van karton beplakt met blauw marmerpapier, waarin een patroon is uitgeknipt op het deksel; in de doos werd een geboortekussen bewaard. c. 1750. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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