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Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:00:33 +0000

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bandbox

Hannah Davis

horse-drawn chariot

wallpaper

Warranted nailed

women designers

Women's History Month

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<img width="640" height="590" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1-700x645.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image shows a bandbox bottom, with lid removed, covered in wallpaper with printed scene of a woman driving a chariot pulled by a single horse. Scene is enframed in a foliate scroll medallion. Please scroll down for a further description of this image." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1-700x645.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1-300x276.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1-170x157.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="28896" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/03/12/building-a-better-box/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,943" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="96164_dd82504640c5803e_b[1]" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1-300x276.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/96164_dd82504640c5803e_b1-700x645.jpg" />In celebration of Women’s History Month, March Object of the Day posts highlight women designers in the collection. Blogging today about an early women designer and craftsperson, Hannah Davis. Hannah is known for creating some of the most finely constructed bandboxes in the business. She entered the field in 1818 at the age of 34....

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