How Paper Boxes Are Made / A practical and instructive book telling how the beginner may manufacture all kinds of paper boxes, with special chapters on the printing department for paper box plants, embossing, gold-leafing, label work, etc.

by Robert F. Salade

ODD-SHAPED FACE POWDER BOXES.

Fancy face powder boxes are made in many different sizes and shapes. Some have mirrors set in on the inside of the lids, so that the lady using the powder, when traveling, may see her face. Novelty boxes of this kind are “irresistible” to the fair sex. They are in great demand, and they bring high prices. Some face powder boxes are square with round corners; others have shapes like hearts, diamonds, etc. The odd-shaped boxes usually have wide flanges, or French edges, top and bottom, sometimes projecting as much as one-quarter of an inch. The tops are embossed, or are padded with cotton wadding before the covering is applied. The covering often consists of fine embossed paper, in rich colors like deep red, royal blue, purple, gold, pink, and warm brown.

All of these boxes are made entirely by hand from fine grades of cardboard, although the tops and bottoms are usually of the ordinary box-board, covered on both sides with glazed paper. Forms are used in making the odd-shaped boxes, and the work is done by highly-skilled operators who have had long experience on the one line of product.