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Circa: 19th c.
Condition: very good, see description
Size: 13.75 x 11 x 3
Country of Origin: United States
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This large lovely antique Victorian rectangular work or sewing box is hand decorated in the Folk Art style, the veneered lid having an oval cartouche encircling hand painted flowers on a black ground. The stepped hinged lid is further decorated with gesso (plaster) C-scrolls at each corner enclosing a grain painted ground (painted to simulate burl wood). The sides are also similarily grain painted. The interior is lined in rose pink silk. Dating from the 3rd quarter of the 19th c., this box was not supplied with tools & therefore has no interior fittings {the lose interior fittings shown in image are not original to this box but are a later 20th c. addition}. CONDITION: very good condition, some chipping and age cracks to gesso decoration, a few very minor age cracks to veneered top, hand painted floral decoration in very good condition.
Note: this box is large and heavy |
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