Jewellery box - Gilt brass, walnut burl

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Dési van Rhee
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Description from the seller

Very elegant jewelry box from the Napoleonic III period, around 1860.

It is veneered in burl walnut with attractive speckled grain, richly decorated with brass and mother-of-pearl marquetry forming a central cartouche on the lid.

The interior is lined with original red velvet in good condition.

Beautiful, bourgeois, and refined workmanship of the Second Empire.

Very elegant jewelry box from the Napoleonic III period, around 1860.

It is veneered in burl walnut with attractive speckled grain, richly decorated with brass and mother-of-pearl marquetry forming a central cartouche on the lid.

The interior is lined with original red velvet in good condition.

Beautiful, bourgeois, and refined workmanship of the Second Empire.

Details

Era
1400-1900
Style subtype
Napoleon III
Brass type
Gilt brass
Wood type
walnut burl
No. of items
1
Country of Origin
France
Material
mother of pearl, Brass, Wood
Style
Antique
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
12 cm
Width
28 cm
Depth
18 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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733
Objects sold
98.97%
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