Light Wood Marquetry Rectangular Keepsake Box Vintage

Light Wood Marquetry Rectangular Keepsake Box VintageItem: Light Wood Marquetry Rectangular Keepsake Box Additional Description: Marquetry inlaid jewelry or document box; paper liner textile style (blue) Era: Late 19th C (1870 1890) History: Often sold as gift boxes or dressing table caskets Provenance: France Materials: Wood (Rosewood or Walnut Veneer with Boxwood Satinwood Maple Inlay), Paper Dimensions: 3"h x 7. 25"w x 5. 25"d Disclaimers: Wear to the interior paper lining; some small scuffs to the

) clock pendulum bob

Symmetrical scrolled openwork with acanthus leaf motifs

Classical/Neoclassical urn form

a former decorator at the Sevres Manufactory

19th C style but made in the 20th C (circa 1920-1950)

before aniline dyes became bright

many of which sold in the 1851 Great Exhibition and subsequently exported across the Empire

Early 20th c French or possibly Belgian plein-air landscape - Signed and dated A 1925

The print is executed on laid paper with visible chain lines and shows natural age-related toning

flowers - recalling 18th century taste but executed with 20th c manufacturing methods

A well-constructed antique oak stationary box featuring decorative pierced brass corner mounts

Red Emilie Cartonnage French Book