Lot Essay
M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture: The Georgian Period (1750-1830), 1953, p.197, pl.170 (incorrectly identified as English)
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AN AUSTRIAN NEOCLASSICAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID AND STEEL-MOUNTED AMBOYNA SEWING-BOX
CIRCA 1830
The octagonal domed lid applied with an etched mother-of-pearl plaque depicting a pavilion garden surrounded by stylized floral motifs, the underside with silk-embroidered flower-filled basket, enclosing various mother-of-pearl sewing implements, the tapering case on faceted line-inlaid foot
6½in. (17cm.) high, 9in. (23cm.) wide
CIRCA 1830
The octagonal domed lid applied with an etched mother-of-pearl plaque depicting a pavilion garden surrounded by stylized floral motifs, the underside with silk-embroidered flower-filled basket, enclosing various mother-of-pearl sewing implements, the tapering case on faceted line-inlaid foot
6½in. (17cm.) high, 9in. (23cm.) wide
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