CIRCA 1825

Details

A Charles X pollard ash sewing necessaire
Circa 1825
Fitted with implements
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This neatly fitted box is typical of Parisian manufactures sold in the Palais Royal area from the early 19th century. A similar mirror-fitted box is illustrated A. Clarke & J. O'Kelly, Antique Boxes, 2003, fig. 457. Such etuis, necessaries, sewing boxes etc are also discussed in G. Cummins, Antique Boxes, Woodbridge, 2006, pp.293-302.

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