A rosewood workbox with satinwood and mother-of-pearl foliate inlay, the interior lined with crimson silk damask, containing a selection of needlework tools including a beadwork pin cushion initialed AP and dated 1838, 3cm. square, length of box 30cm.; and a calamander workbox, with ebony edging and bone banding, lined with crimson silk, containing various needlwork tools, length of box 27cm. both boxes first half of the nineteenth century

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A rosewood workbox with satinwood and mother-of-pearl foliate inlay, the interior lined with crimson silk damask, containing a selection of needlework tools including a beadwork pin cushion initialed AP and dated 1838, 3cm. square, length of box 30cm.; and a calamander workbox, with ebony edging and bone banding, lined with crimson silk, containing various needlwork tools, length of box 27cm. both boxes first half of the nineteenth century
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