THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XVI STRAW-WORK BOITE DE TRAVAIL
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A LOUIS XVI STRAW-WORK BOITE DE TRAVAIL
Inlaid overall with sprays of flowers on banded backgrounds, the sloping lid enclosing a well and a small compartment with lobed divide and with three cushion-shaped lids to the reverse with mirrors, enclosing an open compartment with glass bottom, each side with a drawer with glass bottom, within a George III chequer-banded and crossbanded sycamore box, the interior of the work-box inscribed in black ink, Beure Fromage Oeu and Lentilles Ris
The work-box: 12in. (30.5cm.) wide
Inlaid overall with sprays of flowers on banded backgrounds, the sloping lid enclosing a well and a small compartment with lobed divide and with three cushion-shaped lids to the reverse with mirrors, enclosing an open compartment with glass bottom, each side with a drawer with glass bottom, within a George III chequer-banded and crossbanded sycamore box, the interior of the work-box inscribed in black ink, Beure Fromage Oeu and Lentilles Ris
The work-box: 12in. (30.5cm.) wide