A FEDERAL BIRCH VENEERED AND INLAID SEWING BOX

BOSTON, 1800-1815

Details

A FEDERAL BIRCH VENEERED AND INLAID SEWING BOX
Boston, 1800-1815
The hinged rectangular top with lunette-inlaid edge opening to a conforming case fitted with a compartmentalized removeable shelf, the case veneered with lunette-inlaid edge, appears to retain original blue paper interior
3in. high, 9in. wide, 7in. deep

Provenance

Florene Maine, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hansen, Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Literature

Lita Solis-Cohen, "Living with antiques: The Bryn Mawr home of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Dawson Coleman," Antiques (April 1966), p. 575.

Lot Essay

The precise and delicate quality of the craftsmanship, use of lunette inlay, ivory escutcheon, and original blue-green paper lining the interior of this box, are features associated with the Seymour workshop. A tea box with a similar design and inlaid edge is illustrated in Vernon Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour (Boston, 1959), p.249.