Early 1800s Antique French Lemonwood Sewing Casket, Box, Coffret, Steel Pique
A charming little c.1790s to earliest 1800s French Palais Royal sewing box that has lost it's original interior tray of sewing tools but would love to hold yours or your jewelry. The nicest form for these, sarcophagus or serpentine. It still has the old mirror in the interior lid, the handle up top and the working key remains with the working lock. Lemonwood, it's so pretty to display as a desk box or jewelry box now. It's got a lining inside that is silk, is original. Tattered condition, but original - you might wish to put in a newer silk lining to be ready for your own lovelies. The raised pinwork up top is in wonderful cut steel pique, and that unmonogrammed cartouche up top is mother of pearl. I've listed a few others of these lemonwood c.1800, give or take a few years, boxes. They're sold separately and make a fabulous grouping. Ask us if you aren't finding them easily. Very good to excellent for age and type, but missing the lift-out sewing tray that would have elevated it and i