Victorian Antique Oriental Sewing Box, Walnut

Victorian Antique Japanned Work Table Sewing Box. During this period large and ornate sewing boxes were fashionable. Needlework was a popular pastime for dowager ladies and sometimes even the gentlemen. This needlework box comes in a Walnut finish, and is supported on a tall tressel table with Lyre shaped ends. The sides are cut in balancing cyma curves.It sits on 2 scroll cut cyma-curved bracket feet. The interior of the box has been divided into compartments of various sizes some with small lids that are fitted with a little brass knob so that they lift of to gain access to the needlework notions that are stored in the compartment. 

Size: 2 1/2"W x 1 3/4"D x 2 1/2"H

1:12 Scale