Victorian Antique Chinese Sewing Box jj05049wn-1

Victorian Antique Chinese Sewing Box.

Handpainted with very elaborate work.

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 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 vaious sizes some with small lids that are fitted with a little brass knob sVictorian Antique Chinese 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 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 vaious 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.o that they lift of to gain access to the needlework notions that are stored in the compartment.