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Description:
Ref: 728JB http://hygra.com/box/728JB 

Kingwood veneered box cross banded in kingwood delineated in stringing and marquetry of rosewood and contrasting 
coloured woods, with a central  hand coloured print of classical figures. The box has a replacement lift-out tray which has been lined with velvet. Circa 1810.

Origin: UK;  Circa: 1810; Materials: .

Size: 27 cm wide by 21.2 cm by 10.5 cm:  10.6 inches wide 8.4 by   inches by 4.1  inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; small damage to cross banding; repair to corner line; wear on print: see images.

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The box has acquired a later tray. The pink paper on the lower part is original. The velvet coverings are new.

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This view shows how the box was constructed in the tradition of the early neoclassical period: straight 
lines, straight symmetrical decoration, print with neoclassical scene.

Detail of the inlays: cross banded in kingwood delineated in stringing and marquetry of rosewood and contrasting 
coloured woods

There are mitered maple facings to the bottom. The paper is new.

There is evidence that the box had feet which are no longer there.