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An English papier mache sewing table mid 19th century, the…
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Melbourne
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20-Nov-2011
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An English papier mache sewing table mid 19th century, the exterior hand painted with still life vignettes and gilt flourishes, a tapering rectangular table top with lift up lid revealing a fitted interior lined in raspberry velvet segmented and containing multiple mother of pearl mounted sewing equipment, all raised on a pedestal base with castor supports, 50 x 76 x 39 cm. Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 629, p. 340
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