Antique English Oak Stationary Box with Brass Corner Mounts and Letter Dividers Antique

Antique English Oak Stationary Box with Brass Corner Mounts and Letter Dividers AntiqueA well constructed antique oak stationary box featuring decorative pierced brass corner mounts, shield form escutcheon, and a fitted interior with shaped letter dividers. The interior retains its original compartment system designed to hold correspondence, envelopes, and writing paper. The shaped divider profiles are hand cut and symmetrically arranged, with a central vertical divider and curved horizontal slots for organizing documents. The exterior

One of Picart's 12 documented Epithalames (wedding prints)

The pierced design allows light and shadow to pass through

finely cast femme-floral motif - halo-style fan

Cut Crystal Mini Ice Bucket 4"h (no handle) x 3

Pieces like this were often used to frame glass liners

Circular frame is crowned with an ornate bouquet of roses

Cognac tastings

Luxury French table linens often use 20-40% polyester deliberately as it lowers surface frcition (glides easier) and add body and weight without stiffness and enhances the natural sheen of damask weaving

indicating it is the first plate from a decorative ornament series

--> corresponds with a small circle of Italianate or French 19th century painters active between 1860-1890 who produced capriccios and stage-like architecutral scenes for the Grand Tour market

and trailing leaves - hallmark of Louis XVI and Rococo Revival motifs

chronicling the court of Louis XIV