SB492: An impressive sewing box veneered in saw cut highly figured coromandel, fitted with mother of pearl sewing tools.
Circa 1835.

The form of the box is in the tradition of the second phase of neoclassicism. It is constructed so as to convey the solidity and the structural sophistication of an Egyptian temple.
The interior is fitted with a set of ten (!) spools and other tools, arranged in a tray lined in patterned paper and having compartments lidded in purple velvet.