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Description:
A rare Regency rosewood metamorphic writing/sewing box with brass edging and inlay, opening up to form a chest of drawers above a writing slope complete with inkwells and sewing tools.

Origin: United Kingdom

Circa: 1810

Materials: Rosewood Mahogany brass.

Size: 36cm by 27.2cm by 22.5cm: 14.2 inches by 10.7 inches by 8.9 inches.

It opens to 34.5 cm high (13.6 inches)

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