French Japonisme Tooled Cordoba Leather Jewelry Casket Box secretary desk 5 Height 35 inches

5 Height 35 inches

One could not find a more elegantly simple fireplace than this piece

English and French

Queen Anne Revival | 18th century style

An antique French faience character jug modelled as a jovial smirking man's face with rosy cheeks

French Japonisme Tooled Cordoba Leather Jewelry Casket Box secretary desk 5 Height 35 inchesDETAILS An European antique tooled leather jewelry box in the Japanese (Japonisme) taste. Of rectangular form with canted corners and slightly domed lid. Fitted fabric lined interior with compartments and two tiers. Japonisme is the Japanese version of Chinoiserie is to Chinese, in the taste Asia of but European made. Which was quite exotic at the time. STYLE Japonisme PLACE OF ORIGIN France Europe PERIOD Late 19th century DATE Circa 1880 DIMENSIONS