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An Anglo-Indian sadeli mosaic work box, Bombay circa 1800, of rectangular form with cedar wood interior fitted with ivory pen holders and boxes, including a collection of later sewing implements, 43cm (17") wide
Literature: see Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museums, 2001, p.313 for a similar box
Provenance: Corsham Court
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An Anglo-Indian sadeli mosaic work box, Bombay circa 1800, of rectangular form with cedar wood interior fitted with ivory pen holders and boxes, including a collection of later sewing implements, 43cm (17") wide
Literature: see Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museums, 2001, p.313 for a similar box
Provenance: Corsham Court