Title: Handcrafted Old Wooden Inlay Arts & Craft Display Storage Box
Shipping: $19.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1920s to 1940s
Item ID: 4829
A Hand Made Wood Tea Box: Spectacular mid to late 20th century Arts & Craft storage box. This box is lavishly inlaid, The box is further embellished with great designs. This is a remarkable antique wooden box with handcrafted inlayed decorations. A very good looking Arts & Craft tea box with beautiful inlayed decorations. Hand made in Mixed materials, keepsake casket tea box. We think it is 20th Century. An attractive table-top tea box. A wonderful lid, revealing a covered compartment. Spruce up your home decor or office with a handcrafted accent box. This makes an ideal gift box, sewing box or accent piece. This is an amazing 20th century handmade working box. Artisans, such as the jeweller and the enameller bestowed infinite pains upon there boxes. Though the purpose of a box may be purely functional, boxes can also be very decorative and artistic. Many boxes are used for promotional packaging, both commercially and privately. Markets for specialty boxes range from Home Hardware to Wedding Favors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box
Box (plural boxes) describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use often for transporting contents. Boxes may be made of durable material such as wood or metal, or of corrugated fiberboard, paperboard, or other non-durable materials. The size may vary from very small (e.g., a matchbox) to the size of a large appliance; while technically a large shipping container could be a called a box, it is not so described. When no specific shape is described, a box of rectangular cross-section with all sides flat may be expected, but a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides. A decorative box normally may be opened by raising, pulling, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, lock, or adhesive tape. Whatever its shape or purpose or the material of which it is fashioned, it is the direct descendant of the chest, one of the most ancient articles of domestic furniture. The name, preceded by a qualifying adjective, has been given to many objects of artistic or antiquarian interest.
