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Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux)
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Oak veneered with tulipwood sycamore holly and ebonized holly; thirteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
Title: Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux)
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Oak veneered with tulipwood sycamore holly and ebonized holly; thirteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original).
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