Box Base
1900-50 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Copper box base, large oval shape, engine-turned, cut with press-tool from rolled sheet copper, then knitted together to form shape by interleaving folded fringe. Beaten smooth so joins invisible.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Copper, engine turned |
| Brief description | Copper box base, Rue Béranger, Paris, probably 1900-50. |
| Physical description | Copper box base, large oval shape, engine-turned, cut with press-tool from rolled sheet copper, then knitted together to form shape by interleaving folded fringe. Beaten smooth so joins invisible. |
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| Credit line | Gift of Graus Antiques, New Bond Street, London |
| Object history | 1975 remnants of entire department were sold due to lack of profit from the designs by Christian Richardier, owner of Samson & Co. at the time. |
| Bibliographic reference | See object file (for images etc.) |
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| Accession number | C.12-1997 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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