Work Box
1800-1810 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This work box is typical of a type of fancy cabinet ware known as 'Bombay boxwork'. The maker has overlaid the outside of the box with sadeli, a type of micro-mosaic made up of faceted strips of woods and metals. The interior has compartments for needles, bobbins, thimbles and thread. This particular example came to England in 1813.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Rosewood, the exterior overlaid with <i>sadeli</i>, ebony and ivory, the interior lined with sandalwood, the mirror back of softwood, with silver lock, hinges and mounts |
| Brief description | Workbox, rosewood overlaid with sadadi borders with ebony, ivory, Bombay province, 1800-1810. |
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| Credit line | Given by Col. C. J. Call |
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| Summary | This work box is typical of a type of fancy cabinet ware known as 'Bombay boxwork'. The maker has overlaid the outside of the box with sadeli, a type of micro-mosaic made up of faceted strips of woods and metals. The interior has compartments for needles, bobbins, thimbles and thread. This particular example came to England in 1813. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jaffer, Amin Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London : V&A Publications, 2001. 416 p., ill. ISBN 1851773185.p.316, pl.128. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.151:1-1926 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2003 |
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