This sewing box dates from the Napoleon III period. Its frame is made of conifer. It is veneered with Rio rosewood, rosewood, mahogany for the interior and a net of boxwood and green-stained maple.
A great quality of this box is that its lid hasn't warped. This is often a major problem with this type of object. People forget to lock them, and the wood expands and contracts. It then becomes very difficult to find the "trick" to make the box close properly without extensive repairs.
Restoration work: filling in missing veneer, cleaning the surface and reapplying the varnish with a colorless varnish.
