Miniature Victorian Antique Chinese Sewing Box - Walnut

Victorian Antique Chinese Sewing Box.
During this period large and ornate sewing boxes were fashionable.
Needlework was a popular pastime for dowager ladies and sometimes even the gentlemen.
This needlework box is supported on a tall tressel table with Lyre shaped ends.
The sides are cut in balancing cyma curves.
It sits on 2 scroll cut cyma-curved bracket feet.
The interior of the box has been divided into compartments of vaious sizes some with small lids that are fitted with a little brass knob so that they lift of to gain access to the needlework notions that are stored in the compartment.