French Japonisme Tooled Cordoba Leather Jewelry Casket Box secretary desk One could not find a

One could not find a more elegantly simple fireplace than this piece

Width 58 Depth 12 Height 46

Crafted of very thick wood

Some drawer bottoms are lined with cedar

Queen Anne Revival | 18th century style

French Japonisme Tooled Cordoba Leather Jewelry Casket Box secretary desk One could not find aDETAILS An European antique tooled leather jewelry box in the Japanese (Japonisme) taste. Of rectangular form with canted corners and slightly domed lid. Fitted fabric lined interior with compartments and two tiers. Japonisme is the Japanese version of Chinoiserie is to Chinese, in the taste Asia of but European made. Which was quite exotic at the time. STYLE Japonisme PLACE OF ORIGIN France Europe PERIOD Late 19th century DATE Circa 1880 DIMENSIONS