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| An important Classical birdseye maple veneer sewing box featuring a history of ownership by Maria Gansevoort Melville (b.1791), the mother of the author Herman Melville (1819-1891).
New England, probably Boston or Coastal Massachusetts.
Dated October 1814.
Birdseye maple veneer on pine, figured maple cross banding, mahogany or walnut inlaid stringing with a mahogany, leather and bone interior. The secondary wood is pine throughout.
Dimensions: height - 5 _”, width - 14 _”, depth - 10 _”
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