Ebony veneered rectangular box with stumpwork embroidery on the lid and the four walls, Rectangular box veneered with ebony, with stumpwork embroidery on the lid and the four walls. The box has copper ball legs and handles. The embroidery has silk, gold and silver thread. The embroidery on the lid has a river landscape with trees, a castle, sheep and a village silhouette. The rear wall has a landscape in which water mills with stepped gables, vineyards and castles and the side walls have a landscape in which houses with stepped gables, a river and a pond with a lion, landscapes in the temperate zone, anonymous, England, c. 1650, borduurwerk, kist, sluiting, embroidering, h 25.5 cm × w 27.2 cm × l 35 cm
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Ebony veneered rectangular box, stumpwork embroidery, lid, four walls, Rectangular box veneered, ebony, box, copper ball legs, handles, embroidery, silk, gold, black-and-white thread, river landscape, trees, castle, sheep, village silhouette, rear wall, landscape, water mills, stepped gables, vineyards, castles, side walls, houses, river, pond, lion, landscapes, temperate zone, England, c, 1650, borduurwerk, kist, sluiting, embroidering
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