Jewelery box of wood, covered with green velvet and decorated in high relief with gold and silver thread and river pearls, covered with green velvet and decorated in high relief with gold and silver thread and river pearls. Model: in the form of a sewing cushion that opens in two halves, each presumably with a wooden inner form, which is covered on the outside with green velvet over a soft filling and on the inside with tightly drawn carmine red satin. Embroidery: the cover has high relief embroidery with real pearls, so-called river pearls, with gold and silver thread. The relief is most likely created by parchment embroidered on it. The metal wire in two techniques: so-called laid gold wire (or couché, couched gold), silver thread, respectively, and in cannetille, i.e. spirally embroidered. Acorn-shaped tassels, acorns in gold thread on the corners of the lid. Pattern: within a rectangular border, each side of which is symmetrically filled with volute drinks, pansies, hearts and florets, is a horizontal, oval scrollwork cartouche with a family emblem (?). This represents a falcon sitting on a large sphere of heaven, armillary sphere (celestial globe), between two laurel branches. There were once inscriptions and dates ... VIRTUTE ... and 1598. Interior: box in the bottom half with black sliders between which rings can be clamped. Mirror in the lid, set in gold cord and four green tassels., anonymous, Europe, c. 1550 - c. 1624, velvet (fabric weave), pearl, h 9 cm × w 20 cm × d 13 cm
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Jewelery box, wood, covered, green velvet, decorated, high relief, gold, black-and-white thread, river pearls, Model, form, sewing cushion, opens, two halves, presumably, wooden inner form, outside, soft filling, inside, tightly drawn carmine red satin, Embroidery, cover, high relief embroidery, real pearls, relief, created, parchment embroidered, metal wire, two techniques, laid gold wire, couché, couched gold, respectively, cannetille, i e, spirally embroidered, Acorn-shaped tassels, acorns, gold thread, corners, lid, Pattern, within, rectangular border, side, symmetrically filled, volute drinks, pansies, hearts, florets, horizontal, oval scrollwork cartouche, family emblem, represents, falcon sitting, large sphere, heaven, armillary sphere, celestial globe, two laurel branches, inscriptions, dates, VIRTUTE, 1598, Interior, box, bottom half, black sliders, rings, clamped, Mirror, set, gold cord, four green tassels, Europe, c, 1550, 1624, velvet, fabric weave, pearl
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