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Travel dressing table, ebony cuboid with lifting lid and a front bottom drawer, richly inlaid with flowers and plant twigs in engraved bone set with black paint. Inside: a tilting mirror, five compartments on each side six with lids; mirror frame and lids inlaid with bone with plant and floral twigs. Three compartments in the drawer. Steel swan neck handles on the sides. Decorated with flowers and plant ornamentation in a Baroque style. Ca. 1750, Vizagapatam, India. Travel/hygiene furniture. Dimensions: H 17 cm, W 41 cm, D 30.5 cm., A rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid decorated with intricate floral and foliate patterns in contrasting light and dark tones; the box surface is predominantly black with ornate cream-colored floral designs covering the top, front, sides, and edges, forming borders and scattered blossoms and leaves. The front shows a recessed panel bordered by floral bands, and there are a few keyhole-shaped openings visible on the front face. The left side has a dark metal ring handle set into a circular metal plate. The overall palette includes black, cream, and dark metallic gray, and the box rests on a flat light-gray surface against a pale gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A11_100

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Travel dressing table ebony cuboid lifting lid front bottom drawer richly inlaid flowers plant twigs engraved bone set black paint Inside tilting mirror five compartments side six lids mirror frame lids inlaid bone plant floral twigs Three compartments drawer Steel swan neck handles sides Decorated plant ornamentation Baroque style Ca 1750 Vizagapatam India hygiene furniture Dimensions H 17 cm W 41 cm D 30.5 cm rectangular wooden box hinged lid decorated intricate floral foliate patterns contrasting light dark tones box surface predominantly black ornate cream-colored floral designs covering top front edges forming borders scattered blossoms leaves recessed panel bordered floral bands keyhole-shaped openings visible front face left side dark metal ring handle set circular metal plate palette includes black cream dark metallic gray box rests flat light-gray surface pale gray background.