FENOUX
PALAIS ROYAL
PALAIS ROYAL
NAPOLEAN III
AMBOYNA
WRITING BOX
c. 1870
AMBOYNA
WRITING BOX
c. 1870
13"w x 10.25"d x 3.75"h
approximately. 4.5 lbs
Fenoux, Palais Royal, Paris,
c. 1870, amboyna* travel
writing box with brass and
ebonized bandings, the
sloping hinged lid & lidded
pen compartments inlaid
with monogrammed brass
cartouches
*the mottled curly-grained
wood of either of two south-
east Asian trees (Pterocarpus
indicus & P. macrocarpus) of
the legume family
luxury items such as this
were typical of items supplied
from the shops that by this
period occupied the old Palais
Royal in Paris, Fenoux being
one of the most prestigious
condition
writing box is in very good
condition, especially when
one considers its approximate
155 years age and the degree
of handling when in the box
is in use; still, areas of the
most pronounced irregularities
to the finish include: to the
right border of lid about mid
height there is a small lifting
to the wood; to the bottom
border of the lid, the loss of
ebonizing suggests wear
where in fact there's none;
there is wear to the leather
writing surface at the fold
photos/images
tones of the mottled amboyna
wood are not as light in actuality
as they appear in digital images
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