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Glove box

Applied Arts
Inventory number
2019.2.1.3.AA.BX.C1925.FR
Description
Handycraft wooden pyrographed, carved and hand painted glove box representing the kremlin in Moscow. The imaginary scene represents the old Moscovite fortification in the Middle Ages and on the sides the figure from the fairytale "Firebird"
This type of box was created by Russian immigrants in Paris after the wave of immigration that followed the Russian revolution of 1917.
Materials
Wood
Metal
Acrylic
Origin
circa 1925 France
Dimensions
Width : 10 cm
Length : 31 cm
Height : 8 cm