"Tortoiseshell And Quilted Box Naples XVIII"
Rare rectangular box in tortoiseshell and piqué, work from Naples from the 18th century, the lid decorated with an embracing couple surrounded by two cherubs in a silver and mother-of-pearl cartouche, the other 5 sides decorated with silver cartouches, small accidents and losses, nevertheless it is a rare and beautiful document of this technique called piqué which makes the tortoiseshell sparkle in the manner of embroidery, it is the Neapolitans who made it a specialty, the Huguenots brought this technique to England around 1770 
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
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