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Jewelry box in blackened wood and Boulle marquetry on the lid, with threads and friezes of gilded brass beads, finely chiseled gilt bronze ornamentations in the shape of stylized shells and plant arabesques, signed Vervelle * Paris, from the Napoleon III XIXth century .
This box is in good condition and is of good quality. Signed on the lock. We don't have his key.
A note: tears and stains on the interior fabric, some traces of restoration on the wood and the marquetry, wear of time, see photos.
Great cabinetmaker of the Second Empire. Vervelle Aîné exercised 157 Rue du faubourg in Paris from 1825 to 1856. The Vervelle house was founded by his father, Jean-François, in 1804. His specialty was small furniture and the most diverse boxes and cases, tapestries (his first profession was upholsterer). In 1840 it counted nearly a hundred workers. He then made fancy furniture, wedding baskets, liquor cabinets, kits and travel kits. The VERVELLE house was then firmly established, it knew how to manufacture high quality objects at reasonable prices.
