An Early 20thC Italian Marbled Paper Faux Book Box sub-Art & Sculpture featuring exotic birds on a

featuring exotic birds on a dark green ground

Often regarded as the most important British designer of the later 19th century

New paintings were purchased for the castle

on cabriole front legs

survives from late nineteenth century France

An Early 20thC Italian Marbled Paper Faux Book Box sub-Art & Sculpture featuring exotic birds on aOrigin: Italian Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 40 Height: 13 Width: 19. 5 Depth: 12. 25 The wonderfully decorative softwood box in the form of eight book spines to the frontage in marbled turquoise paper and each reading famiglia (family), retaining the ivory ribbon to the centre, the other sides clad in a green and pink marbled paper with brass fluer de lys mounts, opening to reveal a roomy vacant inner storage compartment, and