GEORGIAN PENWORK SEWING BASKET (c. 1820 uk)

Lady's Penwork Sewing Basket

Superb original condition

Dome top Penwork sewing basket veneered in sycamore, hand decorated with a variety of interesting oriental themed scenes. On the top are scenes of a port and fisherman. To the front & sides, a church and house.

The interior of the penwork sewing box still contains its original pink paper lining, comes with a fully working lock & tasselled key.

Penwork, or Pen and Ink, was used on boxes to illustrate beautiful scenes and sometimes to record a vist to a foreign country or vacation. They can feature people, landscapes, birds, insects, plants, flowers, animals and some have prints of greek mythology or of spa towns. These were all drawn very exact and beautifully finished with a shellac varnish. but the majority favoured pass-time of ladies (the ladies were often skilled in the technique as the professionals!) It's because of this that we see many different examples of Penwork.


This penwork sewing box is featured in our current brochure.

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