#775

German Wooden Sewing Table with Tiny Magnifying Glass and Painting
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$650
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3 1/2" (9 cm.) w. table. A German wooden pedestal sewing table of the Biedermeier era with faux-rosewood finish displays a very rare 3/4" faux-tortoise shell magnifying glass in its original velvet-lined box with gilt stamped Vienna address,with miniature book dated 1877 that depicts women's hair styles of the era (spine worn),and with a superb cast-brass framed (easel back) painting on porcelain depicting an angel leaning over a baby's cradle. Excellent condition. Mid-19th century.