#140

Intriguing and Rare French Carton Cabinet in Shape of Mansard House
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$1,500
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Estimate
$2,500 / $3,500
Description
29" (74 cm.) x 17". The carton cabinet constructed to appear as a Mansard style house is actually designed to serve as a presentation case for early doll with ten various drawers for costumes and accessories. The attic and roof remove for access to a box-shaped receptacle designed to hold a doll, and there are six lower drawers and four side drawers which each open to provide organized niches for costume pieces. The house is presented with realistic architectural detail ranging from mansard shaped roof, chimney, fourteen front framed windows and front doors. Excellent condition. French, mid-1800s, a wonderfully designed imaginative cabinet box.