Every household in the 18th, 19th and 20th century would have a sewing basket. The more genteel lady would pass her time with embroidery and needlework, where as the lady from a lesser household would always be in need of sewing implements to make and repair her family’s clothes, on a regular basis.
 
A French fitted box sewing box with silver sewing items and mother of pearl wonders in a fitted tray that floats over the space below that can house your cottons and threads.
 
The quality and condition of this box and its contents is fabulous.
 
The box measures 28cm x 20cm x 11cm high