Early, Beautifully Detailed Carved Out Slide Lid Box hand-painted paper fan but the green and cream

but the green and cream still pop

this set not quite complete (I believe it is mostly some pieces that would have served as doors that are missing)

A few stains to top right edge of page with photo and clean tear along top edge

Childs Art Gallery was famous for artistic portraiture

and "Naive Art" came into fashion

Early, Beautifully Detailed Carved Out Slide Lid Box hand-painted paper fan but the green and creamThis is quite an old box, I believe earlyish 19th c. if not older, and quite a wonderful one I think, carved out from one piece of wood, with a great deal of effort invested in decorative carving on the long sides cross hatching on one and a more complex pattern of chip carving on the other. I love the raised pull end of the slide lid, which looks rather like a pillow at the head of a bed, with a piece of iron stretched over the top looking rather