Sewing box worker

Charming little sewing box straight out of the 60s or 70s with its orange-yellow varnish typical of that era. It has adorable little patinated metal ball handles and two feet. It is a rather small model, intended for children I imagine but which is large enough to accommodate all the small equipment for occasional sewing work or why not be diverted into storage for anything else (small painting or drawing equipment, jewelry, makeup...). I wanted to leave it with its patina from time and use, so I only did a good cleaning (the marks that remain are indelible unless I sand it completely). It is solid and functional but does not hide its age: small marks and scratches throughout, a small chip of wood on one corner, a little corrosion on the metal parts but it is not excessive and does not in danger the whole, and inside, a screw holding a side bar protrudes a millimeter and a large stain in the bottom of the box but it seems to me that it is rather a "defect" of origin of wood. It measures 28 cm in length, 16 cm in width, 13 cm in height without the handles but with the feet, and 23 cm in height with the handles.

Ref. : 54EQUTFE