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| - Casket of wood covered with leather, embroidered silk satin panels, and lined with padded green glazed cotton. Box shaped to fit the casket. The front panel opens forwards on small hinges and the shaped top hinges backwards.
<b>Decoration</b>
Silk ground worked in coloured silk and metal thread, also decorated with raised work and bobbin lace, edged with metallic braid.
The sides of the lid are decorated with flowers, animals and insects. The side of the casket each show a different scene, easily identifiable is the back panel which show the biblical scene of Jacob dreaming of the ladder, Genesis 28:10-19. The interior drawer fronts are also heavily embroidered to match the outside. The doors are lined in pink silk.
<b>Construction</b>
Casket, comprised on three main sections. First section: Opened by lifting up the lid to reveal a small compartment.
Second section: accessed by lifting up the top section, which hinges open to reveal a compartment. The lid holds a mirror.
Third section:Accessed by opening the front doors, contains two rows of drawers, one row has three small drawers and the other row has one large drawer. (en)
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