Casket inlaid with precious wood, 19th century Dimension 23.5 x 31.5 x 20cm
Casket decorated with luxurious ebenist technique - intarsia. Inlaid with walnut and plum wood. Decorative technique involving lining the surface with noble materials separate from the main material. In the case of marquetry, these are noble, rare woods. This technique required high skill and precision. This made the objects decorated with them extremely expensive, usually ordered by the aristocracy.
