Victorian decoupage vanity - real or repro??

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  1. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    Your opinions please:D
    Data 27cm x 15.3cm x 11.4cm


    1s.jpg 2s.jpg 3s.jpg 4s.jpg 6s.jpg 8s.jpg 11s.jpg 12s.jpg hinges.jpg printing.jpg
     
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  2. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    I don't know. I'm rather inclined to say someone repurposed this box in the seventies when decoupage made a comeback. I can barely tell if it is made of made of wood - from your pictures? How large is it?

    I don't think it would have rubbed it's own satin off, if the mechanism were original, but it could be.
     
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  3. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    Oops forgot the size.
    Data 27cm x 15.3cm x 11.4cm

    yes it is wood with very small tongue and groove corners.
     
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  4. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    To my eye, everything about it looks 'right' for an early 20th century fitted box for a mirror, brush and comb - would guess rather than decoupage, that's celluloid...

    ~Cheryl
     
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  6. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    It looks real to me.
     
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  7. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    Celluloid makes sense. I couldn't quite put my finger on the plasticky material and didn't realize the celluloid process was invented in the Victorian period.
     
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  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Looks right to me.

    Debora
     
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