Mid 19th Century American Sewing Box in Best Paper with Stencil Painted Velvet Pin Cushion baby crying and making them

and making them

About Heller:  The son of a famous concert pianist

which were deeply carved then inked/painted white

but based on the forms and radiant gold and cream paint

Mid 19th Century American Sewing Box in Best Paper with Stencil Painted Velvet Pin Cushion baby crying and making themI've had a few mid 19th century papered boxes of this sort, but the patterns and bright rainbow of colors on the paper here make this one exceptional. (The bright pink and yellow combo on the interior are very excellent too.) This one was specifically made as a small sewing box, with stencil painted velvet pin cushion on the lid. Hand colored and hand printed paper over cardboard, with ribbons connecting hinged lid to body of box so that it holds open