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Updated: May 16, 2025
The workboxes, so rich in gilding and relief, came from Italy, when, as early as the year 1400, caskets were covered with a species of lime which was moulded, the gesso, as it was called, on a gilt ground of white compo, giving it a very rich effect.
Amongst her things were two workboxes very much alike. One of these she intended to sell, the other she didn't, and Mr. Brown, who collected the things together, took the wrong one to the sale. 'What was in it? 'O, nothing in particular, or of any value some accounts, and her usual sewing materials I think nothing more.
But are you sure that your sister did not copy from this print? You told me it was her own sketch, but you might be mistaken." Charles explained that the figures represented his sisters and brother. "Well, it is a singular thing: but if her sketches are thought so good, it is a pity she should waste her drawings on workboxes, which hundreds of people can make as well.
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