Description:
Five Art Deco Souvenir Burlwood Boxes
Inlaid wood
France, c. 1930
Each with a scene on exterior of lid and some on interior: a beach cabana and umbrella opens to nude female sun bather; a fashionable beauty powders her face; a woman of color with banana tree; a colorful tropical bird; and two bathing beauties in the surf, opens to show them disrobing, one box marked Made in France, all approx. 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500
Slight lifting of metal frame on tropical bird box.
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Keywords
France20th Century Design
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