Burr Walnut Ladies Dressing Box with Silver Fittings
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A ladies travelling dressing box, burr walnut sumptuously fitted with compartments and silver plated bottles, 19th century, with silver presentation plaque 'Presented to Miss R. Grieve from the friends of the Gilmour Street Mission, Edin. 26th June, 1886', 18 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 24 cm deep
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- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
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