Paris, Circa 1830 - Small Troubadour-style Covered Box, Neo-gothic Style - Patinated And Gilded

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Box with lid Bronze with brown and gold patina
Dimensions: H. 12.5; W. 7 (cm.)
Paris, circa 1830

Rare small box with lid decorated with slightly raised friezes of Gothic arches, trefoils, and chevrons...

Historicism The publication of Jules Michelet's collections during the Restoration and the creation of a “National Novel” to lend credibility to the regime in power, as well as the artistic emulation surrounding the writer Walter Scott and the painter Fleury-Richard, created a veritable “neo-Gothic” or “Gothic revival” artistic vogue.

Condition report: slight wear to the patina of the base