Lovely and Smart Antique Silk Covered Color-blocked Folk Art Sewing Box isleta And happily an endless supply

And happily an endless supply of origami papers at hand

There is gold paint used for detailing on the green urn

and the nib comes off easily

which is dark

8 5/8" w x 7 5/8" t x 3 5/8" d

Lovely and Smart Antique Silk Covered Color-blocked Folk Art Sewing Box isleta And happily an endless supplyThere is a specific type of antique geometric pin cushion pin keep, constructed of card board with a different piece of colorful silk on each facet (see photos for one example not the best but you get a sense), that is very close kin to this box; the construction, and the feel, is just the same. I'm fairly obsessed with those, but have never seen one like this, and it feels like a special present of a little sewing box to me. Very modern feeling, too,