Hand Painted Red and Gold Papier Mache Box - Kashmir Coffer Catchalls and Trays leather tassel

leather tassel

Working in natural silk and fine baby alpaca wool

The creation of decorative and utilitarian objects from dried mate gourds have a history that stretches to long before the Spanish arrived in South America

65 inches L x 46 inches W

Hand Painted Red and Gold Papier Mache Box - Kashmir Coffer Catchalls and Trays leather tasselFida Hussein, son of a papier mache artisan, works to continue that artistic legacy. He creates this petite box, which is made from weeping willow wood and covered with papier mache. It is then sanded and painted carefully in exquisite detail. The red and gold box features a chinar leaf motif and a velvet lining to store small treasures. Weeping willow wood, papier mache, polyester velvet lining 0. 18 lbs 2. 8 inches H x 5 inches W x 3. 8 inches D