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Beautiful mahogany cabinet or box, decorated with shagreen * dogs and puppies, vintage years 1930-1940 twentieth century.
This box is in good condition.
A note: a stain on the wood on top, some infies small accidents (in the corners), scratches and wear time, see photos.
Leather cartilaginous fish (shark or ray) has long been used in woodworking, corsetry, and more recently in leather. Halfway between the leather and the mineral, the stingray is covered with silica beads difficult to tan. It presents different aspects: granular and shiny, or sanded, in which case it is smooth and shows a partitioned area of small cells. There are two types of stingray: shagreen with small grains and coarse shagreen. The origin of the word "shagreen" actually goes back in the eighteenth century. This is the name of the first craftsman in the West has been able to work the leather dogfish and skate. Jean-Claude Galluchat (with two "l") was a redbud master of King Louis XV ... or rather of the Marquise de Pompadour. This craftsman did so in reference to his time dressing this fish skin the rarest objects (chests, trunks, handles swords, etc..) That the proper name became synonymous with the matter. Lost in the nineteenth, shagreen reappears in the decorative arts in 1920, highlighted on the furniture by major designers "Art Deco" as Paul Iribe, André Groult or Jules Leleu.
