Stunning Antique Walnut and Maple Inlay Box brass spinners and as perfect little pedestals

and as perfect little pedestals for displaying other little things

comes  from a volume of Zeitschrift für populäre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy)

It measures approximately 52 1/2" x 35 1/2" without fringe

with some nice chippy-ness to the white at this point

Stunning Antique Walnut and Maple Inlay Box brass spinners and as perfect little pedestalsI love a beautiful box, and to my eye this one is about perfect as it gets; just gorgeous! Someone more knowledgeable than me identified the woods as walnut with maple inlay; I'd guess they are right and what a stunning combination the two make in very finely executed alternation, forming concentric squares on the fitted lid and framed triangles on the sides. Classic, timeless, and also very modern feeling, and large enough to be useful as a box but