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Tempting Pandora: A Selection of European Boxes
Tempting Pandora A Selection of European Boxes Author:James Montrose Sansum More than 150 boxes made for countless purposes, using a wide array of materials and techniques, from the thirteenth to the early nineteenth centuries throughout Europe. The word box signifies a variety of objects, but it is most commonly understood as a utilitarian container used for shipping or housing articles of all sorts. This was true in... more » Renaissance Italy as well as a search through the Medici correspondence of the sixteenth-century demonstrates. Wonderfully detailed pictures along with history and much more.« less