Wooden Parquetry Set in Slide Top Box hand-coiled the wooden form itself measures

the wooden form itself measures 9 3/4" long x 2 3/4" wide x 4" tall

--which think it suits it very well

I first grabbed this lovely wooden box for its great shape and dovetailed corners

I think their shapes are beautiful

but which still holds them together fine

Wooden Parquetry Set in Slide Top Box hand-coiled the wooden form itself measuresReally a lovely little parquetry set, in a sweet little slide top box into which the tiles fit just perfectly, and look quite pretty all neatly packed up. I really have no sense of the age or origins of this set, and have not found another like it, but do think it has a fair amount of age, including because there are a couple of splits in the wood on the sliding lid of the box. In any event, the 53 tiles (I discarded one broken one) are a treat to