Antique Painted Bentwood Box with Gold Flying Cranes git for her This 1911 special edition of

This 1911 special edition of Longfellow’s "Voices of the Night" features a padded white cover with great gold text and flourishes framing a river view

and a crack at one corner where one slab meets another

which from what I understand was the generic sticker for glass made in Czechoslovakia

I found this1935 Bar La Florida souvenir cocktail guide at the estate sale of an actress and philanthropist

Antique Painted Bentwood Box with Gold Flying Cranes git for her This 1911 special edition ofThis dark green painted bentwood box features finely rendered flying gold painted cranes or herons amid curling lines evocative of clouds or water. Executed in a Japanese influenced art nouveau style, I would guess this box dates to the late 19th century. The underside of the lid and interior bottom of the box is lined with dark green fabric with a little padding underneath. Really lovely, it would be great for holding jewelry, sewing supplies (I