Antique French Papier Mache 20" x 15.75" Serving Tray, HP, Golden Pheasant, Napo Montereau and are no longer in

and are no longer in place where they were originally arranged

It alone is spectacular

Sotheby's and Christies

likely 15k for the age of it

it takes lots longer to do this one stitch at a time than to paint it

Antique French Papier Mache 20" x 15.75" Serving Tray, HP, Golden Pheasant, Napo Montereau and are no longer inHand painted enamel on this superb mid 1800s French serving tray. Just in from France, this extra large service tray from the c. 1850 70 Napoleon III era, and the very popular (then) Japonaise and Chinoiserie (Orientalism) decorative style made popular by the Empress Eugeniea, wife of Louis Napoloen, last Emperor of France. A Victorian era style that caught on broadly throughout Europe and to America, the Victorian era papier mache objects out of