This sewing box keeps more compartments beneath its tray — ChillScroll

An ornate black lacquer sewing box with a lifted velvet tray and several small compartments

This sewing box keeps more compartments beneath its tray

The Chinese export box has a fitted velvet tray for small sewing tools. Lift its little lids and remove the whole tray, and another layer of storage appears underneath.

The box believes one compartment is never quite enough.

Source · The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗