VINTAGE DOVETAILED ROMANIAN ACCORDION / EXPANDABLE SEWING BASKET BOX, WOODEN

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VTG DOVETAILED ROMANIAN ACCORDION / EXPANDABLE SEWING BASKET BOX.
Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
UP FOR AUCTION IS A VINTAGE (PROBABLY 1960s-1970s) WOODEN ACCORDION STYLE/EXPANDABLE, 3-TIER, SEWING BOX/BASKET. IT ACTUALLY EXPANDS OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 53”. IT IS ABOUT 18” TALL MEASURING FROM BOTTOM OF LEGS TO THE TOP OF THE HANDLE. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 16.5” LONG x APPROXIMATELY 8” WIDE (NOT INCLUDING THE PIECES ON THE SIDES THAT ALLOW IT TO EXPAND. IF THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE MEASUREMENTS, IT WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER AN INCH.) THE HANDLE IS HELD IN PLACE BY TWO SCREWS AND WASHER ON EACH SIDE. THE LEGS ARE HELD IN PLACE WITH TWO SCREWS EACH. THE HANDLE AND LEGS WILL BE REMOVED FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES.
THE LEGS GIVE IT A MID CENTURY MODERN LOOK, WHICH MAKES ME BELIEVE IT IS PROBABLY EARLY 1960s.
NOTE:  THE MEASUREMENTS
IT CAN BE USED FOR SEWING NOTIONS, JEWELRY COLLECTIONS, CRAFTING TOOLS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU MAY HAVE IN MIND THAT WILL FIT. IT IS A REALLY SWEET SEWING BOX.
I BOUGHT THIS MANY YEARS AGO AT AN ESTATE SALE. I HAVE USED IT ALL THESE YEARS TO STORE SOME OF MY COLLECTION OF VINTAGE COSTUME JEWELRY. AFTER I BOUGHT IT, I REMOVED THE HANDLE AND LEGS, WHICH MADE IT EASIER TO STORE. I PUT THE LEGS AND HANDLE ON TO TAKE THE PHOTOS AND THEN REMOVED THEM AGAIN FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES.
THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PUT THE LEGS AND HANDLE ON IS IN THE SEWING BOX. SEE PHOTO. IT IS VERY EASY TO DO.
CONDITION:
SINCE THIS ITEM IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD, THERE ARE, OF COURSE, SOME DINGS AND SCRATCHES. SEE PHOTOS. ONE CURIOUS THING IS ON THE BOTTOM NEAR THE “MADE IN ROMANIA” STAMP, IT LOOKS LIKE PART OF THE BOTTOM PIECE OF WOOD WAS CUT OUT AND REPLACED. I SUSPECT THIS WAS DONE DURING MANUFACTURING BECAUSE THE AREA/SEAMS ARE SMOOTH AND TOO WELL DONE TO BE A HOME JOB. ONE OTHER THING IS THE TWO LIDS WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER ARE NOT FLUSH. THERE IS A BIT OF A GAP/ASKEW. I SEE ON SOME OF THE OTHER LISTINGS THAT THEY ARE NOT FLUSH EITHER. BUT THESE TWO LIDS DO CLOSE ALL THE WAY DOWN OVER THE TWO TOP COMPARTMENTS.
PLEASE VIEW THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY AS THEY ARE PART OF THE OVERALL DESCRIPTION. SEE THE PHOTOS WITH THE RULER OR TAPE MEASURE FOR DIMENSIONS/MEASUREMENTS.
ALL DIMENSIONS/MEASUREMENTS ARE APPROXIMATE. WHEN FILLING IN THE LENGTH IN THE PRE-FILL SECTION eBAY PROVIDES, THEY DO NOT GIVE THE OPTION TO INSERT HALF INCHES, SO ON THE LENGTH I CHOSE 17”, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY APPROXIMATELY 16.5”.
SHIPPING:
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, THIS ITEM COULD BE QUITE COSTLY TO SHIP, DUE TO THE WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE BOX NEEDED TO SEND.
I SHIP WITHIN THREE DAYS OF RECEIVING PAYMENT CONFIRMATION, EXCLUDING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
**NOTE:
I SHIP ONLY TO THE USA (EXCLUDING ALASKA AND HAWAII.) — NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK. THANK YOU.
Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.