I bought it a French container auction many years ago and I've never known what it is for exactly. The center is padded as though to be used as a pincushion but it's very large, over 15 inches tall. It's velvet covering a hard frame and trimmed with ormulu and wax flowers. When I was in an antique mall twenty years ago there was a French dealer who often had these but I can't remember what they were called.
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Really nobody ever answered you? I'm sure you know by now, but what you have is the interior to a French globe de mariee. And it's a lovely one too!....Sheesh I'm only two years too late... Vanna
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