Keepsake Box by Francoise Lesueur

Keepsake Box

Crochet
Thread ?
9 stitches and 10 rows = 2 inches
in mesh
1.25 mm
305 yards (279 m)
approx 6 x 5 x 5"
both US and UK
English French

Cordonnet crochet cotton size 20
Steel crochet hook US size 8 (1.25mm)

Transparent heart pony beads, 36
Rhinestone or strass, big
Small plastic moons, 4
Big pearls, 2
For box: cardboard or other material of your choice, 1/8” thick
Glue

Advanced. Two-drawer box appliqued and embellished with crochet flowers, trefoils, tendrils, and beads etc. Both chart and written instructions used.

Pattern 17, pp 36-37 in Magic Crochet.
Shown on back cover of Crochet Monthly.
Shown on back cover of 1000 Mailles, called Benoite.