Layla Jewelry Box
The Layla Jewelry Box features compartments for storing your treasured jewelry including hooks for necklaces ring rolls and divided sections. Two of the six drawers can be locked for safekeeping your valuables. A mirrored top lid opens to a fully lined storage tray and the side doors open to reveal your necklaces hanging neatly inside. This jewelry box has a rich dark java finish and brushed pewter-tone hardware. A thoughtful gift for someone special.About MeleEmidio Mele an Italian immigrant to the United States came to New York City in 1896 and learned to make jewelry boxes as an apprentice before founding Mele Manufacturing in 1912. He began by designing and building elegant displays for jewelry store windows. His jewelry box making business grew throughout the 1900s responding to demands for boxes to hold Purple Hearts during WWII and developing as a popular household name for quality jewelry boxes. Today Mele Jewelry Box is known as the Mele Companies which encompasses various divisions under the Mele name. Now based in Utica N.Y. Mele still upholds the family atmosphere on which it was founded and remains Americas foremost name in jewelry cases.