Here is wide angle of the frame & box together.

Here is a close-up of the purple heart splines, the Cove i cut on the table saw & the shaping with a card scraper.

Here is the closeup of the tassel box that will be mounted  within the frame. 

After laminating 4/4 Hard Maple to 4/4 Birdseye Maple, i took it to the jointer to flatten & square up.

After I squared it all up on the planer & tables saw, I cut a rabbet for purple heart inlays.

Here is the glue up of the walnut strips to the inside & outside cheeks to cover up the glue line seam between the two maple boards.

Here is the glue up of the purple heart inlays.

Here is the setup for cutting the coves. There is my test piece in the bottom left.  

Here is the closeup of the ridges the tablesaw blade left behind.

Lots of scraping to get it smooth again.

Here is the glueup of the strips for the tassel box.
The tassel box frame will be joined with miters & the panel will be floating in a closed rabbet. 

I did more carving with the table saw on the bottom edge to complete the "S" curve.  A lot more scraping, sanding & shaping to do by hand. 

After much hand shaping, Here's a shot after I cut the miters & the Rabbet on the inside cheek.

and a quick test fit.
...and more shaping by hand to get the miters co-planer at the joints.

After glue up, i cut the spline curfs with a jig i made.

And a glue up of the Purple Heart splines.
And then a final shaping & sanding by hand to 320 grit.

After being satisfied with the shaping, i took it to the paint booth. I sprayed many coats of Brushing Lacquer with an HVLP gun.

and a close up of that beautiful grain. 
Here you can see how the layers of wood look like pages in an open book.