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Decorative Boxes For Sale
German modern golden ceramic box Sarastro by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
German modern golden ceramic box Sarastro by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal 1980s
Round vase with lid mod. Sarastro in ceramic. The lid is golden and decorated with two human figures,...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Green and Gold Ceramic Italian Box by La Colonnata
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A green and gold ceramic round box by La Colonnata, small factory established in Sesto Fiorentino, town famous for hand-crafted ceramic. The box it's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Tin Girl with Bow, Fred Spurgin
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco tin with a Girl with large Bow and large Eyes - Fred Spurgin.
A large round storage tin with an awesome design on:
Naughty girl with large eyes ( googly eyes ), red lips, ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Anglo Raj Hand Painted Jewellery Wood Box 1920s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1920s Hand Painted East Indian Decorative Box.
An antique Rajasthani Indian hand painted wood box, early 20th century.
The box is handcrafted of wood and feature a hinged lid that can be opened and closed to access the contents inside.
Hand painted colorful Indian box with lid depicting human figures and flowers.
Style: Anglo Raj, Paint, Wood, Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin: India.
Anglo Raj Vintage Wooden Box Hand Painted Indian Chest Trinket 1920s.
Large Trinket Box Folk Art Hand Painted Colorful Asian Jewellery Chest...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Willy Rizzo Style Chrome and Ice Effect Lucite Box
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined modernist Lucite and chrome box has a design reminiscent of Willy Rizzo's works. Crafted in the 1970s in Italy, the lovely decorative piece boasts a rectangular shape wi...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Leather and Silver Decorative Box
Located in Miami, FL
Designed exclusively by Urban Art, offered is a decorative box comprised of a black python exterior and embellished with sterling silver hardware and an Afghani silver and Lapis Lazu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Campaign Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Chinese Wood And Vellum Document Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century Chinese wood and vellum document box hand painted court scene. No lock but all the hardware is bronze. The interior is four and a half i...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial Gilt Wood Vargueno With Red and Black Paint
Located in Stamford, CT
Spanish Colonial style painted and gilt wood table top vargueno, a chest with eight drawers and four doors with iron drop pulls. A sweet little chest with a lot of personality, decor...
Category
Early 20th Century Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Diminutive Welsh Coffer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scarce Welsh small coffer or "coffer bach" having hinged lid over two arch panels over two drawers, the whole constructed of dense Welsh oak and having a lovely rich color and patina.
A ‘Coffer Bach’ is Welsh for a small chest or trunk with drawers below. Made only in Wales, a ‘Coffer Bach’ is traditionally associated with marriages - a dowry or love chest...
Category
Mid-18th Century Welsh Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Mid 20th Century Leather Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice little leather box . It has brass accents.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
American Red Painted Fireman's Toolbox
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming painted chest is a wooden toolbox originally used to store spare nozzles and various tools on a turn-of-the-century American fire hose reel...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak, Pine
17th century leather studded travellers Chest
Located in London, by appointment only
A large French 16th Century Beech wood & leather chest, with iron flowerhead and domed stud work to front top and sides. Original hasp and lockplate, the interior of the box with lat...
Category
Early 17th Century French Baroque Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Anglo Indian Inlaid Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian British colonial lidded box handcrafted in a rectangular form featuring a top with a micro marquetry medallion, co...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
1970's decorative boxe by Hermès
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
1970's " cigarettes" boxe by Hermès
Rare in this color
Category
1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver Trinket Box, Thai, circa 1925
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Silver trinket box, Thai, circa 1925. Decorated with monkey god & human consort; Khemer tradition. From the collection of the famous ichthyologist Dr. H...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Decorative boxe signed by Hermès
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
1970's Cigarettes boxe by maison Hermès
Great vintage condition
Category
1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Polished Cast Iron Safe with Key and Two-Letter Combination
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry and important documents locked up in this elegant, antique safe from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Crafted circa 1880, and built in cast iron, this travel...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
1980's One of a kind decorative pewter boxe
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind pewter boxe
Signed James Seavey
Halibut point pewter
"The great divide from my head to Minosis "
Category
1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure by Matsuyoshi松吉 Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure depicts a man holding a large hammer, Signed by Matsuyoshi 松吉 on the bottom from the Meiji period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine craftsmanship in a detailed carving
This item is 1.5" wide x1" deep x 1.5" high in dimension, from the 19th century.
This item is in excellent condition with no damages.
Shipping Note: USA only, no International shipping
The Essence of Netsuke:
Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distills the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be.
Formally, netsukes have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differs in style, subject, and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectible.
Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things such as tobacco, medicine, or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
The netsuke’s origins are still ‘theoretical’, Goodall says. ‘It’s thought that, with increasing imports from China in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the toggles that were used on Chinese...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Agate and Ormolu Jewel box French Made 20th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
Agate and ormolu French jewel box, the casket form in variegated red, black and pink stone, with hinged lid opening to a velvet lined interior, together ...
Category
20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold Plate
Italian Mid-Century Small Rectangular Leather Embossed Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautifully molded Italian leather box with a raised style and features crests of coat of arms with lions and fleur de lis on the top. Additionally this piece has been enhanced with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
An Art Deco glass box "The Lindeboom" by A.D. Copier for Leerdam, 1930s
Located in Delft, NL
An Art Deco glass chocolate, biscuit box "The Lindeboom" by A.D. Copier for Leerdam, 1930s
A purple glass marmorite lidded box, designed for "de Lindenboom" by A.D.Copier (Andries D...
Category
20th Century Dutch Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
1900's gloves boxe showing a trunk
Located in New York, NY
1900 one of a kind gloves boxe showing a nice trunk
Great condition
France
Category
Early 1900s Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pearwood
Antique 19th Enamel Box Hand Painted Pink with Flowers
By Castel Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Antique 19th Jewellery Antique 19th Jewellery Hand Painted pink Porcelain Box with flowers aprox 1880
Perfect gift for decoration or keeping perso...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group"The Turtleman" Signed , Edo
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group depicts a man carrying a title shell, signed on the bottom from the Edo Period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine craftsmanship in a detailed carving
This item is 1.25" wide x1.125" deep x 1.5" high in dimension, from the 19th century.
This item is in excellent condition with no damages.
Shipping Note: USA only, no International shipping
The Essence of Netsuke:
Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distills the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be.
Formally, netsukes have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differs in style, subject, and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectible.
Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things such as tobacco, medicine, or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
The netsuke’s origins are still ‘theoretical’, Goodall says. ‘It’s thought that, with increasing imports from China in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the toggles that were used on Chinese...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Georg Jensen Danish Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern sterling silver box. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and raised with flat border. Square corner supports. Fully marked...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box, Quality burr walnut writing box with brass bounds and corners, opening up to reveal a writing slope with orig...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Persian brass jewelry box - Moorish neo-Mamluk style - 1920's Syria
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty 1920s Persian brass jewelry box in neo-Mamluk Moorish style.
This lovely box is an antique Mamluke Damascene style Islamic brass jewelry box from the Middle East, circa 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Syrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Handcrafted Mexico Mixed Metal Abalone Shell Desk Stash Trinket Cigarette Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative handcrafted mixed metal and natural abalone shell tessellated tile inlay cigarette stash/trinket box. Made of "Alpaca" silver colored metal and has brass feet. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Alpaca
Labeled Lalique Crystal Swans Covered Box
By Lalique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, labeled covered glass box.
By Lalique.
In the swans pattern in frosted and polished glass.
Simply a wonderful box by Lalique!
Date:
Late 20th Century
Overall Condition:...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Poole Midcentury Modern Classical Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Poole in Taunton, Mass. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with curved top. Cast corner bracket supports in form of Classica...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Swedish Lime Stone Butterbox circa 1830
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Butterbox made of Öland Limestone circa 1830
The carvings on this butter box are extrodinarie, with its patina and wear.
The lid resembles a beautiful turtleshell.
Unlike the turtle in J.-K. Huysmans' beautiful novel À rebours...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Limestone
Large Sterling Repoussé Melon Box, Style of Buccellati
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Sterling Repoussé Melon Box, Style of Buccellati
Lotus Series Hallmarks for Cairo, Egypt, Post-1946
This exceptional large-scale sterling rep...
Category
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Baccarat Crystal Box
Located in Tampa, FL
An oval Baccarat style crystal box, no key. French, late 19 century.
Category
1890s French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Box in Burled Wood, Brown Color, France, 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Box in Burled Wood, Brown Color, France, 20th Century
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Karl Springer Striking Hinged Box in Mottled Lacquer with Silver Foil 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Stunning hinged box in mottled red and yellow lacquer with applied silver foil by Karl Springer, American 1970s. This is an early Springer design. The interior is lined in red suede...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Vintage Deed Box, English, Art Deco, Iron, Document, Deposit, Chest, circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage deed box. An English, Art Deco iron document or deposit chest, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Displays a desirable age...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Mid Century Mother of Pearl Egg Form Box with Elephants
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical lidded box crafted in a mother of pearl mosaic in an egg form featuring tooled silver plated cuffs, black felt lining, a silver plated dancing elephant as a handle, and fou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
OTTAVIANI 1960 Modernist Cedar Box With Enameled Designs .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist box designed by Giovanni Ottaviani.
Fabulous modernist rectangular box decorated with "smalto". It was designed by Giovanni Ottaviani during the post-war period in the cit...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Correspondence Box, Ceylon, Ebony, Campaign, Writing Slope, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's correspondence box. A Ceylonese ebony campaign writing slope, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 18...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Antique Fall Front Deed Box, English, Steel, Keepsake Case, Storage, Circa 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique fall front deed box. An English, steel keepsake case, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
Fascinating fall-front example with personalised detail
Displays a desirable aged patina throughout
Steel plate presents a lightly time worn black paint finish
Cream colour interior provides appealing contrast
Inset lock to the fall front — in working order, key present
Fitted interior arranged as two compartments over one
Features the title of Sir H. Ross Skinner, a mining specialist knighted in 1917
Of portable weight at 7.9kg (17.41 lb) with carry handles to sides for ease of carriage
This is an appealing antique deed...
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Set Tronador Square Bordeaux, Blue, Cream, Onyx Stone Boxes
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx
1924 René Lalique, Box Jar Chantilly Frosted Glass with Pinky Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Chantilly" made in frosted glass with pinky sepia patina by Rene Lalique in 1924.
Molded signature on base.
Perfect condition.
height : 4,5 cm
diameter : 7,5 cm
Félix Mar...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
19th Century Lacquered Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice Papier mache box. There are lots of compartments and drawers.
Category
19th Century Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Set Tronador Large Mini Boxes, Brown & Cream Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx
Exquisite Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Hand Box Kobako Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early Japanese lacquer Maki-e decorated kobako (small storage box) circa 18th century (Edo period). Based on its form and size, this kobako was possibly used as a Chabako to store the accoutrements for chado (tea ceremony). The lidded box is of rectangular form with bevel design on all edge that softens the appearance. The entire surface was densely covered with a background of nashiji. Elaborate Maki-e techniques were used on each side to showcase a distinct landscape or floral design within a cartouche panel. On the surface of the lid, a mountainous landscape rises from the edge of the water. The poetic composition is akin to a traditional ink scroll...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Limoges, France. Two porcelain boxes with lid decorated with 22-karat gold leaf
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two porcelain boxes decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
One box with brass mounting.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: Fr...
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1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
George III Miniature Japanned Collector’s Cabinet
Located in Richmond, London
An extremely rare 18th century George III period miniature japanned collector’s cabinet depicting Oriental scenes, exotic birds, pagodas, butterflies ...
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Late 18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Lacquered Chinoiserie Dome Top Lion Handle Storage Keepsake Box
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive lacquered keepsake box by Maitland Smith, circa 1990s. Features a chinoiserie motif with flowers and Asian figures. the box is in the form of a treasure chest with hing...
Category
1990s Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Limoges, France. Porcelain covered box decorated with 22-karat gold leaf.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. A porcelain covered box decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: From a large French private...
Category
1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box This is a large and heavy chest
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box
This is a large and heavy chest is made in Brass with a wooden lining, the beaten brass is embossed with decorativ...
Category
Early 1800s Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
20th Century Sterling Silver Italian Gilded and Enameled Table Box
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round haped silver gilded 925/1000 table box with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand-painted floral miniatures and gold paillons
Made in Italy
1.400 grams
The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Era Tramp Art Chip Carved Trunk/ Box with Additional Glove Box
Located in Waxahachie, TX
2 handmade boxes included.
Rare 1800s Tramp Art Lion Door knocker Hand Carved Storage Box / Jewelry Box / Crimson Velvet with Brass Hardware
With intricate and elaborate decoration, ...
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19th Century British Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Metal Hinged Wood Box Distressed Transport Chest
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Wood Covered Box Hinged Latched
Distressed Keyhole Lock transport chest
6.5 h x 10 d x 28.75
Original unrestored condition. No key included.
Refer to images.
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay & Gold Leaf Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration.
The Engli...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Christian Dior for Dior Hone Silver Plate Decorative Box Pumpkin Design, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant decorative box in the shape of a pumpkin designed by Christian Dior for his 1970s Home collection. This beautiful decorative box with lid...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Van Cleef & Arpels Styptor Diamond and Ruby Compact box
Located in Braintree, GB
Van Cleef & Arpels: A Styptor Diamond and Ruby Compact box.
Made in Circa 1930's
Geometric design with pave set rose - cut diamonds, and rubies.
Signed, Styptor, VCA, Metal.
Met...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
RARE OFFICE ARK Indo-Portuguese, from the 17th century (early)
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE OFFICE ARK
Indo-Portuguese, from the 17th century (early) in ebony.
Rectangular box with drawer.
Opens with a lid secured by 2 hinges.
The decoration limited by ivo.. fillet...
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Early 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Boxes
Antique, vintage and new decorative boxes will safely store items while adding a splash of color or texture to a corner in any room. They have had a range of purposes over the years — from trinkets to serving as useful receptacles, such as snuff boxes, jewelry boxes and more. Boxes have also been designed in a range of forms and styles.
Box making is a craft dating back thousands of years. Early boxes as decorative objects were regularly designed and decorated both inside and out, ranging from minimal looks to more flashy styles. Decorative boxes have been constructed from different materials, with wood and metal being the most common. Wood is widely available and versatile, with woodworkers able to carve complex designs or showcase its natural grain.
Some antique jewelry boxes were made with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory and even porcupine quills, such as those created by the Anishinabe in Canada and the United States. In Sri Lanka, well-crafted boxes were inlaid with porcupine quills and ivory discs between ebony bands. Chinese sewing boxes and tea boxes made of black lacquer were popular in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These often featured gold-painted designs or landscape scenes. Silk, paper and velvet frequently enhanced these boxes’ interiors.
Any style of decorative box can be a nice tabletop or desktop decor, whether to hold candy or tea in the living room or paper, pencils and other business supplies in the office. They can also act as jewelry boxes. Sewing boxes can be a lovely touch to any space while storing magazines or other trinkets.
You can find metal, wood and silver antique boxes on 1stDibs. The collection includes mid-century modern, Victorian and Art Deco styles that can add elegance to any home.
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