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Italian blue book form file boxes
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Italian blue paper book form file document boxes. the spine in marbled turquoise paper the
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
$276 / item
19th Century book shaped inlaid olive box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century book shaped inlaid olive box circa 1890.
Unusual Italian keep sake box made in olive
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Olive
Mid-Century Modernist Book-Matched Malachite Box
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modernist Bookmatched Malachite Box originates from the Russia, Circa
Category
Vintage 1970s Russian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Mid-20th Century American Book-Form Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Jersey in 1943 by Rabbi Aaron Kotler, known as one of the greatest Rabbis of the 20th century. This box
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Italian Book Form Document Boxes circa 1920 -sold separately
Located in Charleston, SC
A Document Boxes in book form in colorful marbled paper on board with tie ribbons, used in an
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Boxes
Materials
Paper, Fabric, Cardboard
Antique Book Safe, Continental, Cedar, Disguise Volume Storage Box, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book safe. A Continental, cedar disguise volume storage box, dating to the
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cedar
19th Century French Mahogany Marquetry Book-Form Decorative Bible Box
Located in Dallas, TX
France circa 1880 and built of mahogany wood, the Bible book storage box, now fashioned as a table box is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Porcelain Faux-Bois Decorated Book Form Box, Republic Period
Located in Austin, TX
An early 20th century Chinese LeShan Tang Zhi faux-bois decorated porcelain box in the shape of a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century German Embossed Leather Bound Book-Form Decorative Table Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Germany circa 1880, the embossed leather book binding, now fashioned as a table box is fitted with gilt
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
Maitland Smith Odyssey Degas Stacked Leather Book Picture Frame Keepsake Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Maitland Smith trinket / keepsake / jewelry box / casket in the shape of two stacked
Category
Late 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Three Vintage Faux-Book Decorative Boxes from an Italian Winery, circa 1940
Located in Atlanta, GA
Five Italian wood and paper covered faux-book decorative boxes from the mid-20th century, priced
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paper
Antique Book Safe, English, Bound Keepsafe Box, Home Library, Edwardian, C.1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book safe. An English, bound keep-safe box for the home library, dating to the
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Paper
1900s French Leather Book Stack Tantalum Liquor / Drinks Box, neo empire style
Located in Paris, FR
Superb rare Neo-Empire style piece: a stack of tantalus-designed leather books with hidden shot glasses and decanters. Made in France.
This magnificent tantalus dates from the early...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Empire Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Mid-20th Century French Marquetry Box in the Shape of a Book
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid-20th century French mahogany and maple marquetry box takes the shape of a large book. The
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany, Maple, Fruitwood
Antique 19th Century French Hand-Painted Porcelain "Book" Jewelry Box.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century French Hand-Painted Porcelain "Book" Jewelry Box.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
English Early 20th C Oversized Huge Ex Museum Leather Bound Book Folios Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 6 huge museum storage folios in the fashion of old English leather-bound books.
Wooden caucus, with gilt tooled leather spines and canvas coverings. All extremely we...
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Bronze Box in the Shape of a Book with Ship, Signed Max Le Verrier, circa 1925
Located in Fayetteville, AR
city of Paris, a sailing ship on the high seas. A beautiful bronze box in the shape of a book signed by
Category
Vintage 1920s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
A Small Faux Book Stack
Located in Dallas, TX
A small faux book stack with lifting lid. Inside lined with moire fabric. All sets on turned legs
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Rare Wedgwood Mounted Book Slide
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Coromander Book Slide Made By Charles Asprey #166 Bond Street LONDON Hand Engrave
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th-century Small Book-Hide
Located in Farsta, SE
19th-century Small Book-hide
With beautiful intricate carvings.
Was originally painted in black
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century French Hand-Painted Porcelain Jewelry Box Shaped as a Book
Located in Dallas, TX
This unique antique decorative porcelain box was sculpted in Paris, circa 1840. The ceramic book is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Renaissance Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Anglo-Indian Quill Book Rack
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A rare Anglo-Indian bookrack made of hardwood and porcupine quills with a tight architectural form. You can flatter your books by putting them in it, or just display it as is. This h...
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Sterling Silver ‘Book’ Vinaigrette - Antique Victorian
By Edward Smith
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
ribbed design to replicate the book’s spine binding.
The remaining three sides of the box feature
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Leather Bounded Faux-Book Folder, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Group of two folder with gilt decorated brown leather bounded faux-book edges.
Dimensions: Each
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Classical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
$550 / set
Signed Bronze Parrot Sitting on a Book
Located in Dallas, TX
a bronze parrot sitting on a book with rosary and pipe. The book is "Vert-Vert" by Grassett. The
Category
French Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960s Italian Leather Book Motif Trash Can
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Italian leather trash can made with book bindings.
Category
Vintage 1960s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Large Swedish Book-Hide late 18th century
Located in Farsta, SE
Large Swedish Book-Hide late 18th century
The craftsmanship is truly amazing, made by a master
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Outstanding William IV Book Vinaigrette by Rawlings
Summers
Located in London, GB
Rawlings & Summers are universally recognized as the makers of the finest of the book vinaigrettes
Category
Antique 1830s English Decorative Boxes
Huntley
Palmers Biscuit Tins In Book Form, 2
Located in Astoria, NY
Antique Huntley & Palmers book-form biscuit tins, ca. 1901, two (2) each in the form of a stack of
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
c. 1930s-40s Book Form Biscuit Tin by Huntley
Palmers
By Huntley
Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large scarlet book form biscuit tin box by Huntley & Palmers, c.1930s-40s, English. Scarlet with
Category
Mid-20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Oversized
Grand Livre
Book Folio Maison de Papeterie
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Here we have a huge oversized folio in the form on a half bound leather book. The book is hinged to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood, Paper
Chinese Blossom Papier-Mâché Box
Located in Chicago, IL
from a book. Today, the vintage box is ideal as a decorative vessel or a storied way to store household
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
c. 1930s-40s Scarlet Book Form Biscuit Tin by Huntley
Palmers
By Huntley
Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large scarlet book form biscuit tin box by Huntley & Palmers, c.1930s-40s, English. Scarlet with
Category
Mid-20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Keystone View Stereoscope Library Book Slides Images World War
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Keystone View Co Sterographic Library index photo cards / slides and Stereoscope. Features the stereoscope and images from Tour of the World Volume 1, World War Volume 1, pl...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Plastic
Fine "Book" Vinaigrette" Made in Birmingham in 1838 by Taylor
Perry
Located in London, GB
The vinaigrette is of narrow rectangular form and is modelled to simulate a book. This example has
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Boxes
Early 20th Century Child
s Book
Carrier Form Biscuit Tin by Hutley
Palmers
By Huntley
Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Child's books & carrier form biscuit tin box by Huntley & Palmers, early 20th century, English
Category
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Set of Five Late 19th Century French Multicolor Decorative Faux Book Stacks
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of five faux book stacks from the late 19th century with brown, red, green and black tones
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
Brass Box in the Shape of a Book, Netherlands, Early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very charming brass box in the shape of a book. From Netherlands and probably from the early 18th
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
An exceptionally rare George III Filigree Needle Case, modelled as a Book.
Located in London, GB
This extremely rare and outstanding Needle Case is modelled as a book. The front and reverse are
Category
Antique 1780s English Decorative Boxes
Charles X Period Sewing and Music Box
Located in Paris, FR
Woodwork, published in 1772. We learn from his book that toiletry boxes known as the Necessaire are small
Category
Antique 1820s French Charles X Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Wood
Biedermeier Box, Walnut Veneer, South Germany circa 1840
Located in Regensburg, DE
Straightened Biedermeier box. Beautiful book-matched walnut veneer. Restored and hand polished with
Category
Antique 1840s German Biedermeier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Swedish Love letter pocket in the shape of a book from the Empire period 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Love letter pocket in the shape of a book from the Empire period 1820s. Made by bookbinder
Category
Antique 1820s Swedish Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
19th Century Crystal and Mother-of-Pearl Toiletry Box
Located in Paris, FR
Woodwork, published in 1772. We learn from his book that toiletry boxes known as the Necessaire are small
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
A Handsome Set of 3 English Victorian Leather Bound Game Boxes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome and large-scaled set of 3 English Victorian leather bound hand-tooled book-form game
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Antique Cubic Tea Box, Birch Veneer, North Germany circa 1860
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful cubic tea box. Birch book-matched veneered on softwood. Restored and hand polished with
Category
Antique 1860s German Neoclassical Tea Caddies
Materials
Birch, Softwood
Early 19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War Box
Located in London, GB
book box was made carved and inlaid dating the late war from the beef bones of their food. Left as a
Category
Antique 1850s Unknown Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Silver Book-Shaped Cigar Box
By Tim Burtwell
Located in London, GB
traditional embossed mouldings of an antique leather book. This silver box is impressive in size and quality
Category
Vintage 1980s English Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handsome Book Vitrine or Jewel Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exquisitely made vitrine made from a19th century leather bound book. Pages are compressed and
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Edwardian Vitrines
Materials
Silver, Brass
Italian Book Form Box of Plaster Intaglios
Located in Essex, MA
Book form opening front and back to plaster reliefs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper, Plaster
Green Morocco Leather Elephant Folio Book Cover Now A Marbleized Paper Lined Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
A green morocco elephant folio leather book cover with a gilt-tooled embossed English coat of arms
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Superb Aged 19th Century Italian Paper Wrapped Trompe l
oeil Book Side Table Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rare character rich 19th century jewel of a side table and decorative box in the shape of stacked
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paper
Italian Leather Faux Book Box
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming Italian embossed leather faux book box.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Victorian Leather Faux Book Box/Games Board
Located in Houston, TX
We found this Victorian leather faux book box in England. The "History of England" book box is
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
English Tudor style brown Leather Wooden Book Box
Located in Plainview, NY
An elegant English Tudor style brown leather banded book box. The box is made of quality wood and
Category
20th Century Tudor Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid Century Turquoise and Gold Florentine Book Box
Located in Clearwater, FL
A beautiful example of classic Florentine craftsmanship, this turquoise and gold book box captures
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Leather Book Box Side Table or Stand, England, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather four volume faux book box on painted pine stand with turned legs. Interior of the box lined
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Pine, Paper
19th C. Red Embossed Leather Bound
Faux / Dummy
Book Box
Hunt Buttons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Red Embossed Leather Bound ( Faux / Dummy) Book Box 'Hunt Buttons'
England, circa 1890s
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
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Book Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of book boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique book boxes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, leather and wood. Book boxes have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Book boxes made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — are very popular at 1stDibs. Some book boxes are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller book boxes, measuring 1.1 inches across, are available at 1stDibs. Book boxes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Maitland Smith, Aldo Tura and Edward Smith are consistently popular.
How Much are Book Boxes?
Prices for book boxes start at $80 and top out at $10,450 with the average selling for $765.
Finding the Right Boxes for You
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
Questions About Book Boxes
- What is a book box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A book box is a small box that plays a trick on the eye. On the outside, it is painted to look like a book, but on the inside is a carved out interior, meant to store your trinkets and wares. On 1stDibs, find a collection of book boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
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