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Anglo-Indian Calamander Sewing Box
Located in Richmond, CA
Anglo-Indian sewing box made of rare calamander wood with scalloped edges. Inside has ivory, ebony
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Antique 19th Century Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Ebony

Penwork Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Penwork Sewing box with various penwork pictures on each surface with the top one showing Nemean
Category

Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Early Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box with simulated painted Rosewood and print of Brighton's Royal
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Antique 19th Century British Boxes

China Trade Papier Mache Footed Sewing Box
Located in Water Mill, NY
Beautifully made Papier Mache footed sewing box with fitted interior made for the China trade. The
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

Sewing Box 19th Century Lacquered French
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century lacquered chinoiserie sewing box from France. Missing feet. Decorative accessory
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Antique 19th Century French Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Mahogany Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tunbridge ware sewing box veneered in mahogany with micro mosaic bands running around the box with
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany, Paper

Antique Sycamore Tunbridge Ware Cottage Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tunbridge ware cottage sewing box made of solid sycamore. The cottage sewing box is painted more
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Antique Early 19th Century British George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sycamore

Sewing box
Located in New York, NY
Very nice mahogany sewing box on stand. Very adaptable for many uses. Nice next to a chair or couch
Category

Antique 19th Century End Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Painted Belgium Spa Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Spa sewing box with exquisitely detailed painted scenes on each side of spa towns. These scenes
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Antique 18th Century British Decorative Boxes

Pastoe Cees Braakman Sewing Box Multicolor, 1950
By Pastoe, Cees Braakman
Located in Roosendaal, NL
Very cool and typical Dutch, 1950s colored sewing box designed by Cees Braakman before Pastoe UMS
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Birch

Antique Miniature Regency Red Leather Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Miniature leather sewing box with a red leather exterior decorated with brass details, escutcheon
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Antique 19th Century British Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Papier Mache Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fabulous unusually shaped Papier Mache Sewing Box by Spiers & Son of Oxford. Still retains its
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Antique Late 19th Century British Boxes

Antique Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box veneered in mahogany with perspective cube diamond design on the
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Painted Folk Art Sycamore Tunbridge Cottage Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Painted Tunbridge ware cottage sewing box made of solid sycamore. The exterior is adorned with
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Antique Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sycamore

Star Pattern Specimen Wood Sewing Box, circa 1820
Located in Hudson, NY
Star Pattern Specimen Wood Sewing Box circa 1820
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Antique Early 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Wooden Sewing Box with Ship Inlaid
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century wooden sewing box with ship inlaid.
Category

Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Rosewood Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fabulous Rosewood Sewing Box exquisitely inlaid with Mother of pearl and depicts Victoria & Albert
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Antique 1840s British More Furniture and Collectibles

Ambroyna Sewing Box Beautifully Decorated in Brass
Located in Wiltshire, GB
A profusely brass inlaid decorated Amboyna sewing box continental exceptional quality craftsmanship
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Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Amboyna

Victorian 1860 Papier-Mâché Sewing Box
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A superb Victorian 1860 papier-mâché sewing box with a mother of pearl inlaid and hand painted
Category

Antique 1860s English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Victorian 1860 Papier-Mâché Sewing Box
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A superb Victorian 1860 papier-mâché sewing box with a mother of pearl inlaid and hand painted
Category

Antique 1860s English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Anglo-Indian Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam sewing box made from solid sandalwood, with a very eye catching radiated
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Antique 19th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles

Antique Satinwood Palais Royal Sewing Box 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique satinwood Palais Royal sewing box with intricate boxwood stringing, cut steel ring handle
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Antique 19th Century British George IV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Boxwood, Satinwood

Large 19th Century Anglo-Indian Bone Sewing Box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A large early-19th century sarcophagus shape Anglo-Indian bone and sadeli mosaic sewing box fitted
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Antique 1840s Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes

Boulle Engraved Brass French Antique Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Boulle sewing box with beautiful engraved inlaid brass. With red silk paper and velvet lined
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Kingwood Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Kingwood Sewing Box of fabulous quality the arrangement of exquisite veneers chosen for the piece
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Antique Mid-19th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles

Sewing Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th Century Italian lacquered box with old red velvet pin cushion. (LDD670/10)
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Boxes

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Chinese Export Sewing Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Chinese Export sewing box (ab)
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Antique 19th Century Chinese More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Bone

Large Walnut Sewing Box, Ebony and Boxwood Inlay
Located in Port Chester, NY
A dramatically grained walnut sewing box inlaid with ebony and boxwood. Nice mother-of pearl detail
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Boxwood, Ebony, Walnut

Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer sewing box decorated with finely detailed chinoiserie scenes, framed by floral
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Antique 19th Century Chinese More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Lacquer

Unique Extremely Rare Victorian Coromandel Mechanical Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Rare Coromandel sewing box with a fascinating mechanical feature that we haven't seen before. This
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Palais Royal Mulberry Sewing Box 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Mulberry Palais Royal sewing box with ebony edging and brass and faceted stud decoration. The
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Antique 19th Century French William IV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Anglo Indian Carved Wood and Ivory Sewing Box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An exceptionally large Anglo Indian sewing box. The top and all four sides are heavily and
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Antique 19th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Spa Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A rare and beautifully decorated spa sewing box, depicting skillfully hand-decorated scenes around
Category

Antique 18th Century British Decorative Boxes

Antique Anglo Indian Vizagapatam Buffalo Horn Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Anglo Indian Vizagapatam buffalo horn Sewing Box. Its splendid bombe shaped of ribbed form with
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Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Horn, Sandalwood

19th Century Victorian Period Mother of Pearl Sewing Box
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century Victorian Period black japanned sewing box, of architectural form, decorated
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Regency Antique Leather Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Regency leather sewing box with brass lions feet, carry handles, lock escutcheon and corner
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Antique Early 19th Century British Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Painted Belgian Spa Birch Sewing Box, 18th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Spa sewing box in solid birch, with beautifully detailed painted scenes to each side of Belgian spa
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Antique 18th Century Belgian George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Birch

Victorian 1845 Tunbridge Ware , Stickware and Mosaic Sewing Box
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A Victorian 1845 Tunbridge Ware, stickware and mosaic sewing box, it has a red cushion top a
Category

Antique 19th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Maple and Mahogany Palais Royal Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Palais Royal sewing box with mahogany and maple striped design with cut steel corner brackets and
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Antique 19th Century French William IV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Mahogany, Maple

Outstanding Mahogany Sewing Box
Located in Applyby Magna, Staffordshire
A top quality mahogany sewing box, standing on paw feet, with pierced effect box with carved tassle
Category

Antique 1880s Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Mahogany

French Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Wonderfully shaped Sewing basket veneered in stunning rosewood with ornate symmetrical maple inlays
Category

Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Maple, Rosewood

Penwork Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
decorated flowers. The Penwork Sewing basket has a bottom drawer with bone handle and the basket's interior
Category

Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Materials

Brass

Brass and Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Antique Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique mahogany sewing box with beautiful inlaid design depicting a flower vase being inspected by
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Good Quality 19th Century, Inlaid Walnut Sewing Box
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
A good quality C19th inlaid walnut sewing box, of exaggerated serpentine shape in a casket form
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Boxes

Regency Lamp Table Sewing Box
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Bournemouth, GB
A fine quality Regency rosewood lamp table and sewing box with 'S' shape supports, opening up to a
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Antique 1820s English Regency Side Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Tunbridge Ware Victorian Sewing Box with a Beautiful Tumbling Block Panelled Top
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A beautiful Victorian circa 1850 sewing box by Thomas Barton, it has its original makers to the
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Dutch design sewing box / storage unit
Located in Maastricht, NL
Sewing box with four plywood boxes in bleu and natural with a black metal stem. It has a swanlike
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Fine Regency Rosewood Sewing Box
Located in New York, NY
Fine Late Regency Period Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Detailed Sewing Box with Original Fitted
Category

Antique 19th Century English Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Lacquered Sewing Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual and fairly complete Chinese export lacquer and gilt sewing box with elaborate
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

Hand Made Shell Covered Sewing Box With An Inset Compartment, England C.1880
Located in Houston, TX
A hand made shell covered sewing box with an inset compartment that may be removed from the south
Category

Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Shell

1950 Metal Sewing-box By Joos Teders For Metalux Cees Braakman For Pastoe)
By Pastoe, Cees Braakman
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950 metal sewing-box by Joos Teders for Metalux (Comparable later version known by Cees Braakman
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

William IV 1835 Mother of Pearl Inlaid Ebony Sewing Box
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A William IV 1835 mother of pearl inlaid ebony sewing box, it has its original green silk interior
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Ebony

Austin of Dublin Ebony Mother of Pearl Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A fabulous sewing box attributed to Austin of Dublin with intricate mother-of-pearl and abalone and
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony

Midcentury Danish Sewing Box, Side Table, 1970s
Located in Brussels , BE
Midcentury Danish Sewing Box - side table - 1970s.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood and Painted Sewing Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This tall sewing box is a terrific accent piece. It sits on tall thin legs with ball and claw feet
Category

Vintage 1960s Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

French inlaid wooden sewing box
Located in Hudson, NY
A inlaid design wooden box believed to be for keeping sewing equipment in with inside compartments
Category

Antique 19th Century Boxes

Chinese Export Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Great Barrington, MA
sewing implements accompany the box such as bobbins, sewing bird, needle cases, and thread containers.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

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Sewing Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of sewing boxes available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct sewing boxes — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. Sewing boxes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Sewing boxes are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Mid-Century Modern and Regency styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Sewing boxes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Metalux, Joost Teders and Coen de Vries are consistently popular.

How Much are Sewing Boxes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,557, while they’re typically $25 on the low end and $18,850 highest priced.
Questions About Sewing Boxes
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    A sewing box can be called a sewing basket, a needle box or a needlepoint box. However, many people simply refer to the storage boxes for thread, needles and other sewing supplies as a sewing box. Shop a selection of sewing boxes on 1stDibs.