Art Deco Decorative Boxes
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Set of 3 Quilted Boxes in White Shagreen with Bronze Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Coco box collection by Kifu Paris exemplifies luxury through its intricate design and meticulous craftsmanship. This set of three quilted boxes in black shagreen, framed with a b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone
Brass Art Deco Revival Decorative Stash Box
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful elegant natural tessellated mosaic stone and brass inlay decorative stash box designed by Maitland Smith. This box does not have the original tag on the i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Boxes in Black Shagreen with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite set of two boxes by Kifu Paris showcases the luxurious craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail that the brand is renowned for. Handcrafted in black shagreen, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Donald Deskey New York City Times Square Box
Located in St. Louis, MO
Very rare only a few know to exist. Signed deskey and with monogram DV in the design
lacquered wood with an applied ink on paper work under lacquer
circa 1926. produced by Deskey-Vollmer, New York.
David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher, Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs and Interiors, New York, 1987, p. 9 J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000 (for a related cigarette box from the collection of John C. Waddell)
The iconography Deskey chose to portray recounts a "night on the town'' in New York City, similar in subject to the “Jazz” bowl...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Salimbeni Cigarette Case Art Nouveau Style Hand-Painted Miniature Pheasant
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled and hand-painted miniature by painter Renato Dainelli depicting a pheasant....
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Cleric
s Writing Slope, Japanese, Lacquer, Correspondence Box, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage cleric's writing slope. A Japanese, red lacquer travelling correspondence box, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Striking writing case with delightful J...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Austrian Art Deco Glass Box with Silver Plated Mounts and Starburst Design
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Austrian Art Deco Glass Box with Silver Plated Mounts and Starburst Design. The rectangular box with a starburst etched design on the underside of the box and it is marked on the "Au...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 3 Curved Top Boxes in Black Oak by R&Y Augousti
By R
Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Experience the captivating design of R&Y Augousti's set of three curved top boxes, where clean lines meet the soft curvature of meticulously crafted white oak. Each box is a harmonio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Oak
Art Deco Porcelain Box by Édouard Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Deco Porcelain Box by Édouard Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland
This exquisite sculptural box showcases the unmistakable zoomorphic aesthetic of Sandoz, one of the great master...
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20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Porcelain Flapper Powder, Trinket Box, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
Striking and quite rare is this 1930s Art Deco ceramic powder box which depicts a stylized female dancer sat on the lid of a porcelain box. Beautiful colouring and detailing. A rare ...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Large English Sterling Silver Cigarette Case Birmingham 1956 H. Pidduck
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Large English sterling silver cigarette case Birmingham 1956, H. Pidduck and Sons. Unusual engine turned decoration design both exterior and ...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1930s Art Déco Lacquered Wood and Eggshell Decorative Box by Jean Dunand, France
By Jean Dunand
Located in North Miami, FL
1930s Art Déco black lacquer, eggshells and varnished wood decorative box by Jean Dunand, France
By: Jean Dunand
Material: wood, metal, lacquer, eggshell
Technique: cast, molded, ca...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Japanese lacquered wooden box decorated in gold
Located in Firenze, FI
Black and gold lacquered wooden Japanese box with designs reminiscent of art deco style with double decorative element in pure gold. Red lacquer interior . Late 1800s early 1900s per...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Art Deco Cigarette Box or Makeup Pencil Holder by Marius Agogue Loiret
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods. Designed by French ebeniste Marius Agogue Loiret.
This very decorative box would ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Boxes in White Shagreen with Mother of Pearl and Bronze Patina Brass by
By R
Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The “Peacock Box” set by R&Y Augousti is a true masterpiece of modern luxury, where organic form meets exceptional craftsmanship. The distinctive, fluid shapes of these boxes create ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Vintage Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Stone Box With Brass Trim
Located in Charleston, SC
A flat-lidded brown polished horn box by Maitland Smith, with two beautifully inlaid and brass trimmed polished greenstone ( I believe to be amazonite tiles surrounded by a gilt bras...
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1970s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
1924 René Lalique, Box Jar Rambouillet Glass with Grey Green Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Rambouillet" made in frosted glass with grey green patina by Rene Lalique in 1924.
Molded signature on lid.
Perfect condition.
height : 4,5 cm
diameter : 7,5 cm
Félix Marc...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
TOP-HAT 1920 Antique Deco Hat In Silk With By The Brooks Brothers In Round Box
Located in Miami, FL
An antique Top-Hat designed by the Brooks Brothers.
This is an antique black Top-Hat, retailed by the Brooks Brother Company in Madison Avenue, back in the 1920's. The hat is very w...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk
Giovanni Cenedese 1950
s Blue Murano Glass Hinged Box
By Cenedese
Located in North Miami, FL
Blue Murano jewelry box by Giovanni Cenedese. This Murano glass box with gilt metal details & decorative lock and rounded corners.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
1930s Carl Aubock Large Art Deco Jewelry Storage Cigarette Box, Roll Top, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare, curved and large Art Deco storage box, jewelry box, or cigarette dispenser featuring a roll-top lid with a small brass handle, dating from the 1930s. This is an early design ...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Box, Black Sea Shell and Brass Box, Decorative Box, Organic Shape, Contemporary
By R
Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
Decorative box made of black sea shell and brass, designed into an organic shape. The inside is finished in palm wood. We have one box in stock.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$760 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Rare Art Nouveau tinnen box by De Beuckerlaer, Belgium ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1900 / box / De Beuckelaer /tin / Art Nouveau / Art Deco
A beautiful decorated tinnen buiscuit box by De Beuckerlaer, made in Belgium around 1900.
Decorated with 4 diffe...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Rectangular Art Deco Green Shagreen Box w/Oval Malachite Stone Centered on Lid
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco green stained shagreen, over cedar, the slightly domed top with a centered oval malachite disk. The box is covered with shagreen on all sides including the bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
Art Deco Chrome Streamlined Car Trinket Box 1930s
Located in Dereham, GB
Art Deco Chrome Streamlined Car Trinket Box 1930s
Brass casting
Good Art deco Streamlined shaped car
Chrome Plated
Hinged top trinket box/desk tidy
Enamel badge on top Reads WESTON.S...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
$489 Sale Price
20% Off
1919 René Lalique, Box Deux Pigeons Frosted Glass Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Deux Pigeons" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1919.
Molded signature on the edge of the lid.
Perfect condition. Great patina and very rare model.
h...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of 2 Boxes in Oak with Semi-Precious Stone and Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The "Victoria" Box Set by Kifu Paris in white oak exudes a serene, organic luxury. The natural texture of the white oak offers a soft, refined aesthetic that brings warmth and sophis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Brass
Black Box Octagonal with black edge enamel with pure Gold Paillons Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Octagonal is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Table Box Octagonal
Table Box Octagonal has translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Table Box Octagonal has black edge with pure g...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala-Ekeby, Lidded Ceramic Bowl, Swede 1930
s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant lidded ceramic bowl designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, circa 1930s.
The piece features a softly rounded bowl in a mottled matte glaze of pale green and b...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Shagreen Cigarette Box on Ball Feet and Bone Edged Top
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco olive green shagreen covered box with bone edged top raised on turned ball feet and having the bottom covered in snake or lizard skin.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Art Deco Brass Lidded Cigarette Box, 1930
s France
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Art Deco Brass Lidded Cigarette Box, 1930's France
Interior attached compartments: Two, measure 3.375" x 2" for cigarettes, one, measures 1" x 2" for matches. Space for a striker (no...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Wonderful Brass on Wood Box by Austrian Designer Karl Hagenauer
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a wonderful and rare piece by the great Austrian Designer, Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956). The box, which is hammered brass over wood, depicts a scene typical of Hagenauer's work...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$900 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Box Flower Basket Cover Gold Gilt Vermeil interior
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco silver decorative box -Jewelry box - bonbon box
Style: Art deco, vintage, antique, Portugees, neoclassical, Mid Century
The body of the bo...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Musical Ladies Powder Compact Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco ladies musical powder box. It appears to not have ever been used and as such is in remarkable condition. Bright red enamel exterior with gold accents to the edges ...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Whiting
Davis Dresden Enamel Mesh Evening Purse Shadow Box/Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Deco Whiting & Davis Dresden mesh evening purse. It is enamel hand painted with royal blue, yellow, orange and green colors featuring an “i...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Art Deco Sparton Model 500C "Cloisonné" Catalin AM Radio
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Sparton Cloisonne´ model 500C radio, introduced in 1939, is a veritable Art Deco masterpiece attributed to Walter Dorwin Teague. Its compact housing features a colorful metallic ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
$13,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, Uk, Circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning Sheffield silver keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a clean interior and rounded corners. The box is free of names or initials, but would have been used to house keepsakes such as jewelry or cufflinks. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
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Early 1900s British Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Streamline Walnut Jewellery Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Totally original Art Deco Walnut jewellery box with streamline shape. Made in the UK in the 1930's , still with it's original material lining. The lid of the box depicts a playful sk...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Walnut
Wordley Allsopp
Bliss 1930 Art Deco Lacquered Box In 14Kt Gold And Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco lacquer box designed by Wordley Allsopp & Bliss.
A beautiful colorful art deco box, created at the 33 East Kinney Street, in Newark New Jersey by the Wordley Allsopp & Bliss Company, back in the 1930. This rectangular box was carefully crafted in solid sterling silver .925/.999 with accents in 14 karats yellow gold. The complete outer parts are embellished with geometric patterns made up in green malachite and black lacquer. The inside are finished with high polish and gilding.
Weight: 82.95 Grams, (53.17 Dwt).
Measurements: 75 mm by 58 mm by 22 mm (2.95 x 2.28 x 0.87 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the assay of the metals and signed, "WAB STERLING & 14K".
Wordley Allsopp & Bliss
Wordley, Allsopp and Bliss (WAB) was founded in 1909 in Newark, New Jersey yet can trace its roots back to before 1885 when Henry Allsopp became a jeweler and registered his mark by 1891. Henry had partnered with George and the subsequently became known as George A H Allsopp Inc. The partnership did well together and they changed to Allsopp brothers...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Rare Art Deco Ceramic Powder Bowl — “Aladin” Range, France , c1930
Located in Devon, England
A beautifully preserved and exceptionally rare Art Deco ceramic powder bowl featuring an elegant seated lady poised gracefully on a luxurious high-back chair. Crafted in France and p...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
WMF German Art Deco Round Silver Plated Box 1910s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
WMF German Art Deco Round Silver Plated Box with Lid.
A small Art Deco delicate silver plated box with nice details. Made in Germany.
Silver-plated Art Deco WMF box...
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20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Eugène PRINTZ (1879 – 1948), flower pot
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène PRINTZ (1879–1948), trained in his father's workshop in Paris, shifted to modern furniture design in the 1920s and became a prominent master of Art Deco cabinetry. He collabor...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Palmwood
Vintage Regency Large Wrought Iron Terrarium
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite vintage terrarium, crafted from wrought iron and glass, is a superb example of Hollywood Regency elegance. Its refined design features...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Bronze and Slag Glass Tiffany Jewelry Box, Art Deco Period, United States
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze and slag glass Tiffany jewelry box. Art Deco period. United States circa 1900. Signed in the back "Tiffany Studios New York 821".
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Half Doll Flapper Girl Powder Jar, German, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930's Art deco ladies powder/ trinket box. The top half of the container is in the form of a 1930's flapper girl ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Half Doll Porcelain Vanity Powder - Trinket Box, 1930
s
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930's Art Deco ladies powder/ trinket box. Made from porcelain with a vibrantly colored painted finish. Highly fu...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
French Rene Lalique Art Deco Box Set, Blue Stain Marguerites Menu Holders, 1924
By René Lalique
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Amazing boxed set of six glass Rene Lalique Marguerites (Daisies) pattern menu holders, dating around 1924 with original blue staining. (Ref: Marcil...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
straw marquetry box attributed to Jean Michel Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful box with straw marquetry is attributed to Jean Michel Frank as it is similar in size and pattern with his work.
Box is unsigned but in good condition, red leather back.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
$1,680 Sale Price
30% Off
Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg. Square Argenta lidded box in ceramic.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Square Art Deco lidded box in ceramic with classic green glaze.
From the Argenta series.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
In perfect cond...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$140 Sale Price
30% Off
Elegant, timeless Swedish Grace pewter box, 1933.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pewter box with beautiful handmade decor and walnut interior, Swedish Grace 1933.
With hallmark: Modern Metallkonst G8 Svenskt Tenn.
Nice patina, smaller signs of age and wear.
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Art Deco Moser Style Pink Clear White Cased Cut Glass Hinged Lid Lg Dresser Box
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a fantastic Art Deco art glass box with three layers of cased glass, pink on the outside cut in rectangles with the corners cut, clear in the middle cut with intriguing diago...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Hermès Ravinet d
Enfert
Cie Rare Silver and Gold-Plated Box, France, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Hermès and executed by silversmith Ravinet d'Enfert & Cie, very rare exquisite rectangular hinge lidded box consisting of silver-plated ground adorned with central gold-p...
Category
1970s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
French Art Deco Bronze Figure
Trickstress
by CJR Colinet
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Art Deco Era 'The Trickstress' nude Female silver-colored bronze Sculpture by Belgian artist Claire Jeanne Roberte Colin featuring a woman juggling small gilt balls and bala...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$5,502 Sale Price
36% Off
Art Deco decorative box in sterling silver with blue enamel
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Box with Blue Enamel
This Art Deco decorative box features a circular shape and a restrained design. The exterior is coated with vibrant cobalt bl...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box with wedges Enamel Sterling Silver black and white Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Exotic 1970s Deco Revival Frog Skin box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A rare and stylish tabletop box clad in genuine frog skin leather, crafted in the Philippines in the late 1970s, when the use of exotic materials surged in response to a growing glob...
Category
1970s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hide, Leather
"Pine Needle" model bronze box by TIFFANY
Co
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bronze box with white and orange glass paste, Pine Needle model, made by TIFFANY & Co, (1837 to the present).
Signed TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK, 823.
USA, CIRCA 1910.
Category
1910s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Danish Art Deco Glass
Metal Jewelry Box / Lidded Decorative Jar, 1930s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Danish Art Deco Glass Jewelry Box / Lidded Decorative Jar, 1930s
Elegant Danish Art Deco jewelry box or decorative lidded jar from the 1930s. Features a ribbed glass body with a mat...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
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