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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Style: Art Deco
"Canard Annamite" Candy Box by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Canard annamite" candy box by Edouard Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971) and manufactured by Haviland.
Wapler, Jacques-Ph. (1999) "De la sculpture a la porcelaine", p. 99.
France, CIRC...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
English Art Deco Pink Shagreen Box on Ball Feet and Marked Mappin and Webb
By Mappin
Webb
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco pink shagreen covered box on ball feet and with an inset label to the bottom marked "Mappin & Webb / London Paris & Buenos Aires / Made in England". Mappin & Webb is known f...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
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Shagreen, Wood
Elegant Tessellated Stone Fossilized Wood Decorative Catchall Beveled Box
Located in Red Lion, PA
Elegant Tessellated Stone Fossilized Wood Decorative Catchall Beveled Box, Possibly by Maitland Smith, 20th Century
This elegant tessellated stone decorative box features a striking...
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20th Century Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
French Majolica Elephant Money Bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica elephant money bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Lidded Jar by Ildfast, Denmark, 1930s Art Deco
By Ildfast
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant bronze lidded jar produced by Ildfast in Denmark during the 1930s. The piece features a smooth, rounded form with a fitted lid and knob handle, resting on a stepped circular ...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Shagreen and Bone Trimmed Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Art Deco green shagreen and bone trimmed box with a wood lining in the interior
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20th Century British Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Holger FridericiasCasket Box in Patinated Bronze, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Thin stocked small scaled treasure chest - casket box in bronze applied green verdigris patina (cold paint). Suitable for storing small personal 'treasures' like jewelry, tea, tobacc...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1919 René Lalique Box Amour Assis Cherub Putti Glass with Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Amour Assis" (Cherub, Putti) made in glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1919.
Molded signature.
Original glass base.
Perfect condition. Very nice model. Great patina.
...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique French Pate De Verre Box by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau C.1920
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Pate De Verre Box by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau C.1920
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Danish Art Deco Hammered Brass Boxes, circa 1920
Located in Valby, 84
Rare pair of Danish Art Deco lidded boxes, executed in hand-hammered brass with elegant fluted (cannelé) decoration. Each box presents a unique sculptural variation — one with a broa...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Urushi Natural Black Lacquer and Abalone Shell Lattice Box L by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Water flowing over rocks creates a contrast between the sparkle of the water and the relative opacity of the rocks. In these boxes black lacquer pours over natural shells that glow a...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Lacquer, Walnut
Art Deco Macassar Wood Decorative Lidded Box, circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite Art Deco modernist lidded box boasts a minimalist yet refined and sophisticated shape, featuring varnish Macassar wood adorned with tropical wooden edging trims. The r...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Macassar
French Art Deco Chocolate Box, 1910s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco chocolate box, 1910s. Without chocolate inside of course. A La Reine Margot, Biarritz, Cauterets, Lourdes. Cardboard box decorat...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
$450 / item
Art Deco Revival Transparent Box by WMF Germany, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish plexiglass and silver-plate box by WMF in Germany. Made during the 1970s and art deco revival in style. Suitable for jewelry, vanity purposes or as a small tobacco humidor....
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1970s German Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Elegant Swedish Grace Bronze Card Box - 1930
s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant Swedish Grace Bronze Box – A Timeless Piece of Scandinavian Design
For lovers of refined craftsmanship and Scandinavian design, we present this stunning Swedish Grace bronze...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Crystal Glass Trinket Decorative Vanity Box, vintage Austria 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A really beautiful clear crystal glass Art Deco Trinket Jewelry box or catchall. In very good condition with signs of use. A real collectors item for your Art Deco setting. Nice addi...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Large Swedish Grace Bronze Vase by Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
Elegant patinated bronze vase. Art deco / Swedish Grace.
Made by Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s.
Good condition. Some wear to the patination and light scratches.
Stamped 'Mad...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Frosted Geometric Design Lidded Glass Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco frosted rectangular glass box with rounded edges and an incised top with geometric designs and a hallmark at base.
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20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Lalique crystal powder box / vanity box, Dahlia model - signed
By Lalique
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Lalique Crystal powder box, Dahlia model : an elegant frosted model with chic black enameled tips.
The box is signed Lalique France under the base and still has the Lalique paper sti...
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20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Period Box Japanese
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful Japanese papier-mâché round box with a colorful geometric design and black lacquer finish, Art Deco period, circa early-20th century, Japan. Marked "Made in Japan" o...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Vintage Dowry Chest, Oriental, Nesting Box, Ceramic, Art Deco, Storage, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming vintage dowry chest. An Oriental, lacquered nesting box with ceramic inset, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Wonderfully dec...
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1930s Chinese Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Lacquer
Early Original R
Y Augousti Paris Seashell Marquetry Box
By R
Y Augousti
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an early, exceptional lidded box designed by the famed decorative arts design firm Ria and Youri Augousti, Paris. The rare piece boasts ...
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1990s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood
WMF Ikora Art Deco Silver Plate and Black Enamel Cigarettes Box with Lid
By WMF Ikora
Located in Bochum, NRW
Sophisticated square box with hinged lid by WMF for Ikora Collection. Silver-plated Art Deco geometric shape, its interior is lined with cedar planks. A lovely black enamel banded mo...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Haviland Limoges Porcelain 3 Dresser Boxes for Bailey, Banks
Biddle, 1888-1894
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Antique set of 3 porcelain dresser boxes with lids features sculptural forms in different sizes and striking blue and gold decor. One box has rectangular shape, and two other boxes h...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Pink Peach Mirrored Glass Decorative Box France 1940s
Located in Florence, IT
Pink Peach Mirrored Glass Decorative Box.
The box features beveled and engraved rose mirrored glass.
Shipping cost is included in the price.
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Mirror
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
Fabulous Antique English Rose Quartz
Lapis Lazuli Box, c.1920
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful early Art Deco box made from highly prized Rose Quartz framed by exotic blue Lapis Lazuli, a winning combination.
Excellent condition dating to c.1920. Measures: 6 1/8...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
$1,699 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Nina Ricci L
Air Du Temps Lalique Double Dove
By Nina Ricci, Lalique
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps double dove in yellow box.
Rare, Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps glass perfume bottle in box .
Circa: 1950s
The p...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Playing Card Box, Brown Color, France, circa 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box, is a playing card box. This game box is a box that consists of two separate compartments, in which you put your card games. The lids are in chromed metal finished with a wooden extension that allows it to be opened and closed.
It has been made in France circa 1940, it is an art deco style box.
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Sterling Silver Overlay Scenic Ducks in Pond Cigarette Desk Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1940s Sterling Silver Overlay On Glass Box With Ducks in a Pond Decoration. Perfect for the waterfowl enthusiast, cabin, or hunting lodge decor.
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20th Century Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco 1930s Ceramic Bonbonniere, Half Doll, Powder Box, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautifully styled is this 1930s Art Deco French Bonbonniere. Part of the half doll, powder box, jar family. Typical Art Deco coloring which is as b...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
20th century Black and yellow art deco decorative ceramic duck box by CAB 1950
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
CAB
Realised circa 1940 - 1950
Black and yellow art deco decorative duck ceramic box
Signed CAB
Original perfect condition
Height 13 cm
Large 15 cm
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigar Box for Decoration, or Desk Box in Wood, Art Deco, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from France. It has been made in 1940, it is an art Deco Item. The box is in wood.
It is a cigar box but It can be used as a docorative box...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Bone
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
GAB Swedish Modern Pewter Box with Playing Card Motif - Art-Deco 1930
s
Located in Stockholm, SE
This vintage GAB pewter box from Sweden showcases a unique design, featuring a stylized burst of playing card suits—spade, heart, diamond, and club—radiatin...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Late 20th Century Hand-Crafted Wooden Organic Treasure Box Square Design Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
A unique, decorative and multipurpose box.
If you are looking for a handsome and stylish box for keeping your jewelry or other 'objects of Virtue' than this handcrafted piece could be perfect for you. The maker has gone to great length in making this box, because all sides are perfectly inlaid with square faux shell...
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1980s European Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Ceramic Powder Box Bowl, French , c1930
Located in Devon, England
Art Deco 1930s ceramic powder bowl, hand signed under the base Aladin France – made in France. Features a young woman vibrantly colored with her white bo...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert (Atrib.) Red Floral Cut-to-Clear Crystal Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Val Saint Lambert (Attrib.) Red Floral Cut-to-Clear Crystal Table Box
A richly detailed cut-to-clear crystal table box is attributed to Val Saint Lambert, Belgium, circa 1920. This ...
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20th Century Belgian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Curt Schlevogt Glass Box Around 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Curt Schlevogt glass box around 1930s
Shows a nude women on top.
On the right side where the leg ends shows a line on top. ( this is not a crack ).
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1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Rare Art Deco Stacked Brass
Copper Machine Age Humidor Box by John Ota, Pair
By John Otar
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pair of matching rare 1935 all-original decorative boxes designed and produced by John Otar in California. These boxes feature individual triangular brass and copper plates stacked t...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Art Deco Pale Green Shagreen Covered Box on Ball Feet and Bone Edged Lid
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pale green stained shagreen covered Art Deco box with bone trimmed hinged lid raised on ball feet. The bottom stamped "John C(?) ______(?) & Sons, LTD."
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Bronze Lidded Box by Sune Bäckström, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant and minimalist bronze lidded box designed by Sune Bäckström for Gusum Bruk, Sweden, during the 1930s. This refined rectangular box features clean, sharp lines and a beautiful...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$764 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Rockwell Kent for Chase Bacchus Art Deco Copper Cigarette Box
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) Rare Bacchus Art Deco copper cigarette box for Chase Chrome & Brass company, only offered in 1935 and 1936.
Rockwell Kent designed only three items for chase, all with the same young Bacchus motiff, and all are considered rare today. The other two were a "Wine cooler" and "Wine bottle stand...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Red Flambé Glaze Lidded Box by Paul Millet for Sevres France
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Stunning flambé glaze ceramic lidded box by Paul Millet for Sevres, originally retailed by Ovington Brothers, New York.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood brown color India
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood brown color India
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1960s Indian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Olive
Antique Inlaid Mosaic Jewelry or Cigarette Box with Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Middle Eastern Inlaid Mosaic Jewelry or Cigarette Box with Mother-of-Pearl, Early 20th Century,
Handcrafted Syrian or Egyptian Mosaic Inlaid Box with Bone
Mother-of-Pea...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Birch
Decorative Box in Wood and Ceramic, Art Deco Period, Brown Color, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a decorative or jelwery box. It has been made in France circa 1940. Art Deco period. Brown color. Materials are ceramic and oak.
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Art deco sugar bowl with original glass and brass parts vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art deco sugar bowl with original glass and brass parts vienna around 1920s
The top is automaticly moving by pushing.
Polished and stove enameled.
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Malachite Glass Box by Curt Schlevogt
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Lovely Art Deco small box designed by Curt Schlevogt. Vibrant color. Part of the original sticker is still on the lid, not good readable.
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1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Czechoslovakia Art Deco Jeweled dresser box. marbled glass with gilt decoration
Located in Mobile, AL
The variety of glass made in Czechoslovakia in the Art Deco period is astounding. And, some of the most beautiful exports were the dresser boxes with jeweled lids, many clearly stam...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Box in Black Shell with Bronze-Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Sylvia Stave Pewter Lidded Box with Figurine Finial – Swedish Modern 1928
By CG Hallberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite pewter lidded box, designed by Swedish designer Sylvia Stave in 1928, exemplifies the refined minimalism and sculptural elegance of Scandinavian modernism. Resting on ...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
$621 Sale Price
20% Off
Faux Bamboo Rectangular Tissue Box, France 1940, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very rare box in faux bamboo. It can be a tissue box or a box of games, which opens by articulating the flap which allows you to put the many game objects you want inside, it can als...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Glass, Plastic
Owl Box in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
By R
Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Box, casket, walnut, circa 1920, Art Deco, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Very decorative wooden box with quality star shaped inlay work.
This object is an original from the Art Deco period, executed in Austria. The box has a particularly beautiful shape,...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Bronze Box with Flowers in Relief, Denmark, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- Small yet heavy Art Deco bronze box with flowers in relief.
- Clean and strict design. With a touch of femininity.
- Rich and original patina.
- It was manufactured in Denmark d...
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1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco decorative boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative boxes, popular names associated with this style include René Lalique, Giorgio Salimbeni, Ginger Brown, and Franco Salimbeni. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $115 and tops out at $88,553 while the average work can sell for $860.