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Place of Origin: North African
Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment from Byzantine North Africa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small piece of antique Coptic textile woven as a horizontal band with two linear scallop borders flanking three central medallion design. Each medallion has a concentric pattern wi...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique North African Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood, Wool

Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment from Byzantine North Africa
Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment from Byzantine North Africa

Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment from Byzantine North Africa

$1,600
19th Century, Silk Bordered Caftan
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Amazing silk North African caftan, hand-stitched beautiful embroidered details. Framed in a large shadow box, this piece is a visual treat.
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Late 19th Century Antique North African Shadow Boxes

19th Century, Silk Bordered Caftan
19th Century, Silk Bordered Caftan

19th Century, Silk Bordered Caftan

$1,275
Islamic Face Veil, Egyptian Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab Framed Collectible
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Museum-Quality Antique Middle Eastern Islamic / Bedouin Niqab Face Veil, Mid-20th Century, with Silver Coins & Amulets A rare and museum-quality iddle Eastern Islamic / Bedouin woman’s face veil (niqab), Egypt, circa 1920–1940. Traditionally worn by Bedouin women during weddings and ceremonial occasions, this extraordinary piece represents the finest examples of tribal jewelry, textile art, and Middle Eastern embroidery. Design & Craftsmanship: * Worked on a base of fine red silk and cotton embroidery, richly adorned with antique Ottoman silver coins. * Heavily decorated lower edge with nickel silver amulets in the form of protective hands, believed to ward off the Evil Eye. * Intricate tassels, chains, add movement and texture. * Preserved in a custom lucite display box for protection and presentation. Cultural Significance: * These veils were more than garments; they were symbols of wealth, protection, and status within Bedouin communities of Egypt, Palestine, Sinai, and Negev. * Worn only during special events such as weddings and feasts, their ornate decoration distinguished them from the simpler everyday niqab. * Each veil reflects the identity of the tribe, with regional variations in embroidery, color, and adornment. Provenance & Literature: Comparable examples are documented in “Traditional Palestinian Embroidery...
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Early 20th Century Islamic North African Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plexiglass

Islamic Face Veil, Egyptian Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab Framed Collectible
Islamic Face Veil, Egyptian Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab Framed Collectible

Islamic Face Veil, Egyptian Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab Framed Collectible

$2,850
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Victorian Pressed Flower Oddity, Botanical Art in Gilt Oval Frame, 19th Century

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H 16.93 in W 13 in D 1.19 in
French 19th Century Fan
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1890s Antique North African Shadow Boxes

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H 12 in W 23 in D 1.5 in
Circa 1910 Pink Marabou Tortoiseshell Framed Fan
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautiful Pink Maribou Feathers ribbed with perfect tortoiseshell sticks & handle, is framed with soft pink velvet backing and gold leaf wood. This style of fan, once used for presen...
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Circa 1910 Pink Marabou Tortoiseshell Framed Fan

$2,900
H 26.75 in W 39.75 in D 2.25 in
19th Century Chinese Gilt Inkwash Painted Screen
Located in Lomita, CA
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Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique North African Shadow Boxes

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19th Century Chinese Gilt Inkwash Painted Screen
19th Century Chinese Gilt Inkwash Painted Screen

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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera s Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 18th century French Louis XVI / Neoclassical painted boudoir hand fan. White sticks pierced with foliate / floral designs as well as trumpets and sheets of music; gilded acce...
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18th Century Louis XVI Antique North African Shadow Boxes

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Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Made Fan in a Lacquered Frame, circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Chinoiserie hand-made fan in a lacquered frame, circa 1870.
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Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Made Fan in a Lacquered Frame, circa 1870
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H 19 in W 30.5 in D 2 in
Framed Pre-Columbian Fine Textile Fragment from Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
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$2,500
H 21 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
18th Century French Devotional Shadow Box with Nevers Glass Figures
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Located in Basildon, GB
A shadowbox frame, densely filled with scrolls and ornaments of rolled paper, gilt and pigmented, the central medallion showing the kneeling figure of a Benedictine monk, a dog and a...
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18th Century French Devotional Shadow Box with Nevers Glass Figures

18th Century French Devotional Shadow Box with Nevers Glass Figures

$4,100
H 32 in W 40 in D 5 in
Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from Japan, 19th Century, Black Lacquered Painted
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche is a mural Vide poche or box, this is setting on the wall. Made in Japan in the 19th century, it has been made in black lacquered wood.  
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Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from Japan, 19th Century, Black Lacquered Painted
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Mid 19th Century Chinese Telescopic Canton Fan with Carved Bone Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
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1890s Antique North African Shadow Boxes

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H 21.75 in W 15.25 in D 0.25 in
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Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment

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H 10 in W 19 in D 0.5 in

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