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19th Century Document Box on Stand/Table
Located in Water Mill, NY
19th century mohogany document box on a later stand table with great patina.
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Antique 19th Century American Sofa Tables

Document Box, Netherlands, Late 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Document box made of ebony veneered wood, the top contains a malachite plate with brass border with
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Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Brass

Document Box, Netherlands, Late 19th Century
Document Box, Netherlands, Late 19th Century
H 3.55 in W 18.31 in D 13.39 in
19th Century Original Painted Dovetailed Document Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original taupe painted dovetailed document box from New England. The original brass
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Antique 19th Century American Country Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Indonesian Red and Black Lacquered Document Box with Brass Handles
Located in Middleburg, VA
This 19th century red and black lacquered Indonesian document box is a beautiful way to keep your
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Antique 19th Century Indonesian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Teak

19th Century Wooden Document Box with Distressed Patina and Brass Stud Design
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique rustic Chinese wooden document box with brass stud design. This antique Chinese wooden
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Early Victorian Deed Document Solictor Stackable Steel Boxes
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Collection of six sheet steel and hinged document boxes, with decorative squat Swiss style shields
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

Japanese Gilt Lacquer Document Box with a Calligraphy Document
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese gilt lacquer document box with a calligraphy Document, painted and gilt in flowers, a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Antique 19th century English Document Storage Box, Monogrammed L.B. Elliott
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming antique 19th century British pine document box with iron handles, monogrammed L.B
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Early 20th Century British British Colonial Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Iron

Chinese Wood And Vellum Document Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century Chinese wood and vellum document box hand painted court scene. No lock but all the
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Antique 1890s Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Document Wooden Box with Incised Diamond Motifs and Wave Patterns
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian wooden document box from the 19th century with incised diamond motifs and wave
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Antique 19th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Rustic Indian Document Wooden Box with Brass Details and Partial Opening Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
A rustic Indian wooden document box from the 19th century with brass details, partial opening top
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Antique 19th Century Indian Rustic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Carved Wood Lion Box
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Italian carved walnut document lion box.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Italian Carved Wood Lion Box
19th Century Italian Carved Wood Lion Box
H 11.25 in W 19.5 in D 15 in
Regency Period Brass Inlaid and Bound Document Box with Lift Handles and Key
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass bound Regency period rosewood document box by Wells & Lambe with brass edges, geometric line
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Primitive American Paint Decorated Tool or Document Storage Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th and 19th centuries to store tools, documents, or other small items. The box is typically made of
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Antique Early 19th Century American Primitive Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Wood, Paint

Folk Art Painted Document Box 19th Century American
Located in Hudson, NY
A spectacular and fine, painted and stenciled, pine documentbox. The original blue paint having turned a dark green over time with the varnished finish, typical of Boston pieces. Yo...
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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Brass

Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Document Box 19th Century American
Located in Hudson, NY
A spectacular and fine, dovetailed poplar, rosewood grain painted and ebonized document box. The
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Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Painted Furniture

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Gold, Steel

1880 Document Boxes
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, document boxes in the shape of ledgers or books were
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Antique 1880s Italian Edwardian More Desk Accessories

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Wood, Paper

1880 Document Boxes
1880 Document Boxes
H 10.5 in W 4.5 in D 15 in
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Document Box, Edo Period, early 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan. The low, rectangular box with
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Coral

Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Document Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese lacquer box with elaborate Maki-e design from Meiji period, (mid-late 19th century
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

Victorian Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining Stamped GMC
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cherry Red Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining & Brass Handle & Black Baize Base
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Antique Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Camphor Wood Lacquered Chinese Scholar Cabinet / Document Box, 'Qing Dynasty'
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A 19th century camphor wood lacquered Chinese scholar cabinet from the Qing Dynasty. It features
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Cabinets

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique English Wood & Brass Travelling Lap Desk and Document Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique lap desk and document box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England
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Antique Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Desks

Materials

Walnut

Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Edo/Meiji period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
/Baikyo, late Edo or early Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The large document box, ryoshibako, of
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Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Softwood, Lacquer

19th Century Mahogany Document Box
Located in Boston, MA
19th century mahogany document box with key.
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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Boxes

Pair of 19th Century French Tole Document Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century French tole document boxes.
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tôle

Document Box
Located in Toronto, ON
Fully lined birds eye maple document box.
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Antique 19th Century Boxes

Document Box
Document Box
H 14 in W 23.5 in D 16.5 in
19th Century Chinese Carved Hardwood Documents Box
Located in London, west Sussex
This magnificent and ornately carved 19th century Chinese carved hardwood documents box features
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Brass and Lacquered Wood Document Box
Located in New York, NY
Chinese brass and lacquered wood document box, simple rectangular wood box with brass hardware
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century Thai Lacquered Footed Document Box
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19th century lacquered and decorated footed document box.
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Antique 1890s Thai Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Indian Document Box
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking box with metal straps and tooled surface decoration.
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Antique 19th Century Indian Boxes

Antique Indian Document Box
Antique Indian Document Box
H 6 in W 16 in D 14 in
Italian Inlaid Document Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine specimen in the provincial fabled Sorrento style with prominent colorful figures. The piece is generously scaled and beautifully appointed. Each side, as well as top, with...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Italian Inlaid Document Box
Italian Inlaid Document Box
H 9 in W 16 in D 12 in
Chinese Export Lacquer Document Box
Located in Hudson, NY
Late 18th-early 19th century Chinese export lacquer box. Made for European markets. Gold
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Export Lacquer Document Box
Chinese Export Lacquer Document Box
H 4.25 in W 16.5 in D 10.5 in
AN EDO MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX . JAPAN, CIRCA 1880
Located in New York, NY
RECTANGULAR, THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DECORATED WITH MOTHER OF PEARL, GILT AND SILVER LACQUER FLOWERS, BRANCHES AND LEAVES ON A BLACK LACQUER BACKGROUND.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

AN EDO MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX. JAPAN, CIRCA 1890
Located in New York, NY
RECTANGULAR, THE COVER DECORATED WITH A GILT LACQUER DESIGN OF TURTLES IN A POND ON A BLACK LACQUER BACKGROUND, THE INTERIOR FITTED WITH A TRAY.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Chinese Document Box
Located in SOMIS, CA
All original box is from Shan Xi province. Such a box is deliberately made with reinforced corners
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Antique 19th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Document Box
19th Century Chinese Document Box
H 8 in W 21 in D 14.5 in
19th Century, Edo Period Japan, Suzuribako and Bunko Document Box
Located in London, GB
Fine Bunko (document box) and Suzuribako (writing box), style of Ogawa Haritsu, seal mark of KAN
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Other Antiquities

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Copper, Silver

Decorated Storage or Document Box, New England Folk Art, Mid-19th Century
Located in Quechee, VT
This handsome large document box is sponge-painted in black over red and has a spray of stenciled
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Iron

Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Located in New york, NY
19th century Japanese lacquer document box with metal trim and gold accents.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and...

Materials

Metal

Rare Portrait Decorated Painted Document Box
Located in Hadley, MA
VERY RARE, EARLY KEEPSAKE OR DOCUMENT BOX Exceptional painted portrait decoration
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Antique 19th Century American Painted Furniture

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Pine

Meiji period document box of large size
Located in Fresno, CA
Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box, with the sides and panels decorated with landscape
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Meiji period document box of large size
Meiji period document box of large size
H 6.12 in W 16.25 in D 12.75 in
American, Walnut Dome Top Document Box on Stand
Located in New York, NY
American, walnut dome-top document box circa 1880 with brass handle on later stand.
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Antique 19th Century American End Tables

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Walnut

Domed Box Customised with 19th Century Paper Documents French, circa 1860s
Located in London, GB
19th century French domed box with its original handle customised on the outside and inside with a
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Folk Art Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Paper

Chinese Oxblood Red Document Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century document box once sat amidst the erudite treasures of a Qing-dynasty scholars
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

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Hide, Wood

Document Box
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Continental baroque style document box, early 19th century.
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Baroque Boxes

Document Box
Document Box
H 9.5 in W 23 in D 13.75 in
19th Century Chinese Carved Camphor Wood Document Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century Chinese carved camphor wood document box. The intricately carved box depicts the
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th c. English Embossed Leather Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Late 19th century embossed leather document box. The top with a detailed embossed scene depicting
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Leather

19th Century Chinese Nickel Silver Mounted Hide Document Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese hide covered document box with nickel silver mounts. Pagoda
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Hide

Ebony Document Box from 19th Century African Explorer Paul Du Chaillu
Located in Rochester, NY
Fine ebony document box. Made of solid Macassar ebony with brass fittings. Presented by 19th
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Brass

19th Century Rosewood Document Box with Inlays, English, ca. 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
19th century rosewood document box with mother-of-pearl inlays and inlaid brass stringing, with
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Late 19th Century Industrial Grain Painted Document Box/Trunk
Located in Buffalo, NY
Turn of the century faux grain painted document box, wonderful patina and surface, original raised
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Antique 1890s American Industrial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

19th Century Brass Bound Coromandel Stationary / Document Box, circa 1860
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The richly figured case having a peaked and hinged lid bound with brass strapping, opening to a fitted interior retaining its original brass lock mechanism, raised upon a canted flus...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Great Britain (UK) Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19THC DOCUMENT BOX
Located in Los Angeles, CA
GREAT ORIGINAL OLD WHITE PAINT GREAT PATINA AND CONDITION WONDERFUL DOVETAILED CONSTRUCTION FOUND IN NEW ENGLAND .
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Antique 19th Century American Boxes

Materials

Pine

19THC DOCUMENT BOX
19THC DOCUMENT BOX
H 6 in W 1 in D 6 in
Elegant Japanese Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant Japanese Meiji period hardwood document box with iron hardware and Japanese inscriptions
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Boxes

Elegant Japanese Document Box
Elegant Japanese Document Box
H 3.25 in W 16 in D 12 in
Antique 19th Century Burl Wood and Brass Tea Caddy Trinket Document Desk Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th century burl wood and brass tea caddy trinket document desk box. Item features
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Antique Late 19th Century European Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Oak Tabletop Document Chest
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique, turn of the century, tabletop, oak, document chest or cabinet with brass cup pulls and
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Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Malabar Document Safe Chest, 19th Century
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare Malabar document safe chest from 1870s from Ceylon. Hand painted safe chest used during the
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Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Other

Chinese Hide Document Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous document box once sat in the studio of a Qing-dynasty scholar-official, used to store
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Hide Document Box, c. 1850
Chinese Hide Document Box, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 29.5 in D 9.5 in
William IV Leather-Clad Document Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a handsome William IV pine document box, clad in dark brown and burgundy leather, and
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Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

William IV Leather-Clad Document Box
William IV Leather-Clad Document Box
H 8 in W 14 in D 9.75 in
RARE 19THC ORIGINAL WHITE PAINTED DOCUMENT BOX
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL WHITE PAINTED DOCUMENT BOX FROM NEW ENGLAND. THIS BOX HAS THE ORIGINAL BRASS KEY
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Antique 19th Century American Boxes

Materials

Pine

English Gothic Revival Document Box, c.1860-80
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
English Gothic Revival Document Box, c.1860-80. Carved oak with repetitive florets & bosses. Signed
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Antique Late 19th Century British Gothic Revival Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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19th Century Document Box For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal 19th century document box for your home. Each 19th century document box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 19th century document box — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A 19th century document box made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Folk Art — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made 19th century document box over the years, but those crafted by Japanese School and Robert Burr Saddle & Trunk Maker are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a 19th Century Document Box?

The average selling price for a 19th century document box at 1stDibs is $1,557, while they’re typically $288 on the low end and $43,120 for the highest priced.
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    British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.
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    The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.