Antique Needlework Boxes
Antique 19th Century English Yew Wood Document Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A fine English yew wood document box with an early silk needlework depicting a bucolic scene with
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19th Century English Antique Needlework Boxes
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Yew
Antique Wooden Box w. Embossed Copper Japonisme Scene & Handcrafted Brass Nails
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size, one of a kind and all hand-crafted antique box with an elegant Asian scene.
If you are
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Early 20th Century European Japonisme Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass, Copper
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H 4.33 in W 15.2 in D 8.66 in
Antique Hand-Embroided Silk Purse 1910
Located in Van Nuys, CA
French term for a form of tambour embroidery, which is a decorative needlework technique using a hook to
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1910s French Antique Needlework Boxes
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Bronze
Very Rare Large Tunbridge Ware Tea Pot Stand, 1848-49
By Edmund Nye Tunbridge Wells
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
inside two pairs of banded keylines. The frame is filled with a 'petit point' needlework pad of stylised
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
Bruce Talbert An Aesthetic Movement Gothic Revival oak needlework table and box
By Bruce James Talbert
Located in London, GB
Bruce Talbert attributed. An Aesthetic Movement/Gothic Revival oak needlework table and box with
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1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Needlework Boxes
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Oak
H 33.08 in W 19.3 in D 13 in
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved Dowry Chest or Trunk with Needlework
Located in Haarlem, NL
has (worn) appliques of handstitched needlework panels.
This would be a beautiful decorative eye
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Needlework Boxes
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Fabric, Walnut
H 21.26 in W 25.2 in D 18.51 in
An English Regency period penwork occasional table
Located in Lymington, GB
and sizes. The most common occur in the form of boxes and games tables with chequerboard tops, the
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19th Century English Regency Antique Needlework Boxes
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Serpentine
Victorian Era Antique Shell Gold Floral Inlay Earrings
Located in Versailles, FR
produced elegant and highly practical snuff boxes, patch boxes, needlework…, inlaid with precious metals
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19th Century French High Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Silver, Gold
Late Renaissance Octagonal Gilded Brass Reliquary Pendant with Velvet Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
ornamentation, sometime combined with needlework, is comparable to work still being done in the nineteenth
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Early 1600s Italian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass
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H 3.23 in W 1.86 in D 0.83 in
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Late 19th Century Desktop Tambour Letter Storage Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique box for letters / documents with a roller shutter door. The box is made of wood. In good condition, the tambour door opens smoothly. Made in France, circa 1880-1890.
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1880s French Belle Époque Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
Antique Campaign Cellarette, English, Colonial, Storage Box, Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique campaign cellarette. An English, mahogany and brass colonial storage box, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1850.
Impressive proportion and of a quality f...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
H 19.69 in W 19.89 in D 16.93 in
Italian antique Wooden bedside table with brass handle, early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique Wooden bedside table with brass handle, early 1900s
Bedside table or service table with shaped top, entirely in solid wood. On the front it has a drawer in the upper ...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass
Wedgwood Rosso Antico Egyptian Revival Teapot
By Wedgwood
Located in Gainesville, FL
Wedgwood Rosso Antico Egyptian Revival Teapot. The teapot surmounted by figural black crocodile finial, radiating ribbed lid, body decorated with Egyptian motifs including winged sph...
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Early 19th Century English Egyptian Revival Antique Needlework Boxes
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Porcelain
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 hinges: "Hodges Lock Lock Joint".
11.75" x 6 3/8" x 5.75" h.
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Late 19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
Late 18th C. English Carved Wood Document Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English small-sized wooden box, circa 1770-1800. This antique box from England has been lovingly hand-carved with four quartered-wheels at each inner corner of the central panel, ...
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18th Century English Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest with a Carved Head to both Sides Representing the God ‘Bes’ (Protector of the Homestead) above Carved ‘Lilies’ Decorated to the Stem...
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
Antique Huanghuali Document Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with original brass mounts.
Features a rectangular lid with ornate cut-out brass corners, brass bound down along the outer sides and C-scroll handl...
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17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass
Loetz Art Nouveau Tango Vase, Execution 157 Sky Blue-Black, Austria-Hungary 1914
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Body blown in a model, constriction over a flush stand, then widening in the form of a belly and narrowing again to a straight, tubular neck with a straight, rounded mouth rim, verti...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Needlework Boxes
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Glass
H 7.68 in Dm 4.53 in
Vintage South American Handwoven Textile Made into a Poncho in Ivory, Red, Blue
Located in Barrington, IL
Vintage South American handwoven textile made into a poncho from the mid 20th century. The piece is put together by hand stitching three individually woven textile pieces and formed...
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Mid-20th Century Bolivian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wool, Cotton
H 36 in W 48 in D 0.5 in
Antique French Louis XV Painted Day Bed ~ Sofa
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Painted Day Bed ~ Sofa will add elegance, flair and comfort to any room, all in one piece! The graceful, elegant lines of the Rococo style are evident in the...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Needlework Boxes
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Fabric, Hardwood
Loetz Art Nouveau Glass Vase Phenomenon Genre 7734, Austria-Hungary, circa 1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
Mold-blown, baluster-shaped body on a flush stand, raised, widening, ribbed on the inside, forming a slight shoulder and short, straight neck, as well as stand area with ribs on the ...
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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Needlework Boxes
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Glass
Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An impressive, solid wood, period, hinge-top document box completely covered in tole and incised brass with delicate foliate designs throughout. The inside lined in a vibrant, scarle...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass, Metal
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Opium Bed
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Opium Bed / Coffee Table
Circa: 1900
Dimensions:
W: 87.5"
D: 39"
H: 31"
This Antique Shanxi Province Elm Opium Bed / Coffee Table is a rare find from ...
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Early 1900s Chinese Bohemian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Elm
Three-Piece Silver Tea Set by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1894
By Walker & Hall
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
This is a superb quality hallmarked silver three-piece tea set by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, 1894
Each of the three pieces, teapot, jug and sugar bowl has a semi reeded lower half on...
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Late 19th Century European George III Antique Needlework Boxes
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Silver
Green Bohemian Glass Vase Loetz circa 1905
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Bohemian glass vase, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, Titania Genre 2534 decoration, ca. 1905, Viennese Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
Technique and material: glass, mould-blown and fre...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Antique Needlework Boxes
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Art Glass, Blown Glass
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Rare Papier Mache Needlework Box 'Arte Povera'
Located in Walkertshofen, Bavaria
A extremely rare papier mâché needlework box with a mystical guache in the top frame and mirror
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Early 19th Century French Antique Needlework Boxes
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Fabric, Mirror, Paper
Regency Antique Red Leather Brass Bone Sewing Needlework Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique red leather sewing box with ornate brass escutcheon and bracket feet.
The blue paper
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19th Century British Regency Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass
Early 19th Century Mahogany Sewing Box
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
needlework box.
The box has a domed lid that has flamed mahogany and rosewood cross banding, while the
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1840s European Biedermeier Antique Needlework Boxes
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Mahogany
Italian lacca povera casket c1860 covered with floral needlework Jewellery Box
Located in Salisbury, GB
A rare Italian lacca povera casket with original needlework cushion lid with gold thread gimp
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1860s Antique Needlework Boxes
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H 12.6 in W 4.73 in D 7.88 in
Exquisite French Tortoise Shell Sewing Box
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
An exquisite 19th century, French tortoise shell sarcophagus-form sewing box with lion-mask ring
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19th Century French Antique Needlework Boxes
Antique 13 Star Yacht Flag
By Annin & Co.
Located in Acworth, GA
ANNIN & CO NY 2 1/2 XX.
Museum framing in custom-made white shadow box frame with UV acrylic
#21800
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wool, Linen
A Fine Quality Extremely Rare Silver-Gilt Book Form Novelty Needlebook c.1835
Located in London, GB
Summers are also known to have made boxes in the form of books.
English, c.1835.
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19th Century English Antique Needlework Boxes
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Vermeil, Silver
H 0.28 in W 1.58 in D 2.41 in
Tunbridge Ware Work Table "Royal Tunbridge Wells, circa 1850"
Located in Folkestone, Kent
A rare Tunbridge ware Needlework Table. The top inlaid with a specimen wood sunburst, above a silk
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Rosewood
Antique Walnut Needlework Box with Inlaid Satinwood and Ebony Roping
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Antique burl walnut needlework box with inlaid satinwood and ebony roping, of sarcophagus form
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Ebony, Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Ladies Needlework Box, English, Velvet, Plated, Pincushion, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ladies needlework box. An English, velvet over silver plate lidded pincushion
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Silver Plate
H 2.96 in W 5.52 in D 5.52 in
18th Century Naive Needlework Box
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Wonderful early naive needlework covered box, depicting a large vase of flowers. Wonderfully worn
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Late 18th Century French Antique Needlework Boxes
English Needlework Workbox
Located in Stamford, CT
An English needlework workbox with the name of "Marie" engraved.
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1840s English Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Wood
English Silk Needlework, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
Silk needlework, English, 18th century, with two figures, birds, and animals set in a shadowbox
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18th Century Antique Needlework Boxes
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Silk
English Regency Period Embossed Leather Sewing Box with Drawer and Brass Mounts
Located in Wells, ME
English Regency period embossed leather fitted sewing box with drawer and original brass handles
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Needlework Boxes
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Cowhide
H 6.25 in W 10.5 in D 7.5 in
18th Century English Framed Stumpwork Textile with Courting Figures & Lions
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully detailed framed stumpwork textile featuring central courting figures, surrounded by lions, rabbits, and other animals, as well as plants, flowers, and other foliage. Da...
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18th Century English Antique Needlework Boxes
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Textile, Thread
H 22 in W 26 in D 1.75 in
Rare Palais Royal Ormolu + Mother of Pearl Music Box / Jewel Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
thimbles needlework tools, and needlework boxes some of the most beautiful and sought-after pieces are
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Needlework Boxes
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Ormolu
Stunning Little Black Forest Wall Keys Cabinet w. Oval Glass and Needlework
Located in Lisse, NL
condition and the original antique glass in front of the rare and mint needlework is like a match made in
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19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass
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H 13.3 in W 10.1 in D 4.1 in
Framed Chinese Antique Silk Embroidery Cushion Cover with Beads
Located in Atlanta, GA
box frame that accentuate its aesthetic. The square form cushion cover features superb needlework such
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Needlework Boxes
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Silk, Wood
Mahogany Needlework Box and Original Contents
Located in Millwood, VA
So rare it is to find an "as found" item of needlework interest containing all original contents
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19th Century British Antique Needlework Boxes
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Mahogany
Papier Mâché Painted Sewing Needlework Box by Hausburg Liverpool 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Papier mâché sewing box beautifully painted with a landscape scene, bordered by gold floral designs
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19th Century British Antique Needlework Boxes
H 4.25 in W 10 in D 7 in
19th Century Needleworked Miniature Shirt, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
into a 19th century cherry frame.
Samplers and needlework are our specialty. If you are
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19th Century Antique Needlework Boxes
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Cotton
Antique Betjemann Ladies Coromandel Silver Vanity Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
trays comprising an assortment of twenty needlework and grooming items with spiral turned mother of
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Needlework Boxes
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Silver
1841 Pennsylvania Needlework Sampler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The bold, saturated colors of Barbara Myers's sampler well exemplify Pennsylvania needlework of the
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19th Century American Antique Needlework Boxes
A fine early 19th century needlework picture of Claremont House, Surrey
Located in Sundridge, GB
man of many talents. This "very small box", as he described it, stood on the level ground in front of
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19th Century British Antique Needlework Boxes
H 10.75 in W 13.25 in D 1.75 in
1840'S ENG. CONCAVE SIDE OTTOMAN WORK BOX
Located in Southampton, NY
19TH CENT BOX WITH SLEEK CONTEMPORARY LINES-- ORIGINALLY WAS USED TO STORE NEEDLEWORK THAT WAS
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19th Century English Antique Needlework Boxes
19th Century Canton Boxed Set of Silk Piano Cover or Drape with Watercolor
Located in Berwickshire, GB
A Chinese export black lacquer and gilt decorated box originating in Guangzhou, circa 1850-1870
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1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Needlework Boxes
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Lacquer
H 19.3 in W 19.1 in D 2.37 in
English Regency Mahogany Sewing Table
Located in Great Barrington, MA
One drawer with divided compartments and a pull out
fabric covered tapered box for originally what
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19th Century English Regency Antique Needlework Boxes
Italian Baroque Tapestry Chair
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
This seventeenth-century parcel gilt double box chair features brass studs and gilt flower
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Needlework Boxes
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Brass
Fine and Rare William and Mary Stool
Located in London, GB
In solid yew wood with needlework seat. Made from solid yew wood with a lovely honey color, this
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Needlework Boxes
Extremely Rare 17th Century Charles II Sterling Silver Scissors Case c.1670-80
Located in London, GB
has been attributed to John Albright of London. A noted maker of boxes and small work, Albright was
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1670s English Charles II Antique Needlework Boxes
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Sterling Silver
H 0.4 in W 1.74 in D 3.94 in
Persian Walnut Table Inlaid with Mother of Pearl, Damacus, Syria c.1880
Located in Houston, TX
fabric. This was chosen to protect the needlework that was kept inside that would not have fared well
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19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Needlework Boxes
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Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl
Art Deco Sewing Cabinet on Wheels, 1920s
Located in Budapest, HU
This restored Art Deco cabinet features a lot of little trays, hidden boxes, tiny drawers and
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Needlework Boxes
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Chrome
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Antique Needlework Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique needlework boxes is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique needlework boxes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. Antique needlework boxes have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique needlework boxes are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XVI, Regency and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Edmund Nye Tunbridge Wells produced beautiful antique needlework boxes that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique Needlework Boxes?
Prices for antique needlework boxes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique needlework boxes begin at $1,034 and can go as high as $15,927, while the average can fetch as much as $1,888.
Questions About Antique Needlework Boxes
- What is a needlework box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023A needlework box, or sewing box, is a storage box that has bins and compartments designed specifically for holding needles, threads and other accessories for sewing and needlepoint. Many manufacturers produce them out of wood, but some are fabric or plastic. Shop a selection of sewing boxes on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Antique ice boxes can be worth up to $2,000 - $3,000. Depending on its condition, an antique ice box can be a highly coveted item.
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