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Midcentury Shadow Box Vanity Wall Shelf Curio Display Mirror 28"
Located in Dayton, OH
smaller offset shelves and framed with square mirror tiles and floral medallions at the corners. circa mid
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Mirror, Hardwood

Large Octagonal Wood and Glass Shadow Box or Collectible Box with Latch
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A wonderful mid-century wood octagonal shadow box perfect for display on a coffee table, or for
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique English "Victorian” Framed Seashell Shadow Box, Circa 1860-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English "Victorian” Framed Seashell Shadow Box, Circa 1860-1870. Exotic Shell Collection
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Shadow Boxes

Materials

Shell, Wood

Antique Butterfly Collection Glass Shadow Box Wall Decoration, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Shadow box made in wood and glass containing a butterfly collection.
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Hand-Painted Mother-of-Pearl Fan Screen Shadow Box, Circa 1840.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Hand-Painted Mother-of-Pearl Fan Screen Shadow Box, Circa 1840.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Mid 19th Century Chinese Telescopic Canton Fan with Carved Bone Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
in the Mandarin palette. Archival mount in a shadow box frame. China, made for the Western trade
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Bone, Paper

Mid 20th century frame Italian bisque Taglio
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 20th century Italian frame bisque Taglio. This Greco Roman style bisque porcelain
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Vintage 1950s Italian Empire Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-19th Century Chinese Telescopic Fan of Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Mandarin palette. Archival mount in a shadow box frame. China, made for the Western trade, mid 19th
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Large Bronze Art Deco Style Box Light
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive large Art Deco style ceiling or wall mounted light box dating from the mid 20th
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Shadow Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Large Bronze Art Deco Style Box Light
Large Bronze Art Deco Style Box Light
H 66.93 in W 41.93 in D 9.06 in
Wonderful Diorama of American Home Hand Painted with Hand Painted Carved Birds
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Wonderful Round Diorama of American home hand painted with hand painted carved birds. The house looks like a beautiful hand painted watercolor. The birds are hand carved and painted....
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Mid-20th Century American Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Set of Four Framed F. Leger Porcelain Plates
By (after) Fernand Léger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
framed as of March 2021 in custom lucite shadow boxes and mounted on a white woven fabric. The pieces are
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Fabric, Lucite

Vintage Pair of Butterfly Specimen Taxidermy Asian Swallowtail, Glassy Blu
Located in Cookeville, TN
Vintage Butterfly Specimen Collection Pair of Taxidermy in glass displays rounded shadowboxes with custom-made hanging brackets. Each butterfly is neatly labeled.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass
Located in Lyon, FR
missing for two large boxes.
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass
Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass
H 16.54 in W 15.75 in D 3.55 in
18th Century French Diorama of Christ Church Oxford
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming 18th century French diorama with hand colored copper plate engraving. In original
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paper

Three Mounted Scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
plexiglass box. Unique. Signed. H: 76 cm W: 81 cm D: 12 cm Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned
Category

Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plexiglass, Paper

Vintage Embroidered Japanese Ceremonial Child's Kimono in a Gold Bamboo Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful rare vintage hand sewn one of a kind Japanese ceremonial child's kimono in a gold bamboo framed shadowbox. Kimono for children are shaped and styled much like those for adu...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Vintage Metal Letter F Lighted Sign
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool vintage metal rusted letter F, new rewired lighted cord and bulbs switch off/on in perfect working condition nice rusted patina.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Sculptural Vintage Painted Metal Cut-Outs, Mounted and Framed
Located in East Hampton, NY
showcased in newly custom made framed boxes with natural ashwood and painted wood background. UV and non
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Sculptural Vintage Painted Metal Cut-Outs, Mounted and Framed
Located in East Hampton, NY
showcased in newly custom made framed boxes with natural ashwood and painted wood background. UV and non
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Italian Engraved Brass Cartouche Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and ranging in date and style from Baroque to Mid-Century Modern. In
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Antique Late 19th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Burmese Dolls in Lucite Display Case
Located in Countryside, IL
happy and tell everyone how easy it is to buy real Mid-Century Modern decor online without throwing
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Italian painted ceramic jewel box or casket
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Milano, IT
crafted a masterpiece of elegance and sophistication—a jewel of a jewelry box, if you will. This exquisite
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Pool I Box by Wendy Taylor
Located in Geneve, CH
-century modernism. Formally they play with positive and negative volumes, using cut outs, indents, shadow
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2010s German Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stoneware

Pool I Box by Wendy Taylor
Pool I Box by Wendy Taylor
H 8.82 in W 2.92 in D 6.97 in
1960's Mid Century Modern Display Side Table. Shadow Box Form Top
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1960's Mid Century Modern Occasional/ Side Table with Top Display Case. Top opens for display area
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Wood

Vintage Framed and Signed Mid Century Artwork by Virgil Thrasher shadow Box Cat
Located in Seattle, WA
gives a Contemporary Mid Century Style. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensions
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood

Large Mid-Century Modern Print in Lucite Shadow Box Frame, "Crossed Legs"
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
"Crossed Legs" 77/300 Mid-Century Modern watercolor print on handmade paper in large Lucite shadow
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Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Lucite, Paper

Rare 1950s Wire Shadow Box Figure Ship Scene Mid Century Wall Art Sculpture
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Extremely rare shadow box wall art from the 1950's. Reminiscent of the work of Laurids Lonborg and
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Vintage 1950s German Brutalist Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Curtis Jere Shadow Boxes Modern Wall Artwork
By Curtis Jeré
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of 3 1996 stainless steel shadow boxes wall artwork, in vintage original condition with
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

Accessory Art Midcentury Lucite Plexiglas Wall Art Flower Vase Shadow Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Accessory Art Mid-Century Modern Lucite Plexiglas wall art flower vase shadow box. Item features a
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Plexiglass

Antique Bird’S-Eye & Giltwood Shadow Box Frame, circa 1850
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique shadow box frame offers birdseye maple and giltwood construction, circa 1850 Measures
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Antique Mid-19th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Giltwood

Impressively Large Antique Diorama or Shadow Box of Sailing Vessel
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A very large impressive diorama or shadow box work of art with detailed sailing vessel.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Folk Art Models and Miniatures

Materials

Glass, Wood

Ron Fritts Signed Vintage Pop Art Shadow Box Wall Sculpture
By Ron Fritts
Located in North Miami, FL
This eye-catching and rare Ron Fritts Pop Art shadow box wall sculpture has suspended resin or
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

American Three Masted Clipper Ship Diorama in Shadow Box Frame, Circa 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
American three masted clipper ship diorama under glass in shadow box gilt frame. Mid-19th century.
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Antique 1850s American American Empire Nautical Objects

Materials

Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Michael Michaeledes (Greek 1923-2015) Mid Century Modern Mirror Piece
Located in Bridgeport, CT
with artist and titled "Mirror Relief" dated 1973. Presented in an acrylic shadow box. Dimensions: 14 3
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Mylar

Mid Century Modern Tile Wall Art
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid Century Modern glazed tile wall art in shadow box frame. This piece can be hung either
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

Mid Century Modern Tile Wall Art
Mid Century Modern Tile Wall Art
H 49.5 in W 13 in D 1.75 in
Mid Century Ru Van Rossem Signed Lithograph 1962 Netherlands
By Kikuo Saito 1
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Mid Century lithograph by well listed Dutch artist Ru Van Rossem ( 1924-2007 ) titled " Destroyed
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Modern String & Wool on Burlap Framed Stylized Floral Wall Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
and date to approximately 1970 and done in a Mid-Century Modern style. The sculpture is done with
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wool, Burlap, String, Pine

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ebony Lacquered Chests, Dressers, Brass, American
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ebony Chests, Lacquered dressers, Brass Pulls A Fine Pair of Recently
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen Ph5 Hanging Pendant Lamp with Original Box
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Henningsen multiple levels of rounded aluminium create a soft shadow play. Most light falls downwards, but
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Chinese 3-D Seashell Shell Art Peacocks and Flowers Sculpture
Located in West Hartford, CT
shadow box frame. Artwork 42" w x 25"h.
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Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Shell, Wood

Palladio Italian Renaissance Gilded Sunburst Convex Mirror Wall Hanging
By Palladio
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance gilded sunburst with convex center mirror wall
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Sunburst Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

French Oak Sideboard with Sliding Doors & Shelves, 1950's
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Deep Shadow Box, Picture Frame Front, Simplicity with Iron Handles.
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Yves Plantevin huge oil on wood panel 1974
Located in Paris, IDF
Y.Plantevin and dated 1974 in the lower right corner. It’s been framed with a black shadow box matching the
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Yves Plantevin huge oil on wood panel 1974
Yves Plantevin huge oil on wood panel 1974
H 64.18 in W 50.79 in D 1.97 in
Signed Modern Marble Relief Sculpture Within a Verdigris Copper Frame
Located in Bridgeport, CT
linear decoration mounted in a green verdigris metal shadow box type frame. Signed indistinctly lower
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Copper

Rolph Scarlett Original Non-Objective Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas: Untitled
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
in his own original hand-crafted pine shadow box styled frame with a powder blue painted exterior and
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pine

American Applique Picture of a Basket of Strawberries
Located in Downingtown, PA
American oval shadow box felt picture depicts strawberries in an openwork straw basket with the
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Felt

Remo Pintus Belgium 1960s Illuminated Fiberglass Art Wall Sculpture
By Remo Pintus
Located in Torquay, GB
effect of the sculpture is further accentuated when lit. Mounted on a deep solid oak shadow box wooden
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Fiberglass, Wood

Large Italian Rectangular Lucite, Inlaid Brass Edge And Glass Cocktail Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
a large shadow box, that is accessible by lifting the top glass piece off. Could be decorated with
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Painting on canvas signed Silverman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
original shadow-box. Signed bottom left corner. Paintin in Original very good condition!
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Painting on canvas signed Silverman
Painting on canvas signed Silverman
H 21 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
Palatial Art Deco Bubble Form Console or over the Mantel Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
A Palatial Art Deco bubble form console or over the mantel mirror. Having bubble shadow box border
Category

Mid-20th Century Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

Framed Engravings of English Queens
By D. Appleton & Company
Located in Houston, TX
Eminent Artists," (D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1866). Framed in double matted white shadow boxes
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood, Glass

Framed Engravings of English Queens
Framed Engravings of English Queens
H 14.5 in W 11.88 in D 1.75 in
Bernard Vuarnesson “Tetra” Coffee Table For Bellato, Italy 1970's
By Bernard Vuarnesson
Located in Hellouw, NL
surface consists of a grid with 169 boxes that provide depth and a subtle play of shadows.   Condition
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Beech, Formica

20th Century Pair of Ebonized Macassar Nightstands or Side Tables with One Door
Located in Miami, FL
This very sophisticated nightstands or end tables feature a shadow box detailing framing the front
Category

Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Venetian Wall / Console Mirror, Etched Glass Floral Motif
Located in Stamford, CT
Over the Mantle Mirror having shadow box etched floral glass sides framing a center clean mirror. The
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Yellow & Blue'
Located in East Hampton, NY
. Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German
Category

Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Wood

Framed Ww ii Nautical Signal Flag 'Red & White'
Located in East Hampton, NY
framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made
Category

Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Wood

Distressed Thai Painting of Temple Dancer and Buddhist Monkey God, circa 1950
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
nature. Framed in a walnut wood shadow box frame with silk borders in teal and with gold leaf accents
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Vintage 1950s Thai Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mosaic Panel of the Bicentennial in New York Harbor, 1978
Located in Camden, ME
. This mosaic artwork measures 48 by 96 inches framed in a 3.5" deep shadow box. The sanatorium the
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Ceramic

Large Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Red Abstract Expressionist
Located in Melbourne, AU
timber in a 1970s modern style, with a simple box frame that creates a fine shadow line of vacant space
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Vintage 1970s Australian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Serge Mouille - Pair of Flame Wall Sconces in Black - IN STOCK!
By Serge Mouille
Located in Stratford, CT
playful shadows through the elongated metal with tapered ending. Totally unique, this lamp adds a
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and ...

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

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Midcentury Shadow Box For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the midcentury shadow box you’re looking for. Each midcentury shadow box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, metal and paper. There are many kinds of the midcentury shadow box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each midcentury shadow box bearing Mid-Century Modern, Victorian or Folk Art hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made midcentury shadow box over the years, but those crafted by Curtis Jere, (after) Fernand Léger and Ron Fritts are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Midcentury Shadow Box?

The average selling price for a midcentury shadow box at 1stDibs is $1,500, while they’re typically $115 on the low end and $12,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Midcentury Shadow Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    A shadow box is a shallow enclosed case, usually with a glass front, in which something, often a sentimental object, is set for protection and display. 

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    On 1stdibs, shadow boxes displaying items like dioramas, memorabilia and collections of natural and man-made items cost between $100 and $21,500.