The eclectic furnishings of Maitland-Smith celebrate artisan skills in an age of machines. Hand-carved woodwork, inlaid marquetry, painted detailing, gilding and lost wax casting lend the company’s decorative accents an artistic flair. Focused on pieces that add a dynamic flourish to an interior by incorporating tactile materials like leather, seashell inlays and crushed eggshell, the manufacturer draws inspiration across centuries, from the curvy forms of the Louis XV period to the geometric angles of mid-century modernism.
Paul Maitland-Smith established the company in Hong Kong in 1979, after getting his start in London in the 1950s as an antique dealer who also sold reproduction furniture, something that would become a Maitland-Smith specialty. The manufacturer’s early reproductions of 17th- and 18th-century furniture included Chippendale dining chairs, and soon afterward, Maitland-Smith expanded into a range of decorative designs that often exuded a whimsical spirit, whether a coffee table shaped like a stack of books or a pair of decorative obelisks. Maitland-Smith’s signature sculptural table lamps in particular show off this playful sensibility, with one balancing a pen-shell shade on a monkey’s tail and another taking on the form of a miniature hot-air balloon.
Since its founding, Maitland-Smith’s sourcing has been based in Asia, and although Paul Maitland-Smith later sold the company that still bears his name and is now headquartered in North Carolina, the brand’s furnishings are still largely made in Cebu, Philippines.
Today, Maitland-Smith continues to innovate on its finely crafted offerings by collaborating with contemporary designers and studios such as Tony Duquette Studios (founded by set and costume designer Tony Duquette in 1941), Celerie Kemble and painter and textile designer Susan Hable Smith.
Find a wide range of Maitland-Smith furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box with Adventurine Green Stone Border
By Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
Tessellated horn box with green stone border on top. Mahogany lined interior and felt bottom. Maitland Smith, 1980s.
Stone
Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box by Maitland-Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated horn jewelry box by Maitland-Smith.
Jade, Brass
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Fossilized Coral Decorative Wood Stash Dome Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful elegant natural tessellated mosaic fossilized coral stone decorative stash box designed by Maitland Smith. This box does not have the original tag on the ...
Stone
$220Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland-Smith Tessellated Pink/Coral Stone Petite Jewelry Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Maitland-Smith tessellated stone in pink/coral color, jewelry box with a solid wood interior. With brass decorative inlaid top.
Cast Stone, Brass
Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Stone Trinket Box For Jewelry and Treasures
By Maitland Smith
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern architectural tessellated box by Maitland Smith. Both form and function best describe this piece. We see this decorative box holding favorite trinkets as well as s...
Stone, Marble, Brass
$380Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone & Brass Art Deco Revival Decorative Stash Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful elegant natural tessellated mosaic stone and brass inlay decorative stash box designed by Maitland Smith. This box does not have the original tag on the i...
Stone
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Brass Jewelry/Dresser Box, 1980
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Brass Jewelry/Dresser box, 1980’s. Original Measures 9” x 9” 4.5” tall
Stone, Brass
Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated polished horn and brass jewelry box in a form of a book by Maitland Smith
Brass
$275Sale Price|26% Off
Faux Tessellated Tortoiseshell Mother-of-Pearl Jewelry Box by Maitland-Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage jewelry box in faux tessellated tortoise shell with mother-of-pearl and Abolone shell edge, circa 1970s. Simple, elegant and unique. Bin #N Jj
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Maitland Smith Post Modern White Tessellated Hexagonal Stone Box 1980's
By Maitland Smith
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Post Modern 1980s Maitland Smith Marble Covered Box with hinged lid and a round polished brass pull on top. Vintage Postmodern geometric design decorative box white tessellated stone...
Stone
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Vintage Red Coral Tile Decorative Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Luxurious red coral box from Maitland-Smith. This beautiful box crafted of authentic red coral tiles is luxurious and glamorous. Each of the pieces that ...
Coral
Tessalated Maitland Smith Faux Horn Gentleman's Dresser Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Ferndale, MI
Elegant wood lined dresser box with hinged lid. Tessalated faux Horn exterior with brass trim. Interior is wood lined. Retains Maitland Smith label.
Brass
Maitland Smith Jewelry Box, Casket Box, Inlaid, Banded, Keepsake Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Manhasset, NY
A Detailed Maitland Smith Jewelry Box of Fine Form having Brass Feet and a fully velour lined interior. The outer casket box having two cent...
Wood
"Vintage Tessellated Marble Jewelry Box by Maitland Smith, USA"
By Maitland Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Tessellated with black and white marble jewelry box; velvet lined interior by Maitland Smith.
Marble
Hand Painted Faux Onyx Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Denton, TX
Hand painted Faux onyx Maitland Smith decorative box with hinged lid and brass feet. Wonderful brush work make this quite the decorative ite...
Brass
Vintage Tessellated Stone Jewelry Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ca. 1970s Maitland Smith tessellated coral stone hinged jewelry / trinket box in two tone pale gray and pink with cedar interior. Excellent, vintage condition free of chips / losses...
Stone
Vintage Maitland Smith Coral or Pink Jewelry Box Karl Springer
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Maitland Smith coral or pink jewelry box. Unmarked. In the manner of Karl Springer.
Wood
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 4 in W 11 in D 8.5 in
Rare Vintage Red Coral Tile Decorative Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Luxurious red coral box from Maitland-Smith. This beautiful box crafted of authentic red coral tiles is luxurious and glamorous. Each of the pieces that ...
Coral
$275Sale Price|26% Off
H 2.5 in W 9.25 in D 4.75 in
Faux Tessellated Tortoiseshell Mother-of-Pearl Jewelry Box by Maitland-Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage jewelry box in faux tessellated tortoise shell with mother-of-pearl and Abolone shell edge, circa 1970s. Simple, elegant and unique. Bin #N Jj
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
$1,100Sale Price|20% Off
H 7 in W 16.5 in D 12.5 in
Hollywood Regency Maitland Smith Large Tessellated Stone and Brass Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant rare beautiful box by Maitland Smith in tessellated stone with brass accents. circa 1970s, great original condition beautiful mahogany inlaid.
Stone, Brass
Maitland Smith Post Modern White Tessellated Hexagonal Stone Box 1980's
By Maitland Smith
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Post Modern 1980s Maitland Smith Marble Covered Box with hinged lid and a round polished brass pull on top. Vintage Postmodern geometric design decorative box white tessellated stone...
Stone
$675
H 5.75 in W 16 in D 8 in
1980s Hollywood Regency Maitland-Smith Tessellated Marble & Brass Decorative Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Hollywood Regency large Maitland-Smith style tessellated Tan / Coral marble with brass trim pill form decorative box with removable lid and lined felt interior. In fine condi...
Marble, Brass
Elegant tessellated stone box in the manner of Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage elegant tessellated stone dresser box. This box is tessellated with an iridescent plum colored stone with a brass banded detail around the edge. This box is in the ...
Stone
A Vintage Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Stone Box With Brass Trim
By Maitland Smith
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...
Stone, Brass
Tessellated Faux Horn Covered Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful tessellated faux horn decorative box made in France. Gorgeous detail work inside and out. Add some French style to you design project.
Resin
Maitland Smith Extra Large Tessellated Travertine and Brass Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful Extra large Tessellated Travertine and Marble box by Maitland Smith. The hinged Travertine box is complemented by a burgundy border with brass inlays, The box sits on br...
Travertine, Marble, Brass
Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
Located in Norton, MA
The State of Art, A Beautiful and highly crafted Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box, with Brass for edge Reinforcement.
Porcelain
Maitland-Smith Steer Horn Lidded Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage lidded box crafted in steer horn elements with metal spacers and having a carved penshell handle and feet.
Horn
$2,200
H 19 in W 16.25 in D 16 in
Vintage Maitland Smith Brass & Wood Gramophone Birdcage Decorative Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer this distinctive Maitland-Smith decorative box, designed in the form of a classical gramophone, circa late 20th century. Crafted with a richly finished w...
Brass
Postmodern Marble Travertine Jewelry Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
This beautiful box by Maitland Smith exudes style and glamour. This design from the late 1970s is glamorous and functional. The postmodern lines in almost a pedestal structure, are covered in a beautiful veined travertine marble in hues of dark pinks. The defined pink marble lines...
Travertine, Brass
Elegant Box by Maitland Smith, circa 1980s
By Maitland Smith
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Unusual and elegant Maitland Smith stone and brass box. Quite large at 14"long. Ingenious brass handle lifts the top, felt lined inside. Hand made in the Philippines circa 1980s. Funky post modern Art...
Stone, Brass
Postmodern Red Lacquer Wood Panel Jewelry Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
This beautiful box by Maitland Smith exudes style and glamour. This design from the late 1980s is glamorous and functional. The postmodern lines in alm...
Travertine
Sold
H 2.25 in W 10 in D 8 in
American History Oxblood Tooled Leather Faux Book Box Trinket Keepsake Stash
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Faux book shaped trinket box finished in oxblood red tooled leather with gold accents and page edges; titled “American History.” attributed to Maitlan...
Leather, Hardwood
Vintage Maitland-Smith Abalone Decorative Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Maitland-Smith Abalone decorative box. This stunning Post Modern/Hollywood Regency Abalone shell box can be used as a decorative cocktail tab...
Shell, Abalone
Postmodern Marble Travertine Jewelry Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
This beautiful box by Maitland Smith exudes style and glamour. This design from the late 1970s is glamorous and functional. The postmodern lines in almost a pedestal structure, are c...
Travertine
Faux Tortoise Shell Brass Hands Hinge Lid Box After Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Faux tortoise shell brass hands hinge lid box after Maitland Smith. Item features brass hand figures, faux tortoise shell case, hinge lid, very nice vin...
Brass
Sold
H 12 in W 12.5 in D 7.25 in
Maitland Smith Black Tessellated Stone Hinged Jewelry Box with Brass Inlays
By Maitland Smith
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Maitland Smith black tessellated stone hinged jewelry box with brass inlays. USA 1970s. Large size jewelry or storage box, centerpiece or decor...
Stone, Brass
Sold
H 16 in W 10 in D 17 in
Vintage Maitland Smith Miniature Knee Hole Desk Keepsake Jewelry Box Chest
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Maitland Smith dresser top valet or jewelry box in the shape of a Georgian knee hole writing desk, intricately hand painted with a lattice pa...
Hardwood, Paint
Maitland Smith Leather Jewelry Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
1980's decorative leather jewelry box by Maitland Smith, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age and use.
Leather
Black Marble and Coconut Shell Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful 1980’s black marble and coconut shell with brass inlaid box by Maitland Smith. Constructed of wood covered with marble and coconut shell with brass inlaid separating them....
Marble, Brass
Maitland Smith Wooden Jewelry Trinket Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maitland Smith with cast figural metal monkey on a wood box, features the form of a monkey crafted in cast metal and silver in tone, wood base with faux green leather decoration embe...
Wood