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Vintage Italian Leather Pietra Dura Box with Fish Decoration
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Italian leather box with pietra dura inset tile decorated with brightly colored fish. The
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Pietra Dura Geometric Box in the Style of Richard Blow
By Richard Blow
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous Pietra Dura box created in a cool geometric composition possibly by Richard Blow
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box
This handmade marble decorative box is inlaid
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura Censor
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box with lid.
Handmade marble decorative lidded box
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura Made in India
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box
This handmade marble decorative box is inlaid
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century Italian Box with Pietra Dura Panelled Top
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Italian box with pietra dura panelled top. The box of ebony & mahogany (small
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Pietra Dura 'Aces High' Gambling Motif Mahogany Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Pietra Dura 'Aces High' Gambling Motif Mahogany Table Box
An exquisite example of Italian
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Ebony And Pietra Dura Marble Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very elegant Italian 19th century Florentine st. Ebony and Pietra Dura marble box
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Ebony and Pietra Dura Marble Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Florentine st. Ebony and Pietra Dura
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Ebony and Pietra Dura Marble Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant Italian 19th century Florentine st. Ebony and Pietra Dura marble box
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Italian 19th Century Antique Pietra Dura Mosaic Chest Box in Gilt Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
A Pietra Dura brass box.
Beautiful antique little box, created probably in Napoles, Italy as a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
H 2.76 in W 2.28 in D 3.54 in
Fine Victorian Coromandel Brass Bound Pietra Dura Stationary Box, by C.G. Hope
Located in London, GB
A fine Victorian Coromandel stationary box, the sloping hinged cover inset with a pietra dura panel
Category
Vintage 1940s British Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
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H 9.4 in W 7.5 in D 5.9 in
Small Victorian Gilt Metal Dresser or Ring Box with a Pietra Dura Plaque
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb small gilt Victorian dresser box with a Pietra Dura plaque to the top.
It retains a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
Antique Ormolu Mounted Pietra Dura Jewellery Cabinet 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely fabulous antique French engraved ormolu and Pietra Dura mounted jewellery
Category
Antique 1860s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Pair, Italian Tooled Leather & Pietra Dura "Cigar" Motif Tobacco Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
the border of a finely inlaid Pietra Dura top. The tops set with various semi-precious stones
Category
20th Century Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
Very Large 19th Century Italian Walnut Chest with Pietra Dura Plaques
Located in New York, NY
Very large and impressive 19th century Italian Walnut Chest with Pietra Dura Plaques.
The plaques
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Vintage Rajasthani Pietra Dura White Stone Inlay Taj Mahal India Style
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Rajasthani Pietra Dura White Stone Inlay Taj Mahal India Style coaster plates.
Rajasthani
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble
Antique Italian Oval Jewelry Cask in Cast Bronze and Pietra Dura with Hinged Lid
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Italian jewelry cask in cast bronze with a beaded edge, oval framed, and set with pietra dura (cut
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
H 3.5 in W 6 in D 3.5 in
Marble Inlay Marble Box Censor Stone Travertine Box India 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Marble Pietra Dura Censor Stone Travertine Box 1950s.
Vintage inlaid
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
The Rivera Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone sarcophagi are just
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Lidded Canary Porphyry Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone sarcophagi
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Night Lily Box by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
known as parchin kari or Pietra Dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble
Invisible Cities Box II by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Marble
Invisible Cities Box I by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Quartz
Black Endless Dance Box by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
of inlaid stonework known as parchin kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble
Invisible Cities Box III by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or Pietra Dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Marble
White Endless Dance Box by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
of inlaid stonework known as parchin kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble
Invisible Cities Box IV by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or Pietra Dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Marble
Italian Modernist Black Marble, Lapis, Tiger, Pink Rhodochrosite Butterfly Box
By Richard Blow
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and hard to find vintage modernist Pietra Dura Italian stone hinged box has an
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
H 1.25 in W 6.25 in D 4.25 in
Memory of a Rose Box II by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Memory of a Rose Box I by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Faux Marble and Scarlet Ribbon Stripes Slender Document Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone sarcophagi are just
Category
2010s American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ribbon
Antique Coromandel and Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
brass mounts with inset attractive Pietra Dura cabochons, circa 1860 in date.
The domed lid reveals
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1950's Agra India Black Marble Box with The Taj Mahal in Mother of Pearl Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Box with Pietra Dura Intricate Mother of Pearl Inlay of the Taj Mahal.Fine Quality Mother of Pearl
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Islamic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
H 1.75 in W 3.75 in D 2.75 in
Puvvi Box by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or Pietra Dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble
19th Century Pietra Dura Marble Giltwood Table
Located in London, by appointment only
Important Palatial & Rare 19th Century Pietra Dura Giltwood Centre Table. This magnificent
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Center Tables
Materials
Agate, Marble
Percier's Tomb
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Museum in Vienna are sources of inspiration for Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone Regency period ebonized wooden casket
Located in London, GB
and back with Florentine pietra dura hardstone panels.
It was made in English in the early 19th
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Ormolu
H 16.15 in W 28.35 in D 20.48 in
Sainte Chapelle
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
A hand-constructed gothic spire created by two separate boxes. Both portions sit on individual
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper, Paint
Pink Porphyry Spire
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlaid Marquetry Canterbury Magazine Rack 19th C
Located in London, GB
and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
H 21.26 in W 20.48 in D 17.72 in
Antique French Marquetry and Ormolu Stationary Casket . 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the
Category
Antique 1860s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French onyx + ormolu jewellery casket.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th Century onyx, ormolu mounted jewellery casket, having Pietra dura
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Italian Engraved Brass Cartouche Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Italian, c.1880, engraved gilt brass cartouche set with six floral pietra dura circular medallions
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Shadow Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Burr Walnut & Birdseye Maple Work Sewing Box 19th Century
Located in London, GB
English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored
Category
Antique 1860s Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Reidi Coasters by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
inlaid stonework known as parchin kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Reidi Modular Tables by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
motif, inlaid on white marble, combines the 16th century Italian stone inlay technique of Pietra Dura
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Serpentine, Metal
Reidi Bowl by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
known as parchin kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Reidi Center Piece by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
known as parchin kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Set of 2 Majorelle Candleholder by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
technique of inlaid stonework known as parchin kari or pietra dura when she came across an exquisite box in
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Candle Sconces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Precious Objet Stand
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Museum in Vienna are sources of inspiration for Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Paper
Van Eyck’s Mirror in Milky Way
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone sarcophagi are just
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Paper, Paint
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Porcelain Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in London, GB
slides.
Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Brass
H 7.88 in W 26.38 in D 7.09 in
Green Porphyry Obelisk
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
are sources of inspiration for Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Obelisks
Materials
Paint, Paper
The Golden Eye
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
The Palladian
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Bérard
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
are sources of inspiration for Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Grand Piranesi
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
are sources of inspiration for Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Little Piranesi
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Engelhart’s faceted shapes and jewel tones. Pietra-dura inlay, silver-gilt reliquaries, and carved stone
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mirror, Wood
Champa Coasters by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
kari or Pietra Dura when she came across an exquisite box in a bazaar in northern Pakistan 25 years ago
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
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Pietra Dura Box For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic pietra dura box available at 1stDibs. Each pietra dura box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using stone, metal and marble. There are many kinds of the pietra dura box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A pietra dura box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made pietra dura box over the years, but those crafted by Rajhastani and Alphonse Tahan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Pietra Dura Box?
Prices for a pietra dura box start at $150 and top out at $6,240 with the average selling for $1,850.
Questions About Pietra Dura Box
- What is pietra dura stone?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pietra dura stone is a term for inlaying items with colored stones, such as agate, jade, jasper, topax, onyx and alabaster. In Italian, "pietra dura" literally translates to "hard stone." You'll find a selection of pietra dura decorative objects and jewelry on 1stDibs.
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