Large Italian Wedding Chest Inlaid with Precious Fruitwood

Vintage Mid Century Moorish Sajai Box Inlaid with Agate Semi precious Stones box with semi-precious stones. Made in India, circa 1950. The box measures 1 inches high x 3 inches in di...

Jewelry Wooden Music Box Made in Italy with Flowers Inlaid Burl Wood Top. Handmade elegant inlaid floral pattern that adorns the lid of these Italian music box. The large brown wooden box has the interior lined in a red fabric. Elegant large footed wooden music box with top finely inlaid hand painted with foliages. Upon opening, the music box begins to play. The box is made in Italy, stamped in the bottom. The musical movement is Stella Swiss...

Large Anglo Indian Moorish Islamic style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Anglo Persian box with floral and geometric Moorish Sadeli design in an hexagonal shape form with micro mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork. Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic are what give it beauty and richness. This decorative technique is a type of micro mosaic featuring repeating geometric patterns. Dimensions: H: 5 in : 12 in W x 12 in. D. Circa 1950s. Sadeli mosaic art is a highly skilled craft, it has had a long history in India and the Middle East with early examples dating back to the 16th century. In the 1800s, it became popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them, they became known as Bombay boxes. The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before Indian boxes appeared. The designs on early boxes look deceptively simple. The fact is they emerged from a culture which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity isn’t immediately apparent to the viewer. Will look great in a Moroccan decor...

Vintage Italian large footed music box in pink color with top finely hand painted and wood inlaid with Italian lute and foliages floral decor, brass hardware, 2 compartiment inside a...

A large Turkish mother-of-pearl inlaid chest inlaid throughout to show foliate scrolls and geometric forms, raised on four legs. From the 16th century onwards the dominant influence...

Early 19th Century Karl Johan Box with Inlay Ribbon Decorations in Fruitwood, Sweden. Key not included

A Mid 20th Century Italian Walnut Crossbanded and Inlaid Jewelry Box with scroll legs. Measures 16.5" in width, 7.5" in depth and 11" in height

A fine, vintage Japanese Inlaid Marquetry Kodansu, Jewelry/miniature Chest with Tambour Doors in the Art Deco style, circa 1930. This exquisite, handcrafted jewelry chest has intrica...