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Material: Animal Skin
Mid-19th Century French Oval Pigskin Leather Hat Box with Original Top Hat
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique pigskin box was crafted in Rouen France, circa 1870. This leather box features leather straps and handle embellished with decorativ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Smart Antique Shagreen Gaming Counter / Poker Chip Box, c.1920
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful antique English gaming counter box dating to the 1920's / 1930's.
The box has a secret opening mechanism; the lid is slid to the left which ...
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
$3,219 Sale Price
20% Off
Selene Box in Amara Ebony Veneer with Matte Corno Italiano Inlays, Mod. 5311A
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Distinguished by plush materials and essential lines, our Selene box showcases a rectangular wooden structure in Amara ebony veneer. Enhanced by an elegant edging in Matte Corno Ital...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Tibetan Scroll Box
Located in New York, NY
Tibetan hexagon Tonka scroll box. Hand made hexagon box covered in leather hand painted. Traditional Tibetan art work hand painted with raised outlining of Jambhala faces, Tibetan Je...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Wood, Animal Skin
$1,650
Vintage Unique Leather Italian Box 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unique vintage piece is a decorative box designed to resemble a leather-bound book titled "Desmoulins Oeuvres." The box features intricate gold-embossed detailing on the spine a...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Georgian Sewing Box
Located in Pymble, NSW
A good shaped sewing box of tooled leather with finely cast brass fittings. Stands on lion's paw feet. The leather is a deep burgundy colour with some minor chipping to corners. The interior is fitted with compartments in blue paper and blue silk, the lids have mother of pearl knobs...
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1810s British George III Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Selene Box in Glossy Black Lacquered Wood with Corno Italiano Inlays, Mod. 5311s
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Distinguished by plush materials and essential lines, our Selene box showcases a rectangular wooden structure with a polished black lacquer finish. Enhanced by an elegant edging in C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles. Features include a side drawer,...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,747 Sale Price
29% Off
Fined Red Leather Tooled Box by Puiforcat
By Puiforcat
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine red leather tooled Box by Puiforcat, fitted with a gilt bronze mount. Signed: Puiforcat
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Lady Bug Box
Located in Milan, IT
This charming box is handcrafted of walnut with a shape inspired by the ladybug, symbol of good fortune and prosperity. The round base showcases dovetail-joint inserts of ebony that ...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$6,680 / item
1950's Stitched Leather and Glass Box by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched leather and glass box by Jacques Adnet
France.
Category
1950s European Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass
Large Decorative Box in Draped Leather and Brass, Adnet Style, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous large decorative box crafted in thick draped leather and brass. This incredibly elegant and unique piece was designed and handmade in Italy during the 1960s.
Fully origina...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Leather trunk
Spanish, 17th century
Boiled Leather, wood and iron
Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm.
Provenance :
- collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France
Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate.
Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features.
The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness.
Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid.
the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship.
The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony.
The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament.
The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection.
Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1).
Related literature :
Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992
Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...
Category
17th Century Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$12,908 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Chinese Leather Box
Located in Singapore, SG
This antique leather box from Shanxi province has an original dark, almost black, exterior, and a deep maroon leather interior. The characteristic cracked leather texture throughout ...
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Pine
Pair of “Original” Leather-Trimmed Suitcases by Globe-Trotter, England
By Globetrotter
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated pair of “Original” two-wheel trolley suitcases by Globe-Trotter (English, founded 1897), celebrated for its timeless craftsmanship and association with luxury travel....
Category
Late 20th Century English Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Italian Desk Box in Leather and Cut Glass, 1970s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful desk box or casket made of leather and cut glass.
Made in Italy of the 1970s.
The box is trimmed with smooth leather, a fine black leather edge and finely finished stitc...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass, Cut Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Stencil-Cut Hide Box - Frontier Region of Argentina
Located in Wainscott, NY
The Argentine Hide trunk was found in the Frontier region of Argentina. The remarkable piece is an antique which brings a historical significance, noted by the intricate patterns of...
Category
20th Century Argentine Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hide
17th century leather studded travellers Chest
Located in London, by appointment only
A large French 16th Century Beech wood & leather chest, with iron flowerhead and domed stud work to front top and sides. Original hasp and lockplate, the interior of the box with lat...
Category
Early 17th Century French Baroque Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
White Leather Tissue Box
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Sleek and sophisticated, this metal tissue box is a stunning example of modern aesthetic and skilled hand-craftsmanship. Its classic rectangular silhouette is crafted of metal and is...
Category
2010s Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Owl Box in Cream Shagreen and Bronze-Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare English Regency Writing Desk With Decorative Brass Trim by Wells & Lambe
By John Lambe
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful Handcrafted 19th Century Hardwood Veneer Writing Slope With A Tooled Purple Leather Writing Liner. Item Featured Brass Carry Handles & Is Finished With A Decorative B...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Leather Studded Campaign Case Trunk by Chapple & Sons Initials "I.M"
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Regency leather studded traveling case by Chapple & Sons of Cheapside London with studded brass initials ( I * M )
This compact Regency trunk is constru...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$709 Sale Price
20% Off
French Blue Enamel Napkin Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A French blue enamel napkin box with red Moroccan leather and carved steel silver mounts. The leather pushes in with a spring mounted red leather lid, very ...
Category
1870s French Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Hermes Alligator Box
By Hermès
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Hermes (French)
Additional Information: cylindrical box has removable divider inside
Marking(s); notes: marking(s)
Country of origin; materials: France; metal, al...
Category
20th Century French Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 18th Century Chinese Export leather covered wood trunk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A late 18th century Chinese export leather covered wood trunk circa 1780. 8.5” H. x 23.5” W. x 16” D.
Category
18th Century Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
$695 Sale Price
34% Off
Italian Leather Two Deck Card Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2-292 Italian leather 2 deck of card box. Genuine dark green or black leather with gold details.
Category
1970s Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
$175 Sale Price
46% Off
Red Book Boxes with Blue Interior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These red leather and gold-embossed book boxes from early 20th-century England elegantly blend aesthetic appeal with clever functionality. Each features a luxurious deep blue interio...
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20th Century English Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
$10,675 / set
19th Century Burr Walnut Double Hinged Writing Slope with Brass Edges and Inlay
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass bound and inlaid burled walnut travel desk of large size and with double hinges. The first section lifts to a vertical position with document storage in the lid, the second sec...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Capricia Box IV by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Capricia Box IV by Arcahorn
Dimensions: D 20 x W 28 x H 14 cm
Materials: Leather, wood, horn.
Box in Aida pebbled leather, Ice-cream color with handmade dark brown stitching. Lid in...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Leather, Wood
$2,139 / item
Empire Revival Leather and Brass Decorative Box, Italy 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 1950s Italian decorative lidded box showcases an Empire Revival Neoclassical flair. The tall, rectangular shape boasts a classic modernist design, featuring gilded bras...
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1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Painted Leather Jewelry Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French painted leather jewelry box with an inset brass handle custom monogrammed “EU, January, 24, 1898”. Inside you’ll find the box is fitted for st...
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19th Century French Other Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paint
19th Century Spanish Colonial Leather Dome Trunk with Studded Decoration
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and character-filled Spanish Colonial dome-top trunk, late 19th century, clad in original hair-on cowhide with geometric patterns formed from decorative metal studs. The rich,...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Decorated Hand-Crafted Gourd Vintage Art
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Decorated Hand-Crafted Gourd Art
10.25 h d x 9 diameter
Original vintage
Refer to images listed
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood, Beads
Suede and Bone Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large and interesting box
Suede covered wood body with a chromed metal and bone closure
Category
1970s American Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Suede
$1,000 / item
Onyx Shagreen and Macassar Ebony Box with Bone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, exotic, and unmistakably refined, shagreen has long captivated those with a discerning eye for luxury. A study in subtle opulence, this artisan-crafted decorative box is wra...
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2010s Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Maitland Smith Tooled Leather Hand Painted Poker Themed Box with Brass Accents
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Whimsical, handmade, hand-painted fooled leather box. Brass accents including brass ball feet and solid brass dice pull on top.
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Jewelry Box in Leather with Diamond Pattern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Rectangular Leather Jewelry Box on small brass balls with diamond pattern.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Edwardian Leather And Brass Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique English Edwardian Leather And Brass Box.
This charming leather box is unusually shaped with a brass handle, trim and bun feet and a tufted
satin interior lining.
Great as par...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Italian Leather Two Deck Card Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-249 Italian handmade leather two deck card box with gold embossing.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
$175 Sale Price
46% Off
French Modern Stitched Leather Rectangular Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Stitched leather Rectangular table box
France, later 20th century
French modern leather table box, reminiscent of Jacques Adnet works. This stately rectangular box ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Fabric
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Collar Box, Leather and Silver Plated Metal, Silk Lined
Located in Knivsta, SE
Burgundy Leather Collar Box with smaller Silver Plated Cufflink Box on top, used for detachable collars, 1890. Additional storage on top, for cufflinks, shirt buttons and miscellaneo...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Shagreen Box by Asprey, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished in panels of ivory-toned shagreen, this hinged box is a superb example of the craftsmanship practiced by the famed Asprey Company in London. Founded in the late ...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
French Louis XIV Messenger Box Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Rare Louis XIV period messenger box, Late 17th Early 18th century, in wood sheathed in black-tinted leather with a radiant sun motif.
This solar decoration is certainly a reference t...
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Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
$908 Sale Price
20% Off
Hermès Box by Paul Dupré-Lafon, France 1930-1940
By Hermès
Located in Delft, NL
Hermès Box by Paul Dupré-Lafon, France 1930-1940
French Box by Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermès Paris, 1930-1940
Paul Dupré-Lafon (1900-1971)
Hermès Paris lidded box with leather in cogn...
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20th Century French Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
French Antique Glove Box by "A La Marquise De Sevigne Paris"
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique French glove box covered hand stamped leather with floral and geometrical designs with a silk pink striped interior fabric the top and...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Decorative or Jewelry Leather, Metal Wood Box France 19th Century Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative or Jewelry Leather, Metal Wood Box France 19th Century Brown Color
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
$334 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Florentine Mid-Century Leather Box with Insignia Emblem
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming Mid-Century small rectangular Italian hand crafted orange box in leather with a gold medallion of a double headed eagle on the lid. The interior features a soft leather...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Hat Box, English, Leather, Case, Silk Top Hat, Dunn, Regency, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hat box. An English, leather hat case with silk top hat by Dunn, dating to the Regency period and later, circa 1820.
Lovingly worn l...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Galuchat Shagreen Long Tissue Box in Parallel Line by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Lines of shagreen cover elegant tissue box, allowing subtle differences in the natural tone and texture of each panel.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
Agneta Round Box in Pebbled leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4480
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, our Agneta box provides an unmistakable elegant flair. The curved silhouette is lined in Aida pebbled leather, Ice-cream...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Collection of Four Vintage Florentine Scuola del Cuoio Embossed Leather Boxes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collection of four small unlined brown leather boxes with gold inlay/embossed decoration by Scuola del Cuoio (ca. 1970s, Florence, Italy).
Includes a cylindrical snuff box, a matchbo...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Leather jewelry box with inlaid etched plaque - France - Louis XVI style
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming wooden jewelry or sewing box covered in brown leather, surrounded by a dark brown inlaid frieze and a decorative green frieze glued around the box.
The leather is decorated ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
$325 Sale Price
20% Off
English Zebra Wood Military Campaign Writing Desk, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
English zebra wood military campaign writing desk with brass bound molded edges, original recessed side handles, fitted leather interior with tooling and retains the original crystal ink wells...
Category
1820s American Campaign Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Polo Marmo Gray Small Square Stackable Box
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
Handcrafted with a wooden structure covered entirely in soft gray suede, this box can be used for storing jewelry or precious objects while the removable lid, embellished with a Brow...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
$890 / item
Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars.
The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Regency tooled and gathered leather casket, c.1820
Located in Reepham, GB
Made to hold jewellery and for work and writing effects, this casket is of tooled and gathered leather, the hinged lid, with pleated leather gathered to a central, shaped brass carto...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Ottavia Box in Pebbled Leather with Lid in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4469
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Sporting a design that transcends trends and times, our Ottavia box is made to be passed down over generations. Covered in an elegant Aida pebbled leather,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Box in Lather and Silk
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful glove box from the end of the 19th century, entirely sheathed in leather with a beveled glass on the cover.
The interior is covered with a padded blue silk.
Category
1880s French Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Silk, Glass
$277 Sale Price
20% Off
Agneta Round Box in Pebbled Leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4488
Located in Recanati, Macerata
With its timeless allure and sophisticated aesthetic, our Agneta box will complement any decor. Lined in Aida pebbled leather in a neutral Onyx colour, the box flaunts a contrasting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Capricia Box in Pebbled Leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4478
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Befitting of all decor, the Capricia rectangular box will be a unique addition to your vanity station or to any other place in your home and office. Cla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
