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Material: Animal Skin
Poseidon Blue Leather Round Bath Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Poseidon collection, this exceptional bathroom set will elevate the look of any bathroom with its timeless elegance. It comprises a cylindrical soap dispenser, toothbrush holder, cotton holder, and small object box or soap bar holder nested within a rectangular tray. All pieces are upholstered entirely in a soft blue-colored leather, which contrasts with the polished metal pump...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,541 / item
20th Century Louis Vuitton Cabin Trunk, France, c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Around the turn of the 19th and 20th century Louis Vuitton had established himself as a market leader in trunk making and needed to set his...
Category
20th Century French Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Canvas
Maitland Smith Leather Wrapped Lidded Jewelry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maitland Smith brown leather decoration embellished with an embossed silver tone pattern, interior lined with brown lacquer.
Category
1980s Philippine Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Rare Maitland-Smith Oversized Tessellated Marble Stone Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Maitland-Smith designed this spectacular lidded box. The piece was crafted circa 1980. The box features a tessellated marble, stone, travertine, and brass composition. The pyramidal ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Metal, Brass
Karl Springer Tessellated Stone Box with Shagreen Interior
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a very handsome and iconic lidded box by Karl Springer. Made of tessellated stone, this example has brass accents and a shagreen interior. There's also a gorgeous wood trim d...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Leather Dome Top Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Leather carved dome top box with warrior. Red silk interior. Spain, 19th century.
Category
1890s Spanish Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Silk
Agneta Round Box in Pebbled Leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4485
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, Onyx colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
1940s Distressed Military Ice Cooler Tote Portable Chest Leather Canvas
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Distressed Military Ice Bucket Portable Insulated Chest
US vintage military surplus ice cooler chest
designed in metal, canvas, cotton and leather
23...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Poseidon Round Bathroom Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning and elegant addition to a contemporary bathroom, this set is crafted of leather and is part of the Poseidon collection. It features a ...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
$1,627 / item
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
C. 1850 American Domed Leather Document or Valise Box, - Worcester County
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-19th Century American Domed Leather Document or Valise Box, Monogrammed “H. S.”, Likely Worcester County, Massachusetts
Measuring 17 inches wide, 9.25 inches deep, and 7 inches ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Small Vintage Italian Leather Jewelry Boxes
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three small Mid-Century jewelry or trinket boxes, Italy, Circa 1930's. The boxes, two oval and one round, are hand crafted in leather and gold embossed. One is embossed around the to...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
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
$12,767 Sale Price
40% Off
JEWELRY CASE - GALUCHARME GALUCHARME genuine leather shagreen light pink
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Design Modern and precious coating merge in this box shaped like a small trunk that opens to show cigarettes, or playing cards, or even favorite jewelry.
Part of the exclusive G...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
$6,072 / item
A French Empire Gilt-tooled Morocco Leather Box
Located in Roma, IT
A French Empire Gilt-tooled Morocco Leather Box
This wonderful rectangular box is decorated overall with sets of lace pattern friezes.
In Morocc...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
NAPOLEON III Paris 1860 Travel Foldable Writing Desk Box In Precious Woods & Aba
By Napoléon III
Located in Miami, FL
An antique Napoleon III traveler portable writing-desk box.
This is a gorgeous portable writing desk-box, created in France during the period of emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860. Th...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Shell, Wood
Hermès Paris decorative box in leather and bronze.
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermès Paris decorative box in leather and bronze.
This Hermès Paris decorative box features a cylindrical design covered in textured black leather on the exterior. The top and botto...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Table Bar Covered with Shagreen
By Andre Groult
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
This is a very special piece
A table bar with glasses and bottle
Silvered bronze hang.
Category
1990s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Rare C. Asprey of London Black Leather and Gilt Decorated Domed Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The inscription reads "CASPREY. 166. NEW BOND ST & 22. ALBEMARLE. ST." This refers to Asprey, a British luxury goods retailer, and its former store locations in London. 166 New Bond...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Luna Shoe Care Set
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite shoe care set is a functional piece that, thanks to its expert artisanal crafting, its impeccable design, and the fine materials used, is also...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood, Bubinga
$1,863 / item
Italian Leather Desk Organizer 5 Box Storage Area
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian black leather desk organizer, circa late-20th century, 1970s, Florence, Italy. This desk piece organizer is black leather, comprised of five (5) boxes with a rich clear lacquered wood back, brass hinges, and a center rest area (shown with car key, and small change purse...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Rectangular Decorative Box in Leather with Coins by LAR, Italy 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in leather with coins by LAR.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Luscious Leather Embossed Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful Chinese box in red, gold and black having a Chinoiserie painted design on embossed leather with original brass hardware. There's a removable metal liner and the interior is...
Category
1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
1970's Leather Boxe Signed Hermes Paris
By Hermès
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare boxe in green leather designed by Maison Hermes
Circa 1970's.
Category
1970s French Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Two Round Florentine Mid Century Leather Boxes with Fleur-de-Lis Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Mid-Century set of two Italian hand crafted boxes in leather and gold embossed with fleur-de-lis decoration. The boxes can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
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
Lacquered Goatskin and Walnut Vanity Box
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, exotic, and unmistakably refined, shagreen has long captivated those with a discerning eye for luxury. Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appear...
Category
2010s Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Goatskin, Walnut
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...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Leather Covered Round Box
Located in Miami, FL
An elegant box made of metal and covered with black leather stamped with crocodile pattern and lined with black microfiber. The top is adorned with Classic metal Fendi FF logo.
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Scuretto Leather Box in Sand
By Cassigoli
Located in Milan, IT
Showcasing both a simple and contemporary silhouette, this box with lid of the Scuretto Collection is defined by subtle elegance and enduring quality. A combination of fine materials and high craftsmanship, this box has a square wooden structure covered entirely in soft pebble-grain leather in a neutral and versatile sand color with a square knob...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
$1,507 / item
Ivory Color Shagreen and Walnut Box
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, exotic, and unmistakably refined, shagreen has long captivated those with a discerning eye for luxury. Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appear...
Category
2010s Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Chinese Scroll Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Stained leather covered wood in deep oxblood and dark brown tones. With three stitched plaques with raised characters on the front. A brass mount with lock on the front (lacking the ...
Category
19th Century Asian Ming Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
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
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood, Beads
Vintage Leather Glass Lidded Box
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century vintage leather glass box. with leather embossed detail.
Category
20th Century Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
Poseidon Yellow Leather Square Bath Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Simple and versatile, this exceptional bathroom set will be a perfect complement to a post-modern or Minimalist bathroom decor. This set consists of a soap dispenser, toothbrush holder, cotton holder, and small object box or soap bar holder all boasting a rectangular Silhouette nested neatly within a long, rectangular tray. This individual pieces and the tray are entirely upholstered in a vibrant yellow leather, complementing the polished metal soap pump...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,541 / item
Late 19th Century Large Chinese Pigskin Storage Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century large pigskin storage box, Chinese. Late Qing dynasty. Burnt red color & silvered brass or paktong fittings; the handles & their back plates of good quality. Label ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
Agneta Round Box in Pebbled leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4483
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 Ice-cream colour, the box flaunts a contras...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Fine Regency Egyptian Revival Leather & Snake Handled Ormolu Box C. 1815
Located in Atlanta, GA
This remarkable Regency-period jewelry or document box is a rare example of Egyptian Revival design, a style that gained popularity during the early 19th century following the Napole...
Category
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Ivory Small Storage Box
Located in Milan, IT
Exuding a lavish flair intertwined with its geometrical design, this refined ivory storage box showcases a precious structure in horn and wood and a rectangular lid in the same lacqu...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,127 / item
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
1960s Leather Studded Wood Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s leather studded wood box.
Category
1960s Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
English Art Deco Pink Shagreen Box on Ball Feet and Marked Mappin and Webb
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco pink shagreen covered box on ball feet and with an inset label to the bottom marked "Mappin & Webb / London Paris & Buenos Aires / Made in England". Mappin & Webb is known f...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, 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
Hand Crafted Leather and Gold Tooled Hinged Box with Brass Lion Paw Feet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely leather box with Gold tooled leather. In the shape of a treasure box, with a raised center portion, the box is unique in shape and style.
A compliment to any desk to hold...
Category
20th Century English Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Stitched Leather Boxe by Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Stitched leather boxe by Jacques Adnet
1950s
France.
Category
1950s French Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Pearwood
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
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Footed Engine-Turned Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver, paw-footed, engine-turned-designed table box with with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1926, Hollings and Hutchinson - makers. ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ivory Storage Box
Located in Milan, IT
Enriched by a prized interior in ivory Tosca leather, this rectangular storage box crafted of exquisite Horn and wood showcases a structure in delicate ivo...
Category
2010s Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,392 / item
18th Century Shagreen Letter Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice letter box. It has great brass hardware.
Category
18th Century British Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
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 ...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Karl Springer Hand Painted Batik Leather Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A nice example in beautiful condition.
Original invoice pictured.
Category
1970s American Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Italy 1940s Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Tobacco Container, Pipe Shape
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco container by Aldo Tura, Italy 1940s in goatskin, brass and wood. The container has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and another for storing and lighting the games. D...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Grand Tour Leather Cased Crystal Scent Bottle Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Grand Tour era, a set of two glass scent bottles in a fitted leather case with key, circa early 19th Century.
The Grand Tour was a 17th to early 19th century custom of the ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Leather Book Box - Receipts #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...
Category
1990s English Other 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
$331 Sale Price
20% Off
Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Italian Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury tobacco box in goatskin, brass and wood with the shape of a pipe. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Tura in Cusano Milanino Italy for Macabo during the 1940...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Antique Desk Tin, English, Leather, Desktop, Stationery Pot, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique desk tin. An English, Moroccan leather dressed desktop stationery pot, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Appealing leather craft with great colour
Displays a desirable aged patina, lightly timeworn with careful use
Dressed with red and black leather, ordered into eight segments upon the lid
Reed decor adds pattern detail to the circumference
Cast metal interior in good, original order
This is a charming antique small desk...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Edwardian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Leandro Ash Tray in Pebbled Leather with Lid in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4443
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Our Leandro ash tray is an essential for cigar connoisseurs as well as a refined decor element. The ash tray is generous in dimensions and is upholstered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Skin Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
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