Art Deco Decorative Boxes
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Item Ships From: Europe
Art Deco Revival Transparent Box by WMF Germany, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish plexiglass and silver-plate box by WMF in Germany. Made during the 1970s and art deco revival in style. Suitable for jewelry, vanity purposes or as a small tobacco humidor....
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1970s German Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Bronze Lidded Box by Sune Bäckström, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant and minimalist bronze lidded box designed by Sune Bäckström for Gusum Bruk, Sweden, during the 1930s. This refined rectangular box features clean, sharp lines and a beautiful...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$755 Sale Price
20% Off
Macassar Ebony and Satin Wood Game Box, France 1940, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very rare box in Macassar ebony and satinwood. It is a box of games, which opens by articulating the flaps on each side, and which allows you to put the many game objects you want in...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Macassar, Satinwood
$613 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Bulldog Head Wooden Box, England, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Antique bulldog head wooden box, England, 1900.
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
$2,359 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Christofle Boreal Silver Plated Fish Serving Set Design Luc Lanel
By Luc Lanel, Christofle
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant Art Deco silver-plated fish serving set by Christofle is part of the "Boréal" model, designed by the renowned Luc Lanel, celebrated for his modern and timeless designs. ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Brass Box around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco brass box around 1920s
Polished and stove enamelled
Wood inside.
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
WMF Ikora Art Deco Silver Plate and Black Enamel Cigarettes Box with Lid
By WMF Ikora
Located in Bochum, NRW
Sophisticated square box with hinged lid by WMF for Ikora Collection. Silver-plated Art Deco geometric shape, its interior is lined with cedar planks. A lovely black enamel banded mo...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Betel Motor Brass Model Car, Art Deco Box, Collectible Paint Set, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely Art Deco model car fully made in brass. This charming model car box with many purposes was made in the US during the 1930s.
Patent 75086 - This elegant and rare brass model c...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Walnut Cigar / Cigarette Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Wonderfully styled Art Deco cigar box with a internal concertina three tier cigar/ cigarette dispenser with chrome accents. Originates from France, in good vintage condition with no ...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Julien VIARD Art Deco Enameled Frosted Glass Powder Compact, France, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Enameled frosted glass powder compact by Julien VIARD, 25, rue Chevalier-Dédiré, Paris, France, early 1920s. Close to the Rene Lalique works. Height : 4.3"(11cm), Diameter : 2.35"(6c...
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1920s Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
French Art Deco Chocolate Box, 1910s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco chocolate box, 1910s. Without chocolate inside of course. A La Reine Margot, Biarritz, Cauterets, Lourdes. Cardboard box decorat...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
$450 / item
Swedish Modern Pewter Jar C-G Hallberg 1931 Sweden
By CG Hallberg
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This pewter jar in all its simplicity is a typical piece for the late 1920s early 1930s Swedish modern era. The jar is made with pattern on each side and the lit with a giraffe.
...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Art Deco Crystal Glass Trinket Decorative Vanity Box, vintage Austria 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A really beautiful clear crystal glass Art Deco Trinket Jewelry box or catchall. In very good condition with signs of use. A real collectors item for your Art Deco setting. Nice addi...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Faux Bamboo Rectangular Tissue Box, France 1940, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very rare box in faux bamboo. It can be a tissue box or a box of games, which opens by articulating the flap which allows you to put the many game objects you want inside, it can als...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Glass, Plastic
$424 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Wilhelmina Wendt, box with silver inlay, Sweden 1954
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare decorative (cigarette) box in isolite (early plastic material) and decor of ship in silver inlay. Made by silversmith Wilhelmina Wendt, Perstorp, dated 1954 (D9). Swedish Art...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Set of 4 Vintage Nesting Boxes, Japanese, Lacquer, Storage Boxes, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 vintage nesting boxes. A Japanese, lacquered quartet of small storage boxes with handpainted decor, dating to the Art Deco per...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
An Art Deco Large Sèvres Ceramic Box, Maurice Gensoli, 1933
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An Art Deco large Sèvres ceramic box,1933
Large Sèvres Glazed ceramic box with stylized Art Deco floral decoration
Shape created by Gensoli
Designed by André Naudy
Sèvres stamp unde...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Art Deco Silver and White Porcelain Czechoslovakian Box by Pirkenhammer
By Pirkenhammer
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish Art Deco silver and white porcelain box in very good conditions. It has been designed and manufactured in the Thirties by Pirkenhammer, it's marked on the bottom. The box i...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
black and brown art deco decorative or jewelry ceramic box by Talbot La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Joseph Talbot - La Borne
20th century art deco black and brown decorative or jewelry ceramic box
original perfect condition
signed
Circa 1940
Height 16 cm
Large 13 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Fabulous Antique English Rose Quartz & Lapis Lazuli Box, c.1920
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful early Art Deco box made from highly prized Rose Quartz framed by exotic blue Lapis Lazuli, a winning combination.
Excellent condition dating to c.1920. Measures: 6 1/8...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
$1,663 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Playing Card Box, Brown Color, France, circa 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box, is a playing card box. This game box is a box that consists of two separate compartments, in which you put your card games. The lids are in chromed metal finished with a wooden extension that allows it to be opened and closed.
It has been made in France circa 1940, it is an art deco style box.
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
$235 Sale Price
20% Off
black and brown art deco decorative or jewelry ceramic box by Talbot La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Joseph Talbot - La Borne
20th century art deco black and brown decorative or jewelry ceramic box
original perfect condition
signed
Circa 1940
Height 16 cm
Large 13 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
GAB Swedish Modern Pewter Box with Playing Card Motif - Art-Deco 1930's
Located in Stockholm, SE
This vintage GAB pewter box from Sweden showcases a unique design, featuring a stylized burst of playing card suits—spade, heart, diamond, and club—radiatin...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
21st Century, Hand-Carved Amethyst Crystal and Golden Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Amethyst crystal box with cut engravings and golden patinated bronze. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind.
The style of this ...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
STUNNING VINTAGE HAND CARVED SOLID MALACHITE RECTANGLE TRiNKET JEWELLERY BOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Malachite jewellery trinket storage box
A good...
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20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
French Art Déco Rectangular Galuchat Leather Box for Cigars etc. from the 1940s
Located in Salzburg, AT
French Art Déco Rectangular Shagreen Leather Box for Cigars etc. from the 1930s.
The interior is made of cedar wood, which particularly enhances the tobacco aroma.
There is a ribbed...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Cherrywood Pull-out Sewing Box
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The sewing box dates from around 1930 and was made of solid cherry wood. The box can be extended in width on both sides, as can be seen in the photos. A very nice decorative object w...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cherry, Spruce
$1,120 Sale Price
24% Off
Art Deco Porcelain Powder Jewelry Box With Lady by Kosso, Germany, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This Art Deco porcelain box features a figurine of a seated woman in a bright yellow dress, gracefully posed atop a white cushion decorated with delicate gold motifs and corner shell...
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20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$2,239 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco 1900 Stoneware Ceramic Brown Decorative Box Gentil & Bourdet French Art
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gentil & Bourdet
Original and decorative stoneware ceramic box.
Elegant brown stoneware ceramic glaze for this art deco 1900 ceramic box.
Signed under the base
Original p...
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20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Box Pietro Chiesa & Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte, Italy 1930s
Located in Palermo, IT
Amazing rectangular corrugated box made of wood and mirrored crystal with engraving of a spatial concept always on the crystal for an amazing effect to light reflections. Pietro Chie...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
$5,076 Sale Price
20% Off
French Art Deco sewing box in sculpted wood, ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / sewing box / wood, fabric / Art Deco / Mid-century / Vintage
Very decorative French sewing box with graphical carvings and a yellow ...
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Early 1900s Belgian Antique Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Vintage Sugared Treats Dish, French, Brass, Glass, Small Pot, Butterfly, Decor
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage sugared treats dish. A French, brass and glass small pot with butterfly wing decor, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Delightful polished colour and fa...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Belt real black python buckle Sterling Silver Art Deco Style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Belt in real black python reptile with rectangular buckle in 925/1000 gold-plated silver with columns, with Art Deco design fire-enamelled in 3 colors enriched with pure gold sequins...
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1990s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
20th century French Art deco Silver Plate Piggy Bank Dog, 1930s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful vintage piggy bank in the shape of a seated dog, crafted in silver-plated metal during the 1930s.
Its Art Deco design and expressive character make it both a decorative obj...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Decorative Storage Elements, Art Deco, several types of Marble and Chrome, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Decorative Sculptural Pieces usable for storage of e.g. cufflinks or as bookends. 1920s Art Deco, made of Marble and Chrome.
These highly decorative and elegant pieces, in t...
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1920s European Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Box with Cut Glass 'the Glass is Slightly Damaged on the Side'
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco box with cut glass ( the glass is slightly damaged on the side) please take a look on the two last attached photos.
Brass polished and stove enamelled
Original cut glass
...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Trio Of Vintage Nesting Boxes, Japanese, Lacquered, Storage Box, Art Deco, 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a trio of vintage nesting boxes. A Japanese, lacquered celluloid set of small storage boxes with handpainted decor, dating to the Art Deco ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Art deco sugar bowl with original glass and brass parts vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art deco sugar bowl with original glass and brass parts vienna around 1920s
The top is automaticly moving by pushing.
Polished and stove enameled.
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Hat Box with Exotic Leaf Motif, 1920s–1930s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
French Art Deco Hat Box with Exotic Leaf Motif, 1920s–1930s
Vintage French hat box, c. 1920s–1930s, in an elegant oval form. Crafted in sturdy cardboard and clad with coated decorat...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Box Dankarmen Paris
Located in Northampton, GB
Lined in Royal Blue Padded Velvet
From our Boxes collection, we are pleased to offer this Art Deco Macassar Ebony Box. The box of slim rectangular form with an inset scene featuring...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Ebony, Macassar
Late 20th Century Hand-Crafted Wooden Organic Treasure Box Square Design Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
A unique, decorative and multipurpose box.
If you are looking for a handsome and stylish box for keeping your jewelry or other 'objects of Virtue' than this handcrafted piece could be perfect for you. The maker has gone to great length in making this box, because all sides are perfectly inlaid with square faux shell...
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1980s European Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fine Cherry Wood Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Nice, well preserved Art Deco box made of cherry wood. By Carl Auböck, 1930s.
Listed as a scetch drawing in catalog "Die Kataloge der Werkstätte Carl Auböck 1925-1975" [The catalo...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
$1,227 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century oriental silver plate bamboo decorated tobacco box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
20th century oriental silver plate bamboo decorated tobacco box circa 1925.
Fine quality chinese silver plate box, signed and dated 1925. Profusely cast and decorated with bamboo an...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Salimbeni Cigarette Case Art Nouveau Style Hand-Painted Miniature Pheasant
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled and hand-painted miniature by painter Renato Dainelli depicting a pheasant....
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Cash Box, France 1930s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
French steel box from the 1930s. Green lacquered case with golden craquelé pattern. The cash register has a classic handle and a key to lock. Painted green in the interior and a shee...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Vintage tin Cote d’Or easter can with rabbit and ducks, Belgium 1930s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1930 / tin can / tin / Art Deco / Mid-century / Vintage
An adorable egg shaped Easter tin can by Cote d'Or with a bunny walking with 2 chicks in the cart. Made in England ...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Vase, Bowl in Carved Crystal Color Amber and Silver 800, Italy, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful bowl in circular crystal and handcut silver, the glass is thick, cut deep and evenly, without a single thread or a flow of glass inside. No chipping or scratches.
Bowl in ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Art Deco cardboard box with a vintage picture of a girl with flowers, Belgium 19
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1930 / box / cardboard / Art Deco / Mid-century
A beautiful cardboard box in mint with a picture of a girl in a white dress holding a bouquet of flowers. Crafted in Belgiu...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat about 800°C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Glass Lidded Powder Bowl, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this charming 1930's Art Deco glass powder bowl in pink glass. To the lid is flapper girl in the fashion of the day next to a fly...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
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...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass, Cut Glass, Wood
Pair of Art Deco Ceramic Boxes
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of Art Deco ceramic boxes with lids. Marked DEK44 and 627.
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$589 / set
Large Vintage Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell Art & Craft Flower Chicken Hand Painting
Located in Wembley, GB
Vintage wooden Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell Oriental Flower and Chicken Hand Painting
Impressive Flame Brown Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Outstanding Quality, Workmanship, and compact size. Circa 1970.
The hinged lid is banded in satinwood, fabulously hand-painted and varnished with a large central circular conch shell. The front area has similar painted decorations; all places are decorated with satinwood stringing.
Condition: Excellent condition with nice patination and no losses. A lock is present, and a later key is also current but does not activate the lock. We think the woven black fabric inside the cover has been added later; it is nicely done.
A gorgeous decorative tea tray and handled hand mirror are available. Please send me a direct message so I can help you.
Location: United Kingdom.
The seller offers...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Musical Ladies Powder Compact Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco ladies musical powder box. It appears to not have ever been used and as such is in remarkable condition. Bright red enamel exterior with gold accents to the edges ...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Style Lucite Trinket Box
By Max Kahn
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Here we have a unique box in Art Deco style but produced during the late 1960's. The material is black lucite/plexiglass with decor in gold. Underneath it is marked Max Kahn. The sty...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass
$471 Sale Price
20% Off
Val St. Lambert, Belgium. Lidded box in art glass. Faceted clear and green glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Val St. Lambert, Belgium. Lidded box in art glass.
Faceted clear and green glass. Art Deco style.
Ca. 1940.
Labels and etched signature.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 10.5 cm x H...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Salimbeni Box with Swiss Musical Mechanism by Maison Reuge Art Deco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round box with Swiss musical mechanism (music box) by Maison Reuge. In 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fired enamels in Art Deco style. Diameter cm. 7.4 total height cm...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Earthenware or Terracotta Pair - Possible F.A.C.I. Guerrino Rossi
Located in Lugo, IT
Pair of Art Deco earthenware or terracotta.
Possible F.A.C.I. ceramic production. Possible airbrush decoration by the painter Guerrino Rossi.
Good condition.
Thank you
Category
1920s European Vintage Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
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