Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
ART NOUVEAU STYLE
In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
- Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
- Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals
- Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
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20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-over-red Domed Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual 20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-Over-red crystal box The box is composed of two sections of Italian clear-over-red crysta...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal, Bronze
Modern Serving Tray Calacatta Marble Brass Handmade Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Serving Tray Sakai, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
A sublime serving tray, Sakai was design to uplift layback moments. An organic-sha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Liquor Serving Set, Vista Alegre, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Liquor Serving Set, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
This sublime liquor serving set was design to uplift layback moments. The set includes 4 stunning pieces:
1 serving tray
Sakai, an organic-shape tray in bush hammered Tiger Skin marble, and brass handles in high-gloss finish.
W.49.5 x De.37 x H.6,5cm / W.19.5 x De.14.6 x H.2.56 in
1 Emerald green crystal decanter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Marble, Crystal, Brass
Romantic Antique French Art Nouveau Jewelry Box in Burl Wood & Floral Inlay 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous & rare! This French Art Nouveau Jewelry box made from Burl wood with floral inlay decorations.
The jewelry box looks amazing fr...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Fabric, Wood, Burl
Art Nouveau Silver Plated Repousse Tobacco or Jewelry Box
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau silver plated repousse tobacco or jewelry box
The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and feature panels
with images of birds and flowers
Good conditio...
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1930s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Silver Plate
Jugendstil iridescent glass cookies jar, Pallme & König Austria ca. 1910.
By Pallme König
Located in Firenze, IT
Jugenstil cookies jar. 'Iris' iridescent glass, hexagonal shape.
Pallme & König, Steinschönau Bohemia, Austria ca. 1910.
H 20 cm - Diam. 14 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent wi...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
20th century sterling silver handbag-shaped box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
20th century sterling silver handbag-shaped box
Beautiful decorative silver box, with a central design of a rose and a frame of bows on both sides. Sealed
Measures:
Height: 7.5 centi...
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20th Century English Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Daum Nancy enameled glass Swan box and silver cover
By Daum
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Investing in this Daum Nancy enameled glass Swan box with a silver cover is an opportunity to acquire a masterpiece that seamlessly combines artistry with functionality. Daum Nancy, ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box 507A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen box with internal wood lining, design #507A by Gundorph Albertus from 1927. A rectangular, hammered sterling silver box. Slightly arched lid wi...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Crab by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Enamel
Novelty Silver Plate Military Drum Biscuit Barrel
By Daniel & Arter
Located in Northampton, GB
In the Form of a Drum
From our Accessories collection, we are pleased to offer this Novelty Silver Plate Military Drum Biscuit Barrel. The Biscuit Barrel of novelty form in the sha...
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Early 1900s English Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Loetz Biscuit Barrel Cookie Jar Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Antique Lötz & WMF
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A lovely Art Nouveau biscuit barrel, made of iridescent art glass with a combed pattern made by Loetz Wwe. with a brass mount by WMF which was originally silverplated.
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Silver Plate, Brass
Mid 20th century German art Nevo style polished steel and brass trinket box
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 20th century beautifully handcrafted Art Nouveau polished steel and brass trinket box or lock box. This box has beautifully handcrafted polished steel art...
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1950s German Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Art Nouveau Bourgeois Aine-Paris Paint Box Set, Circa 1910's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Bourgeois Aine-Paris Paint Box Set, France Early 20th Century
Art Nouveau child's watercolor paint set from Bourgeois-Aine of Paris, France. A company, ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Plique a Jour Cloisonné Mosaic Lidded Bowl on Stand
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is an exquisite, late 19th century French Art Nouveau, Plique a Jour cloisonné-enamel lidded bowl on a decorative wood stand. The piece has a gorgeous butterfly and floral-in...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Enamel
Round carved wooden box with its key - Beethoven profile medallion - 19th centur
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Louis XVI style carved wooden jewelry treasure box. The wood is carved in relief with foliage decoration all around, and the profile of Beethoven is very nicely and finely carved on the lid,
This profile in a circle and the play of colors and textures of the wood gives a medallion in the taste of the bronze work of Jean Bertrand Andrieu.
The interior is in green silky fabric.
La Boite is also in the style of T. Hingre's bronze work. Louis-Théophile Hingre (sometimes known as Théophile Hingre) is a sculptor, modeler and medal engraver.
The wood of this pretty round box is beautifully and finely carved. Beethoven's profile like the scrolls are sculpted with great precision and delicacy.
Ludwig von Beethoven is a German composer, pianist and conductor, born in Bonn on December 15 or 16, 1770 and died in Vienna on March 26, 1827 at the age of 56.
The last great representative of Viennese classicism (after Gluck, Haydn and Mozart), Beethoven prepared the evolution towards romanticism in music and influenced Western...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Wood
1906 Art Nouveau Biscuit Tin by Huntley & Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Fame 1906 Art Nouveau waterfall form biscuit tin box by Huntley & Palmers, English. Each side decorated with Greco-Roman figural reserves of "Fame", "Harvest", "Abundance", "Fire", "...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Metal
Glit Bronze Art Nouveau Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Fairfax, VA
Art Nouveau circle 1900 gilt bronze jewelry decorative box with womans profile and floral decoration. Boxed in lined with velvet.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Bronze
Vintage bronze mounted porcelain box hand painted butterflies and floral decor
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Porcelain bronze mounted box, Art Nouveau style
Made of hand-painted crackled, glazed high quality bronze mounted porcelain. Signed on the bottom.
An all over polychrome floral deco...
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20th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel Art Nouveau style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats.
Pill Box Silver is with translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Pill Box Silver has a hand-painted floral miniatu...
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1980s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique sterling silver Aide Memoire, card case, William Neale
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive and substantial antique sterling silver Aide Memoire and card case.
This is a very good quality and heavy sterling silver Aide Memoire with a tan leather interior and ...
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Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Sterling Silver
René Lalique glass art nouveau lidded box „Scarabée“
By René Lalique
Located in Aachen, DE
A gorgeous early design by René Lalique for the perfume maker L.T.Piver in Paris. The Scarabée series was featuring scarabs on Piver's perfume bottles of different sizes and also inc...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
1902 German Jugendstil Presentation Punch Bowl
Located in Austin, TX
Beautifully decorated Jugendstil Presentation Punch Bowl. The vessel is quite large and has a lovely finial lid and detailed vine handles. The inscription is in German which translat...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Copper
Plique-À-Jour Enamel And Glass Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted entirely with an exceptionally detailed enamel technique known as pliqué-à-jour, this French box is a luxurious objet d'art. Exhibiting a subtle translucence like that of sta...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Enamel
Galle Cameo Glass Box and Cover, c1922
By Gallé
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Galle Cameo Glass Box and Cover, c1922
Additional Information:
Heading : A Galle Cameo glass box and cover
Date : 1920-1924
Origin : Nancy, France
Bowl Features : Puce leaves and b...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Glass
Museum Quality and Excellent Design Arts & Crafts Jewelry Box by Erhard & Sohne
Located in Lisse, NL
Museum quality and marked Erhard & Sons, Arts and Crafts box.
In almost all countries on the globe there are -for good reasons- collectors of the boxes that were handcrafted by Germ...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
René Lalique (1860-1945) « Boite Ronde Grande Muguet » Mint Green 1921
By René Lalique
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
René Lalique (1860-1945), Mint Opalescent Glass « Boite Ronde Grande Muguet » 1921
Mint green tinted molded-pressed opalescent glass box decorated with Lily of the Valley
Extremel...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Alice and Eugene Chanal Art Nouveau Pewter Box, France 1910
Located in Atlanta, GA
Alice Chanal and Eugene-Louis Chanal designed this lovely French Art Nouveau uniquely illustrated handwrought "Dinanderie" pewter round covered box with a beautiful polished patina. ...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Metal, Pewter
Art Nouveau Dose box Cedar Humidor By Jugendstil Carl Deffner Signed
By Carl Deffner
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in wood. It is Hand painted, in black and green, color.
Beautiful Art Nouveau brass box. Carl Deffner Esslingen hallmark. Interior co...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Wood
Wedding Favor Box Art Noveau hand painted on lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round wedding favor with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine manual engraving of flower shoots, fire-enamelled with various colours, in early 1900s Art Nouveau styl...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Repousse Stork Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Stone, Enamel, Brass, Iron
Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired asu guillochè enamel also on all sides and monochrome hand-painted miniature on the lid. Dimensions c...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Hallmarks of .800 silver crescent moon and crown, with the stamped signature of the Retailer /Jeweler's mark of Paul Tub...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal, Silver
Tea Tin with Geisha, Gottschlig Agoston R.T, Budapest, Early 20th C, Asian Style
Located in Antwerp, BE
Tea Tin for Gottschlig Agoston, Budapest, Early 20th Century.
Gottschlig Agoston's trademark was rum, liqueur, cognac and tea.
It's a large rectangular black and gold tin with on each side a different geisha. The corners are decorated with flowers. On top of the lid a beautiful logo with sailboats on the sea with written on the sail: finest tea blend.
Inside the box there is still a part of the paper logo with a globe and two lions.
This antique tea tin...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Metal
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box 329
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Georg Jensen sterling silver box, design #329 by Johan Rohde from circa 1919. Hinged rectangular box with hand-hammered surface, subtly decorated with a beaded pattern arou...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Sterling Silver
Jugendstill Tin with Collie and St Bernard Dogs
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jugendstill - Art Nouveau tin with handle and Dogs.
You see a Collie dog known as Lassie
and St Bernard Dog or Saint Bernard Dog.
It's a beautiful shaped tin with an unusual design: it looks like a suitcase, handbag or bag to hold. Blue lithographic tin with handle decorated with dogs and little flowers.
On top of the lid you have the handle and you see the St Bernard Dog with under written: The Children's friend. On the front and back you see the collie dog guarding a child - baby with text under " in charge ".
This litho biscuit tin - chocolate tin...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Metal
Art Nouveau Lion Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Box contains moonstones in addition to the glass cabochons.
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Iron
Pill box light green hand-painted floral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round domed pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamel fired on guilloche above and below, and hand-painted floral miniature. Viennese Art Nouveau style...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau walnut chest with embossed bronze and gemstone decoration
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Very pretty rectangular walnut chest with embossed bronze decoration in the Art Nouveau style, depicting scrolls, scarab beetles, foliage and flowers - a typical organic style which ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Multi-gemstone, Bronze
Art Nouveau Repousse "Box of Madness" by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
"Box of Madness" contains seven moonstones. If you look closely, you can see the pupils of eyes of the two subjects through the moonstones.
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942)...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Scorpion Fish by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Enamel
Art Nouveau Animal Husbandry Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Box contains moonstones in addition to the glass cabochons.
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau English Brass Footed Stamp Box, circa 1920
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique English Art Nouveau cast brass desktop footed stamp box with a lovely brass patina, circa 1920. This fine box has an ornate Neoclassical design and scrolled feet wit...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Brass
Wedding Favor Box fine engraving of flower shoots on lid 925 Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round wedding favor with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine manual engraving of flower shoots, fire-enamelled with various colours, in early 1900s Art Nouveau styl...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Antique Cacao Tin with Chef
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique cacao tin with Chef from the Netherlands.
This antique lithographic tin was made for Prima Bensdorp Cacao Amstel Amsterdam. It dates circa 1890-1910...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Metal
Pill Box White Enamel Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round rounded pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature on the lid. Viennese Art Nouveau style. Dia...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Post Office Mailbox - Cast Iron - Delachanal Model - Late 19th Century
Located in BARSAC, FR
Public mailbox of the French Post Office Model in molded cast iron manufactured by Delachanal in Paris - Late 19th Century
Good general condition - presented in its original conditi...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Iron
Art Nouveau tin can with small chicks 1920
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A tin box from the Art Nouveau period is a beautiful example of the artistic movement that flourished in Europe at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The Art Nouv...
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1920s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Tin
Collector's Item Art Nouveau Lidded Tin, 1920s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The unusual thing about this Art Nouveau tin lid box made of sheet metal is, on the one hand, its shape and, on the other, the elaborately different design of each side of the box. T...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Metal
Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Round favor Box with lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Light Blue Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor Box with lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Light Blue Enamel Salimbeni. Favor or small container in cut crystal and lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translu...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Art Nouveau Repoussé Copper Box, circa 1900.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Nouveau repoussé copper box, circa 1900.
Art Nouveau style box, 1900, embossed copper on a wooden interior, red glass cabochons, with key.
D...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Copper
R Lalique, "Epine" Bottle N°4, 20th Century
By René Lalique
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
R Lalique, Epine model bottle, n°4, in bluish molded-pressed glass
Model created in 1920, and not taken back after 1947, unsigned but referenced
A crack, a chip on the neck and a t...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal
Round favor Box lid in Sterling Silver Light yellow floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor Box lid in Sterling Silver Light yellow floral miniature Salimbeni.
Wedding favor or small container in cut crystal and lid in 925/1000 sterl...
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1960s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Byzantine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Steel, Brass
Pill Box oval with floral miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box oval with floral miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamel...
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1970s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
Circa 1905 Art Nouveau Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1905 Art Nouveau glazed pottery covered box, attributed to Henri Bergé. The mark Rambervillers is found on a documented planter. The modeller is clearly identical, as is the la...
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Pottery
Antique Paul Jean Millet Sèvres Ceramic Box Polychrome Blue Green Glaze
Located in Munich, DE
This fine Sèvres ceramic box is marked PM Sèvres for Paul Jean Milet. It has been glazed in the most marvellous colours reminiscent of a Monet's water lillies.
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
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Ceramic
Art Nouveau decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau decorative boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative boxes, popular names associated with this style include Alfred Daguet, Franco Salimbeni, Tiffany Studios, and WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $150,000 while the average work can sell for $1,207.
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Ivory Wood Box
Engraved Bone
Box With Secret Compartment
Enamel Boxes English
Strong Box Metal
Bronze Ormolu Box French
19th Swedish Box
19th Century Sri Lankan Furniture
Retro Stacking Boxes
French Crystal Cut Box
Danish Wood Box
Inlaid Bone Decorative Boxes
Large Copper Box
Silver Enamel Small Box
Bronze Enameled Box
Marquetry Wood Inlay Box
Blue Gray Decorative Box
French Trinket