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Technique: Inlay
Antique French Jewelry Box Napoleon III 19th Century Thuya & Burl Wood Inlaid
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Charming French antique 19th century Napoleon III Jewelry box in Thuya & burl wood.
Marvelous inlaid details with amazing wood !
This Lovely jewelry box comes with its original l...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19thC Campaign Style Rosewood with Brass Inlay Stationary Letter Box
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large rosewood and teak fitted letter writing box with brass inlay. Numerous cubbies with lids for various items. Slotted back panel fo...
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1850s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Wood, Geometrical Marquetry Inlays, France, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 1970s, in France. Its lid is made in wood, with geometrical Marquetry inlays. It is beige and brown in color.
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Irish Killarney Ware Arbutus & Marquetry Work Box
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning early 19th century Irish Killarney ware arbutus wood work box, the hinged cover typically inlaid with a scene of Glena Cottage (Killarney) an...
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19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Yew
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Music Box Granada Spain
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted vintage Middle Eastern style mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood footed music box.
Handcrafted in Spain in the Moorish Syrian style with red velvet lined and a mirror.
Decorative Spanish inlaid Marquetry trinket box intricately and finely inlaid in Islamic geometric designs with marquetry of precious wood decorated with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid with fruitwoods..
Handcrafted in Granada Spain...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood
Early 19th Century English Regency Rosewood Mother-of-pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
An elegant fine quality English Regency period tea caddy. Circa 1815
Born in the early 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted from the finest exotic rosewood, rectangular sarcopha...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Middle Eastern Mosaic Moorish Box Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese, Egyptian mosaic marquetry wood box inlaid.
Small vintage walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid with mosaic shell and marquetry.
Great craftsmanship handmade by artisans in the Middle East, Lebanon or Egypt.
Dimensions
Height: 2.25 in.
Width: 6 in.
Depth: 4 in.
Circa 1950.
Great Middle Eastern Islamic Mosaic...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Fruitwood, Shell
19C Anglo Indian Sadeli Mosaic Greeting Card Case
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a superb 19C Anglo Indian Sadeli Mosaic greeting card case.
Made in or around Bombay, India circa 1880.
This is a greeting card case used for holding your greeting cards or business cards of the day !
The body of the case is made from sandalwood and it is fully overlaid with bone and highly intricate Sadeli Mosaic made up of thousands of micro mosaic pieces of bone, ebony, silver/pewter and semi precious stone.
The workmanship is stupenduous !!!!
This case is almost museum quality. One or two very, very minor losses of mosaic mainly where the top meets the body but otherwise near mint !
SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Precious Stone, Ebony
Marble Box with Jewish Star of David Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful modern style or Postmodern period marble and brass box with Jewish Star of David design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, 90s. Box, att...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Shagreen Box with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by Kifu, Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Dandy Box is a chic accent piece for your home. The piece is lined with a removable velvet tray should one wish to use it for jewelry. The piece is com...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Rajasthani Pietra Dura White Stone Inlay Taj Mahal India Style
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Rajasthani Pietra Dura White Stone Inlay Taj Mahal India Style coaster plates.
Rajasthani inlaid stone marble decorative set of 7 small roun...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble
Large Victorian Box, Mahogany on Oak, England, circa 1840
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large early Victorian box, Mahogany on oak, England circa 1840
Large body in mahogany veneered on oak. In the lid with fan inlay work in maple. Standing on 4 carved feet. Inside with 1 brass...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Middle Eastern Micro Mosaic Handcrafted Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid wood box.
Small octagonal box intricately decorated with a miniature painting of an old man with a textile in his hand motif and inlaid with mosaic marquetry.
Middle Eastern, Asian micro mosaic box...
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Mid-20th Century Azerbaijani Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Maitland Smith Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A vintage 1970s Maitland Smith crackled lacquer box with a burled walnut inlay and brass fittings. Box is a dark brown and retains its original label. The interior is lined with blac...
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Mid-20th Century American Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Tessellated Marble Box by Maitland Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Tessellated with black and white marble jewelry box, velvet lined interior By M, aitland Smith.
Category
1980s American Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Walnut Tumbridgeware Dressing Box
Located in Port Chester, NY
A decorative walnut Tumbridgeware jewelry box with vibrant violet silk interior. Tumbridgeware being characterized as a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tumbridge and the spa town of Royal Tumbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. This one dates from circa 1870, and has good inlay, especially the hexagonal mother-of-pearl motif around the keyhole. There is no key. Useful divided tray...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Jewelry Box with Inlaid Brass 1900 Arts & Crafts Period
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Superb jewelry box from France early 1900s made from solid wood with amazing inlaid brass decorations.
The jewelry box is richly decorated with brass inlay
Comes with original lo...
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Early 1900s French Arts and Crafts Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Inlaid Octagonal hardwood Box with Fitted Interior and Key, English Early 19th C
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand made oak Sewing Box, of octagonal form with inlaid sunburst top, fully fitted interior and having a working lock and key, all dating to circa 1840.
The bo...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Tessellated Box in Coral Stone and Brass by Casa Bique, C. 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
1970's Architectural box handcrafted of tessellated coral stone in hues of ivory, peach, and salmon pink. The large scale box features plinth feet wi...
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1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Hand Carved Lapis Lazuli Mosaic Jewelry Box with Marble Interior
Located in New York, NY
Lapis lazuli hand carved mosaic lidded box, with white marble interior.
Natural lapis stone has beautiful golden pyrite inclusions, like a sprinkling of fairy dust. The lapis mosaic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
Handcrafted White Mother of Pearl Inlaid Moorish Octagonal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted white mother of pearl inlaid and hand carved lidded box.
Small octagonal Anglo Indian decorative box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which hav...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Handwrought Mid-Century Modern Mexican Mosaic and Brass Box by Salvador Teran
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Turquoise/ blue colored mosaic glass tesserae and brass lidded box handmade in Mexico by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. Featuring Aztec-inspired brass symbols on the lid and sides. This colorful box...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Walnut Tumbridgeware Jewelry Box
Located in Port Chester, NY
A decorative walnut Tumbridgeware jewelry box with vibrant blue silk interior. Tumbridgeware being characterized as a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tumbridge and the spa town of Royal Tumbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. This one dates from circa 1870, and has good inlay, especially the hexagonal mother-of-pearl motif around the keyhole. There is no key. Useful divided tray...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Walnut
Moroccan Moorish Middle Eastern Large Inlaid Wood Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning mosaic design, this intricate quite large wood jewelry box is made from multiple micro pieces of wood, mother of pearl with some possib...
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20th Century Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rectangular Trinket Box Made of Marquetry and Brass by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
This trinket box is handcrafted with shell marquetry and brass trims.
The box is hinged and the interior is lined with a high quality black microsuede.
A very unique piece you ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Decorative and Jewelry Box, in Wood with Brass Geometrical Inlays, France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 1970s, in France. Its lid is made of a checkerboard rectangle in Brass, and wood. It is gold and brown in color.
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1970s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Middle Eastern White Mosaic Moorish Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese mosaic marquetry wood box.
Small vintage walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish m...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Shell, Fruitwood
Shagreen Leopard Pattern Box with Shell and Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The leopard box by Kifu Paris showcases the brand's signature whimsical details and the incredible craftsmanship. This piece includes intricate inlay work of cream shagreen, brown pe...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Rosewood Travel Box with Brass Inlay, Complete with All Interior Items
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Antique rosewood travel box, with inlaid brass, the fitted interior complete with all items, including brushes, bottles, sewing items, etc., English, circ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English William IV Stickware Tunbridge & Rosewood Stationery Box c.1835
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome piece of early Tunbridge Ware dating to around 1835, William IV in era.
Made from wood this small stationery box is decorated with intricate Tunbridge Stickware inlay.
The interior has been professionally re-lined in a handsome hand-marbled paper; the size of the interior would suit...
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1830s British William IV Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Box in Inlaid Straw Threads, Classic Landscapes on All Sides, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique and very rare box, built in wood covered with inlaid / intertwined and colored straw threads, richly decorated to form classic landscapes on ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
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1880s British Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Walnut Stationary Box Inlaid with Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Port Chester, NY
Antique travel writing slope in well figured walnut. Original faded blue gray velvet. Piece measures 15 inches long when open.
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Walnut
Handcrafted White Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese mosaic marquetry wood box.
Small octagonal walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish motif desi...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood
Antique Napoleon III Game box with Brass and Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of various types of wood marquetry inlaid with brass trims. This box s...
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Middle Eastern Moorish Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
Small box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura Censor
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box with lid.
Handmade marble decorative lidded box inlaid with semi precious stones, jasper and carnelian for orange.
It is the same craft that you see in the Taj Mahal.
Very nice fine pietra dura art...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Boulle Boîte À Bijouax, Signed Tahan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. Boulle Boîte à Bijoux, signed "Tahan - Fournisseur du Roi" (Royal cabinetmake...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Khatam Persian Micro Mosaic Marquetry Inlaid Jewelry Trinket Box 1950's
By Mamluke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Middle Eastern wood inlay micro mosaic marquetry with miniature hand painted scene.
Handcrafted khatam hexagonal shape wooden box with ...
Category
20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Tortoise Shell Needle Case with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century tortoise shell needle case with a mother of pearl inlay. A knife box shape with a hinged lid and a package of the original needles in the original packaging marked ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
17th/18th Century Italian Venetian Marquetry Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
An important early antique Italian Renaissance table box, handcrafted in Northern Italy in the 17th/18th century, cassone chest form, richly inlaid, the top and front panel with fruitwood banding framing...
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18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
William IV Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Tea Caddy, English, ca. 1835
Located in Banner Elk, NC
William IV rosewood tea caddy, of sarcophagus form with finely inlaid mother-of-pearl medallions with stylized acanthus leaves, the escutcheon plate with further similar decoration, ...
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19th Century English William IV Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Large Antique Moorish Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box Hexagonal Shape
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Middle Eastern Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Intricate hexagonal shape inlaid box with geometric Moorish design.
I'm always astounded by the intricate...
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Early 20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Middle Eastern Moorish Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
vintage small trinket box intricately decorated with Moorish motif des...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood
17th Century Silver Mounted Traveling Box with Key
Located in Dallas, TX
A 17th century silver mounted Coromandel wood with mother of pearl inlay traveling box with a Interior fitted with drawers and a reliquary cabinet. W...
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17th Century French Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Moorish Middle Eastern Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
Small box intricately decorated with Moorish Star of David motif designs which have been painstakingly ...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood
Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mountain Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the tradition...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Don S. Shoemaker Mexican Modern Inlaid Mixed Woods Parquetry Hinged Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Inlaid mixed woods parquetry box created by Don Shoemaker, circa 1960s. Box measures 2.25" by 6.5" by 5.5" and is in very good vintage condition showing some wear. Signed with the Do...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Moorish Handcrafted Octagonal Box with White Mosaic Marquetry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese mosaic marquetry wood box.
Small octagonal walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood
Decorative Tumbridgeware Inlaid Box
Located in Port Chester, NY
A decorative walnut Tumbridgeware box. Tumbridgeware being characterized as a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tumbridg...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Shagreen Leopard Pattern Box with Shell and Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Leopard box by KIFU PARIS showcases the brand's signature whimsical details and the incredible craftsmanship. This piece includes intricate inlay work of coal black shagreen, bla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Mother of Pearl Inlaid Lacquer Elephant Motif Tissue Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite mother of pearl inlaid lacquer elephant motif tissue box,
Intricately inlaid all over with numerous elephants in landscape. Fitted with a si...
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20th Century Anglo-Indian Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Beautiful Jewelry or Collecting Treasure Box Inlaid with Walnut, Burl Walnut
Located in Lisse, NL
Great craftsmanship with a great Patina from the early 1900s inlaid with Wood and other woodtypes.
If you are looking for a stylish and truly decorative box to grace your table or d...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Large Size & Great Quality Carved Jewelry, Treasure or Collecting Box / Casket
Located in Lisse, NL
A beautiful and top condition antique black forest jewelry box, carved on all sides.
This rare and large jewelry box makes a beautiful accessory for a lady with an eye for fine arts. It is a very well fine carved gem and highly practical with a good working lock and key. The detailed leafs, branches and flowers on top
and the marvelous blue...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Moorish Handcrafted Middle Eastern Mosaic Inlaid Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
Large box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood, Shell
Antique Belle Époque Burl Walnut Box with Brass, Ebony Inlay, French, circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Belle Époque burl walnut box with intricately inlaid brass, ebony, and exotic woods, French, circa 1880. The highly figured burl walnut top chosen to r...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl, Walnut, Ebony
19C Anglo Ceylonese Sewing Box of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19c Anglo Ceylonese sewing box of museum quality.
Made in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860, this is one of the finest sewing boxes of it’s kind that we have ever seen!
The box is made from coromandel wood (an exotic hardwood found in Ceylon) and has a serpentine edging all over the front, back and sides.
Very often the lids/tops of these boxes suffer cracks due to shrinkage but this one is near perfect with no crack in the lid/top. There is some evidence of natural shrinkage but that is around the edges of the lid/top.
It is when you open this box that it reveals it’s true beauty, quality and treasure !
The inside of the lid/top is heavily and beautifully decorated with inlaid bone in scrolling floral patterns which have then been hand painted with red and black ‘lac’ ink. The central medallion is a circle of inlaid specimen exotic hardwoods radiating towards a central bone and hand painted flower. The circle is edged in bone, wood and silver chevrons.
What makes this box Exceptionally rare is that it contains 3 lift out base sections. Normally, there would be a maximum of 2.
The first tray/section is clearly for the purposes ancillary to sewing with a pair of sections with bone spools for thread etc. There are 17 other lidded compartments with each one highly decorated using hand painted bone and specimen woods to replicate tortoiseshell.
The first tray lifts out to reveal a second removeable tray which is made up of a pair of open sections and 8 specimen wood lidded sections each with chevron banding.
The third tray is a smaller tray underneath with 14 lidded compartments each with hand painted bone and specimen wood inlaid lids again, replicating the look of tortoiseshell. Again they are banded with a chevron border.
This is a museum quality piece !
It is in fantastic condition for it’s age with the minor shrinkage to the edges of the lid/top, some finger pulls missing and some very minor cracks to the tray lids and bases but nothing that in any way detracts from the piece. No key.
Dimensions: Closed the box is 16.75 inches wide, 11.25 inches deep and 7.5 inches high
Fully open the box is 16.5 inches high, 16.75 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep
Anglo-Indian and ceylonese boxes: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-Indian boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
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Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
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