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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
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Box With Satinwood Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
English Regency mahogany box with satinwood inlay. The four corners of the top are inlaid with lovely triangular scalloped decoration. All the border molding are also satinwood inlay...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
French Ebonized & Brass Inlay Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French 19th Century decorative box opening on brass hinges. Inside you’ll find the box is fitted with two levels of storage with five compartments. This is most likely used for sto...
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19th Century French Other Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Urushi Lacquer Eggshell Orb Box, Small by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Like an ancient pebble or river-rock that has been tumbled for centuries to polish and reveal its alluvial layers. Hand-turned solid oak box enveloped in lacquered eggshell marquetry.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Oak, Lacquer
Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, GB
View of Bayham Abbey with Writing Implements
From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this unusual and large-sized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope, in the manner ...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Wood
1940s Mother of Pearl Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1940s Mosaic Mother of Pearl Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box.
Mosaic Luxury Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Vanity Box.
Middle Eastern Asian Mosaic Wood Box wi...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell, Abalone, Fruitwood
19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in ivory, along with the beaded ivory trim. Th...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Large Moorish Arabesque Inlaid Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning vintage Moorish arabesque inlaid table box, 20th century, high quality rectangular box with hinged lid, featuring contrasting mother of pearl, exotic hardwood, and bone ma...
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20th Century Moorish Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood, Ebony, Rosewood, Tulipwood
Antique Philippines Silver Inlay Betel Nut Box
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a fine example of an early 20th C rectangular bronze betal nut box with beautiful and elaborate silver inlay from Mindanao in the Philippines. The box has a handle on each si...
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Early 1900s Philippine Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Sailor's Inlaid Ditty Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sailor's ditty box for holding a sailor's valuables (mending needles, thread, pipe tobacco, razor, mementos, etc.) having a mirrored and gilt framed interior lid, with pull-out com...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Straw Marquetry Mirror Tissue Box Square in Malachite Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
A web of delicately inlaid straw marquetry catches and shines back the light on this tissue box.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
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Outstanding Feathered Walnut Veneer
From our Decanter collection, we are thrilled to offer this rare example Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box attrib...
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Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Nicole Freres 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland by Nicole Freres in 1852.
The wooden box has marquetry with various exotic woods on the lid, there is a simetric cartouche made of lemon wood in the c...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Middle Eastern Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box for Game Chess and Backgammon
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box Game Backgammon and Chess.
Middle Eastern Micro Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box.
Large vintage Moorish Syrian style micro mosaic ...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
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 Art Nouveau Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Burl
Straw Marquetry Soleil Tissue Box in Burnished Metals Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
The shape of sails on the sea in the golden age of sailing. Classical sunburst lines fan out to cover the elegant tissue box.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Straw Marquetry Mirror Tissue Box Long in Malachite Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
A web of delicately inlaid straw marquetry catches and shines back the light on this tissue box.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Contemporary Kifu Paris Brass Box with Creme Shagreen Inlay
Located in Toronto, ON
In stock now - A gorgeous Kifu Paris decorative box in brass over a base of walnut, with creme shagreen inlay lid. Expertly crafted, this decorative box is a perfect accessory for an...
Category
2010s Philippine Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Urushi Eggshell Lacquer with Abalone Shell Pebble Box - Long by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Refined and sensual small accessories for the desk or vanity have been loved and enjoyed by collectors or aesthetes for many centuries. Examples of beautiful, delicate workmanship ca...
Category
2010s Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Abalone, Eggshell, Wood
Straw Marquetry Forest Tissue Box Long in Ebony Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Like our Forêt wall covering, this pattern was inspired by the branches of trees in a forest. Bands of richly dyed straw marquetry cross and wrap the tissue box, creating reflecting ...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Straw Marquetry Soleil Tissue Box in Burnished Metals Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
The shape of sails on the sea in the golden age of sailing. Classical sunburst lines fan out to cover the elegant tissue box.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Straw Marquetry Frond Tissue Box in Burnished Metal Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
A tissue box of quiet beauty. Leaves falling in soft autumnal tones, every piece of straw marquetry applied by hand in our workshop with the most highly skilled artisans.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Lacquered Eggshell Round Brule Box, Small by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Brulé means 'burnt' in French. Raw and delicate, the Brulé boxes evoke the idea of baked earth or ashes. There is a powerful energy in the details of decisions and patterns that crea...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
19th Century Mosaic Intarsia Marquetry Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and stunning small mosaic intarsia marquetry inlaid dome-top chest form table box with beautifully aged heavily worn distressed patina.
Imagine the countless hours it must h...
Category
19th Century Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Straw Marquetry Forest Tissue Box Square in Ebony Colour by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Like our Forêt wall covering, this pattern was inspired by the branches of trees in a forest. Bands of richly dyed straw marquetry cross and wrap the tissue box, creating reflecting ...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Straw
Galuchat Shagreen Long Tissue Box in Parallel Line by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Lines of shagreen cover elegant tissue box, allowing subtle differences in the natural tone and texture of each panel.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
Urushi Eggshell Lacquer with Abalone Shell Large Pebble Box by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Refined and sensual small accessories for the desk or vanity have been loved and enjoyed by collectors or aesthetes for many centuries. Examples of beautiful, delicate workmanship ca...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Abalone, Eggshell, Wood
Urushi Lacquer Eggshell Round Brule Box, Medium by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Brulé means 'burnt' in French. Raw and delicate, the Brulé boxes evoke the idea of baked earth or ashes. There is a powerful energy in the details of decisions and patterns that crea...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Kang Table from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent island cou...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Early 19th Century English Candle Box
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century oak candle box from England. This is a wonderful folk art box with loads of character! The top of the box is hand carved and has wonderful scalloped shapes and a...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Oak
straw marquetry box attributed to Jean Michel Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful box with straw marquetry is attributed to Jean Michel Frank as it is similar in size and pattern with his work.
Box is unsigned but in good condition, red leather back.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
Early 19th Century Oak Candle box from England
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century oak candle box from England. The box has a wonderfully hand carved top with two opposing birds flanking a central pineapple. These symbols were also synonymous w...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
Antique French Boulle Napoleon III Marquetry Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French boulle marquetry box.
The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell.
Including key.
After high quality renovation.
Very good/excellent a...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Ebonized Jewelry Box with Carved Soapstone Inlaid Figures 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Chinese Ebonized Jewelry Box with Carved Soapstone Inlaid Figures 20thC
Measures - 10.5"H x 15.75"W x 9"D
Category
20th Century Chinese Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Soapstone
English Antique Boulle Jewellery Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with Squirrels, Birds and Monkeys
From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to offer this English boulle Jewellery Box. The box of sarcophagus form with brass edgi...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Urushi Lacquer Eggshell Orb Box, Large by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Like an ancient pebble or river-rock that has been tumbled for centuries to polish and reveal its alluvial layers. Hand-turned solid oak box enveloped in lacquered eggshell marquetry.
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Oak, Lacquer
A 19th Century Brass Bound Mandalay Teak Campaign Dressing Box, Burma Circa 1860
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
These boxes were made for British military officers who were posted in Burma (now Myanmar) & India during the days of British rule.
The brass & copper bound teak case is profusely ...
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Mid-19th Century Burmese British Colonial Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
Fine Antique Regency Rosewood Inlaid Brass Campaign Writing Box Desk Slope 1830
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality Rosewood & inlaid brass Campaign writing desk box, circa 1830.
The box made from the finest figured rosewood and inlaid with brass...
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1830s English Campaign Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Kazaribako Glass Box Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Kazaribako "Ornamented Box" made of glass by Japanese artist Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004) circa 1980s. The hand-blown glass box with fitting lid is of an oval shape, slightly irregula...
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1980s Japanese Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Inlaid Post Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany inlaid post box having a serpentine shaped front lift up lid with a satinwood inlaid shell to the centre opening to reveal compartments for letter...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Keywind 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Swiss music box by unknown maker.
The mechanism is wound up by a key and plays 6 melodies as provided on the original melody card. The serial number is 8180 and can be found at the ...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
19th Century Inlaid Dome-Top Wooden Box
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century inlaid dome-top wooden box with acanthus leaf detail, decorative brass lock and secret drawer.
Category
19th Century English Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk With Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl Banding
Located in Morristown, NJ
Victorian English bird's eye maple lap desk, with ebony and mother-of-pearl inlay. The dome shaped top has a brass shield medallion in the center. The interior has a vibrant purple f...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Birdseye Maple, Ebony
Italian Pietra Dura 'Aces High' Gambling Motif Mahogany Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Pietra Dura 'Aces High' Gambling Motif Mahogany Table Box
An exquisite example of Italian craftsmanship is this Pietra Dura 'Aces High' Gambling Motif Mahogany Table Box. Cra...
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20th Century Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Emerald & Ruby Mounted Silvered Filigree Box
Located in Austin, TX
Immaculately crafted from the 20th century, this Silvered Filigree Box exhibits the skill of fine craftsmanship and gemstone mastery. This breathtaking piece is exquisitely adorned w...
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Late 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Fine Antique Micro Mosaic Indo Persian Moorish Inlaid Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine antique large handcrafted vintage marquetry Indo Persian wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted scene.
Fine Antique handcrafted precious box micro mosaic inlaid in geometric design and with a miniature Islamic painting scene of men on horses.
This beautiful collectible Moorish box in covered with fine Moorish micro mosaic marquetry and the top is decorated with a miniature painting of a 19th century scene of Royal princes wearing traditional Royal Maharajas clothes and playing polo on horse.
The box is very finely inlaid inside and out.
These Middle Eastern Persian inlay boxes were used to store pens.
Museum quality piece like the ones in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum.
Finely handcrafted khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Persian technique of inlaying from arrangements of so many delicate pieces of wood, mosaic marquetry.
Dimensions. Height: 2.25 in. Width: 8.25 in. Depth: 4 in.
Circa 1940s, handcrafted in Asia.
Moorish mosaic Marquetry wear consistent with age and use, one tiny piece missing on the inside corner, not visible when the box is closed.
Great Islamic Art collector museum quality piece on this miniature painting on boxes.
Anglo Indian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Anglo Indian box with geometric Moorish Sadeli design in an rectangular shape form with micro mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork. Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic are what give it beauty and richness. This decorative technique is a type of micro mosaic featuring repeating geometric patterns. A highly skilled craft, it has had a long history in India and the Middle East with early examples dating back to the 16th century. In the 1800s, it became popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them, they became known as Bombay boxes. The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before Indian boxes appeared. The designs on early boxes 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 isn’t immediately apparent to the viewer.
About Khatam Artwork: Khatam is a Persian version of marquetry, art forms made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate pieces of wood, metal and other natural substances precisely-cut geometrical shapes.
Moorish Jewelry, Islamic Mosaic, Middle Eastern Mosaic, Micro Mosaic Inlay, Egyptian Jewelry Box...
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Early 20th Century Lebanese Islamic Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 20th inlaid desktop drawer cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th inlaid desktop drawer cabinet circa 1910.
Unusual small apprentice piece. Made using various woods and showcasing various techniques of inlay and woodwork.
A bank of 3 g...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edwardian Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Overture Cylinder Musical Box by Paillard
Located in Zonhoven, BE
beautiful music box by Pailllard.
The music box was made by the firm Paillard at the end of the 19th century in Switzerland. Paillard was one of the main producers of this type of m...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Antique English Mother of Pearl & Rosewood Writing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Firmly Attributed to Hausburg
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Victorian Writing Box attributed to ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Very Large Black French Napoleon III Boulle Brass Decorative Box 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Very beautiful and really super large box in brass Boulle marquetry style with triple fillets, with the count's crown and the coat of arms of the counts of Brittany, France on the c...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
Dome Topped Stationary Box
From our Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars & Sons. The box of rectangular form with a domed...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century European Inlaid Decorative Lap Desk Box
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is an exquisite, 19th Century European lap desk box with abalone and wood inlay. Brass escutcheon and felt velvet lining. Does not include original key.
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Modern Sterling Silver Box with Scottish Agate Thistle
Located in New York, NY
English Modern sterling silver box, 1919. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover curved and hinged with short tab; on top inlaid agate in form of stylized thistle in rondel. Silver l...
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1910s British Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Fine English Regency Period Bird’s Eye Maple Marquetry Box
Located in Free Union, VA
A very fine and exquisitely grained bird’s eye maple box of unusual form: the top curved into three concave channels, each one inlaid with contrast...
Category
Early 18th Century English Regency Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Table from Ryukyu Islands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small square-form table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent is...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Large Charles X Style Cocktail Bar In Marquetry
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare marquetry cocktail bar with Charles X-inspired motifs or Victorian-style opening onto an interior with spaces for seven glasses, a shaker, two carafes, a mixing spoon holder, tw...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Parquetry Table Top Kodansu Cabinet
Located in High Wycombe, GB
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Parquetry Table Top Kodansu Cabinet With An Arrangement of Seven Drawers & Metal Handles & Finishings
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket - Northern Italy, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket
Northern Italy, 15th century
Alla certosina inlays (bone, stained bone, pewter and wood)
H 28.2 x W 18 x D 14 cm
This beautiful casket of rectangular form is richly decorated with the characteristic geometric patterns of the Embriachi style.
The intricate geometric patterns are fashioned by juxtaposing lighter and darker pieces of wood, (colored) bone, horn and pewter. The lid and base are framed by a broad band of horn. When ivory became scarce in Europe due to disrupted trade routes, bone was substituted.
The attention to Symmetry and balance created an harmonious visual effect
Enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of the casket.
The application of geometrical motifs is in Italy known as marquetry ‘alla Certosina’, named after the Certosina Church in Pavia with its famous altarpiece decorated in this way. This is ‘intarsia technique’, a term derived from the Arabic 'tarsi', which means ‘incrustation' recalling ancient mosaics made from various materials.
These geometric elements not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the caskets but also demonstrate the versatility and skill of the artisans in creating multifaceted works of art.
‘Alla Certosina’ became famous through the Northern Italian Embriachi family who achieved a particularly high standard in working in this technique. Venice in particular was known for the production of these luxurious boxes. The caskets, hexagonal or rectangular, surmounted by a lid decorated in several registers constitute the secular, albeit equally renowned component of the workshop’s production, in addition to mirror frames and various everyday objects.
The method of fabrication of those objects was based on two concepts that underlay pre-industrial production: standardization and modularity, thanks to a distribution of skills according to the different phases of fabrication.
even the realization of the marquetry motifs (in the form of ingots from which portions of the desired size were cut) were therefore entrusted to various specialized craftsmen, as were the assembly phase.
Today better known thanks to the extensive research work recently carried out by Michele Tomasi, this workshop owes its name to its founder and owner, the Florentine Baldassare Ubriachi (or degli Embriachi), a merchant and banker established in the Tuscan capital before he settled in Venice in 1395. Together with sculptor Giovanni di Jacopo, who directed the workshop, from the last years of the fourteenth century, Baldassare oversaw a production that was truly original, and still easily recognizable today, comprising monumental altarpieces and various objects, primarily triptychs and caskets.
The precise location of the workshop is unknown, except that it originated in Florence and in ca. 1431 there was apparently a workshop in Venice, in the area of S Luca. They employed local workers specializing in 'certosina' (inlay of stained woods, bone and horn), and the workshop produced items carved in bone (usually horse or ox) with wood and bone marquetry.
The geometric decoration of Embriachi caskets reflects the artistic complexity and attention to detail that characterized their work.
this inlaid casket is a testament to the skill and artistry of the Embriachi family and serves as a stunning example of the decorative arts of the late Middle Ages.
Related Literature :
E. Berger, Prunk-Kassetten: Europäischen Meisterwerke aus acht Jahrhunderten / Ornamental Caskets...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Inlay Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
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