Veneer Decorative Boxes

Fabulous brass bonded malachite veneered domed box. The quality of the malachite is excellent. Please be informed that the bottom is also malachite veneere...

The LINLEY Cocktail Box is handcrafted in hand dyed charcoal veneers of ripple and straight sycamore highlighted by mother of pearl dots. The interior is lined in bleached anigre and features a glass mirror etched with classic cocktail recipes for inspiration. Contains a Trafalgar cocktail shaker, four Trafalgar martini glasses, four Trafalgar shot glasses, four Trafalgar olive sticks, four magnetic coasters, silver ice tongs, silver cocktail swizzle stick...

For its latest creation, a jewellery box, the Linley designers have taken inspiration from the magnificent stripe pattern adorning the interior of the Duomo of Siena. While the Duomo interior walls were created in alternating white and black marble (which is, in fact, dark green), the exterior pattern of the Siena jewellery box is made up of specially dyed grey anegre and bleached sycamore veneers. The lid of Jewellery box features a slip-matched pattern using sixty individual pieces of bleached sycamore veneer and is crowned by an oval shaped sterling silver plaque, perfect for engraving with a name, date, initials or special message. Believed to be completed between 1215-1263, the Duomo of Siena also contains an exceptional decorative floor. Made up of panels designed by important sculptors and painters of the time, the scenes were created using a technique of inlaying colored marble into slabs of white marble in a manner similar to marquetry, the incredibly intricate skill that Linley is renowned for. Constructed in sycamore, the jewellery box opens to reveal glass mirrors, angled so that jewellery can be admired from different views. The interior is a myriad of compartments and drawers that swing and pullout, each one lined in pale grey faux suede and individually designed for storing different jewellery, watches and trinkets with ring inserts, padded watch...