Art Deco Boxes
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Art Deco Lacquered Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Bochum, NRW
Art Deco lacquered decorative jewelry box.
Art Deco box, black lacquer background, decorated with waved silver lines and wind rose in red. Inscribed inside the lid "Offert par la lampe MAZDA...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Cartier Picture Frame Box
By Cartier
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antique Cartier Picture frame box with velvet lining. Covered in signature red leather grain textile with gold embosssed edge and a silk satin lining embossed "Cartier". This box was...
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Italian Murano Glass & 24k Gold Plate Jewelry Case Mandruzzato Style
Located in Miami, FL
Cased beveled Murano Glass & 24k Gold Plate Jewelry Box, Keepsake attributed to Alessandro Mandruzzato.
Art Deco Style made in Italy, circa 1950. ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
Art Deco Porcelain Box of a Flapper Girl, Germany, 1930
Located in Devon, England
Fantastic original Art Deco porcelain box of a bathing beauty flapper girl. Made of porcelain and finished with lustre glazes, she has an exquisite face and is modelled as if lying o...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Tin Botanize-Barrel with Hunting Boy and Dogs
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique botanize-barrel with a hunting boy and two large dogs.
A red antique tin with a beautiful rounded and oval or cilinder shape with a lid and a string to wear around the neck. This lithographic tin box was made in Belgium.
This beautiful tin could also be used as a lunch box.
A great tin to display on a child's mannequin.
Antique Tin - Decorative Tin -Antique Botanize Barrel - botany vasculum - botanical box...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Box with Cut Glass 'the Glass is Slightly Damaged on the Side'
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco box with cut glass ( the glass is slightly damaged on the side) please take a look on the two last attached photos.
Brass polished and stove enamelled
Original cut glass
...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
1930s Art Deco Flapper Ballerina Porcelain Powder Box
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930s Art Deco ladies powder/ trinket box. Made from porcelain with a white pearled finish and gold tone gilding t...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Smart Antique Shagreen Gaming Counter / Poker Chip Box, c.1920
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful antique English gaming counter box dating to the 1920's / 1930's.
The box has a secret opening mechanism; the lid is slid to the left which ...
Category
1920s European Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Art Deco Porcelain Powder Box, German, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
An exceptional Art Deco powder jar very desirable and would enhance any collection. The representation of a couple in love has been expertly hand painted, from the lightly blushed ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Tin with Lady with Stola and Roses
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art deco tin with a woman with stola around her neck.
This elegant lady has blond eyes and blue eyes.
This round lithographic antique biscuit tin...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Alpaca Jewelry Box Vienna, circa 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Alpaca jewelry box Vienna, circa 1920s
Polished and stove enameled.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Alpaca
Art Deco Blue Glass Box with Lid, Austria, circa 1920
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Exclusive blue Art Deco glass box with Lid from the period in Austria around 1920. This very decorative, lovely blue pressed glass box impresses wit...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Glass
German Porcelain Duckling with Bow Box, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
German porcelain duckling with bow box, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s German Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Python Sandalwood Cigar / jewelry box
Located in Westport, CT
Art Deco python and Channeled sandalwood Mens Cigar / storage box with chrome bar front , felt bottom
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
French Majolica Elephant Money Bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica elephant money bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 1920s Sculptural Bronze Box with Finial Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
This fine antique of Austrian or possibly German bronze, stands raised on four feet with a finial cover that opens to a generous storage space. This box brings elements of the changi...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco black Lacquered Silver Cigarette Case, circa 1930
Located in Beirut, LB
Rectangular black lacquered silver cigarette case with geometric decoration on the side.
This is a very rare good looking and functional piece of collectible smoking equipment.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Modern English Onyx Marble Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and substantial Art Deco Modern period English white onyx marble and brass 'soft spring' hinged box by maker Betjemann's, circa early to mid-20th century, England. M...
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20th Century English Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Marble, Onyx, Brass
Bronze and Slag Glass Tiffany Jewelry Box, Art Deco Period, United States
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze and slag glass Tiffany jewelry box. Art Deco period. United States, circa 1900. Signed in the back "Tiffany Studios New York 830".
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Crystal and Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco round crystal box with silver cover.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Gorham 1919 Hand Hammered Sterling Silver Jewelry Box in Crescent Shape
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Hand hammered crescent shape sterling silver jewelry box made by Gorham in 1919. It has a removable maroon velvet lining which separates the case into six compartments. The lid has b...
Category
1910s American Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Bi-Colour Gold and Enamel Case
Located in Paris, FR
A rectangular vanity case or box, with bi-color gold and green translucent enamel. The decoration presents an alternation of gold bands and enamel bands of translucent green color revealing a guilloché. The box reveals three compartments probably to contain cigarettes and matches. Each part is framed by a frieze of white enamel and has thumpiece set with diamonds. The main compartment is adorned with a circular A.S monogram set with diamonds.
Work from the beginning of the 20th century probably for the Russian market.
L: 4.25in. (10.8cm) / W: 1.96in. (5cm) / H: 0.59in. (1.5cm).
Weight: 6.59in. (187 g).
18 k...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Art Deco Cartier Paris Chinoiserie Lac Burgaute Enamel Gold Pill Box
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Extremely rare Cartier mother of pearl and enamel chinoiserie pill box
A very collectible and rare motif
Made in France Circa 1928
Weight: 45.1 grams.
Category
1920s European Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold
Art Deco Lidded Wood Box with Sunburst Veneers, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality English Art Deco period lidded Box, of wood with an inlaid "Sunburst" pattern, dating to circa 1925.
The box has a rectangular shape with a fitted lid, w...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Satinwood
Cartier, English-Made Art Deco Sterling Silver Box, 1944
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable box by the famous house of Cartier, this piece made in England, fully hallmarked for London 1944 together with the initials for Jacques Cartier. ...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco, Golf Themed, Cedar Lined, Bronze and Sterling Cigar Humidor
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco bronze and sterling silver cigar humidor made by the Heintz Metal Art Company. Lined with cedar the rectangular bronze box has a mottled brown patina with the lid having an ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
1930s Walt Disney Tin with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Cat
Located in Antwerp, BE
1930s Walt Disney Tin with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Cat.
This Lithographic yellow round tin has beautiful images with the famous Walt Disney An...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Tin
Bronze, Crystal and Bakelite Vanity Case, France, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze, crystal and bakelite vanity case. France, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Art Deco Frosted Geometric Design Lidded Glass Box
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco frosted rectangular glass box with rounded edges and an incised top with geometric designs and a hallmark at base.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Glass
French Art Deco Carved Love Doves Oak, Walnut and Rosewood Box Signed R.Vidal
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty Art Deco love letter box in carved walnut wood, would also be great to keep jewellery in.
Two detailed carved doves lying in an amorous em...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Oak, Rosewood, Walnut
Super Stylish English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco sterling silver box. Made by Harman Bros in Birmingham in 1990. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Corner bracket supports. Engine-turned ornament in plain frames...
Category
1990s English Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Girl and Puppy Dog Trinket Box, circa 1930s
Located in Devon, England
Striking and quite rare is this 1930s Art Deco porcelain powder box with lustre finish which depicts a young girl sat on a wicker trunk stroking h...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Art Deco Glass Vanity Set of Two Bottles and Soap Container
Located in Sofia, BG
Vanity set composed of perfume bottle and eau de toilette spray and a soap container in transparent glass and tulip patterns in burgundy. Art Deco style...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Glass
Antique English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
George VI sterling silver box. Made by Robert Pringle & Sons in London in 1939. Rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged and tabbed; top has engine-turned wave ornament and rect...
Category
1930s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Era William Moorcroft Pomegranate Lidded Dresser or Vanity Jar or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This art pottery dresser jar or box was made by the Moorcroft Pottery company of England in circa 1935 and done in their pomegranate glaze pattern. This circular jar has a hinged lid...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Pottery
Italian Cigarettes Tobacco Box Art Deco 1930 with Inlays of Fine Sorrento Woods
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian cigarettes tobacco box Art Deco 1930 with inlays of fine Sorrento woods .
With the flap that once opened shows all the matchstick cigarettes, ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Swedish Modern Pewter Jar C-G Hallberg 1931 Sweden
By CG Hallberg
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This pewter jar in all its simplicity is a typical piece for the late 1920s early 1930s Swedish modern era. The jar is made with pattern on each side and the lit with a giraffe.
...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Antique 1920s Durham Duplex Straight Razor French Ivory Celluloid
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique 1920s Durham Duplex straight razor and shoe horn French ivory celluloid.
Shaver measures 1" high x 6" wide x 2" deep.
Shoe horn measures 7...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco 1930s Ceramic Bonbonniere, Half Doll, Powder Box, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautifully styled is this 1930s Art Deco French Bonbonniere. Part of the half doll, powder box, jar family. Typical Art Deco coloring which is as b...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Art Deco Silver and White Porcelain Czechoslovakian Box by Pirkenhammer
By Pirkenhammer
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish Art Deco silver and white porcelain box in very good conditions. It has been designed and manufactured in the Thirties by Pirkenhammer, it's marked on the bottom. The box i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver
"The Arts, " Large Silvered Bronze Casket with Symbols of Pottery, Spinning et Al
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully detailed with symbols of the arts, including literature, sculpture, pottery and spinning, this silvered bronze casket with hinged lid and mahogany interior was produced b...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Money Box Piggy Bank Silver 830 Art Deco Jacob Grimminger Germany made 1930
By Jacob Grimminger
Located in Vienna, AT
German silver money box or piggy bank
manufactured during first quarter of 20th century / made circa 1930
Excellently made Art Deco money box (pi...
Category
1930s German Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Painted Enamel Porcelain Lid Etched Metal Sides Cigarette Dispenser Box
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice painted porcelain top etched metal Art Deco motive sides cigarette dispenser box.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
1920s Art Deco Gold & Enamel Vanity Case by Cartier
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
1920s Art Deco gold & enamel vanity case by Cartier
14k Gold. signed Cartier
Weight: 112.7 grams
Dimensions: Width 3 in, Height 0.44 in approximately.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
European Art Nouveau Art Deco Metal and Enamel Curiosity Box
Located in Oakland, CA
Unusual enamel Art Nouveau box, most likely Austrian or German, circa 1915. Elaborate metal detail aspects have a very Art Deco look with detailed angles and triangles on all surface...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Pair of Asian Lidded Boxes
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Two Asian lidded boxes crafted with bone and black lacquer, engraved with floral and geometric designs, and a painted symbolic center medallion. Priced individually.
From left to...
Category
20th Century Chinese Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bone
Antique Large Chinese Metal and Cinnabar Humidor Art Deco Box, circa 1920
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This rare Chinese Art Deco box is made from copper alloy. The top is decorated with hand carved black cinnabar and highlighted with a finely carved bone figure...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Copper
1940s Victoria Biscuit and Chocolate Tin, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Great lithographic tin for the brand Victoria,
a Belgian Company since 1896, known for their biscuits, desserts and chocolate.
This large round tin - storage box has a great desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Tin
Multi Purpose Art Deco Jewelry or Cigar Box in Coromandel Wood / 1920's Hardwood
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning shape and practical size coromandel wood box from the Art Deco era.
This exceptional and highly stylish antique box too is even better lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Schlevogt Hoffmann "Ingrid" Lapis Marbled Glass Lidded Box with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This rare Art Deco era hinged glass dresser box was made in Czechoslovakia and is part of the Ingrid series, named for the daughter of Henry Günther Schlevogt of the Curt Schlevogt glass manufactory and Charlotte Hoffman Schlevogt...
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Fabulous Antique English Rose Quartz & Lapis Lazuli Box, c.1920
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful early Art Deco box made from highly prized Rose Quartz framed by exotic blue Lapis Lazuli, a winning combination.
Excellent condition dating to c.1920. Measures: 6 1/8...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Great Design and Excellent Condition 1920s Red Lacquered Wooden Art Deco Box
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and aesthetically delightful antique box.
For the collectors of unique and striking antique boxes we also have this avant gardistic Art Deco beauty. The straight lined desi...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Box by Maison Desny, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Box in wood veneer and silver nickel-plated metal. Stamped with "Desny Paris", "Made in France" and "Déposé".
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Grand English Sterling Silver Cigar Box or Humidor by Richard Comyns, 1928
Located in Bath, GB
A top quality cigar box made from English solid or sterling silver, a heavy box with good gauge silver with solid cast bracket feet and the most fabulous two hinged handles to either...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Deco Wood Box, circa 1930
Located in Beirut, LB
A beautiful wooden square shaped box that has a variety of uses, it can be used as a jewelry or trinkets box on the desk or dressing table or for storing cigarettes and tobacco in.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Art Deco 1930s Ceramic Powder Bowl by Llane, Boulogne
Located in Devon, England
Art Deco 1930s ceramic powder bowl signed by Artist LLANE with manufacturers mark underneath. Beautiful vibrant coloring with fine and delicate detailing to the face, beautifully and...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Crest Men's Humidor Box Bronze and Sterling
Located in Westport, CT
Silver crest men’s humidor bronze and sterling large box. Wood interior with mesh screen wonderful condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
"Zodiac Box, " Lidded Art Deco Bronze Casket with Zodiac Symbols by Oscar Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully cast and finished with a lovely, lustrous patina, this bronze lidded box depicts all 12 of the Zodiac symbols -- four on the lid and two ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco 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 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 Deco boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original boxes, popular names associated with this style include René Lalique, Tiffany Studios, Alfred Dunhill, and Cartier. 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 boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $115 and tops out at $30,000 while the average work can sell for $1,262.
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