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
English Art Deco Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
English Art Deco sterling silver rectangular box with fluted design and 14 caret geometric trimmed design on sides with initials: ATC on top.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Richard Hudnut Art Deco 'Marvelous' Ladies Powder Compact
Located in Devon, England
Richard Hudnut Marvelous, you'll certainly want to add this TINY little silver tone metal rouge compact to your collection ! Features a stylised woman's outline centred in a square r...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of stylized blue bird, late 19th-century Viennese Art Nou...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of 2 Shagreen Box with Nickel Brass Handle by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
This set of 2 round boxes is made of shagreen.
These boxes have a nickel brass handle.
They are lined with a black micro suede.
The color of this box is dark grey.
The dim...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fine Cherry Wood Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Nice, well preserved Art Deco box made of cherry wood. By Carl Auböck, 1930s.
Listed as a scetch drawing in catalog "Die Kataloge der Werkstätte Carl Auböck 1925-1975" [The catalo...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Pâte De Verre Bowl 'Ceres' by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Paris, ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous bowl of colorless pâte de verre with colored powder inclusions in yellow, red & black, relief decoration with stylized ears of grain and geometric...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Glass
1940s Tin with Dogs and Children, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage tin with dogs and children from the late 1940s.
This beautiful tin box was designed by John Janssens in 1948.
It's a tin storage box with a beautiful design:
Light blue ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Smedien Danish Art Deco Enamel Sailing Boats Inlaid Bronze Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish Danish Bronze box mounted with an enamel plaque with sailing boats marked Smedien and dating from around 1930. The rectangula...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Art Deco Glass Lidded Powder Bowl, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this charming 1930's Art Deco glass powder bowl in pink glass. To the lid is flapper girl in the fashion of the day next to a fly...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Glass
Chinese Art Deco, Bird & Flower Motif Cloisonné Enamel Trinket Box, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Bird & Flower Motif
Cloisonné enamel trinket box
ca. 1920
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 1.75 inches
Width: 6.75inches
Depth: 3.75...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Metal Box Ca.1930
Located in Meulebeke, BE
French Art Deco metal box.
has some nice figurative details.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Big Art Deco Jewelry Box Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Big art deco jewelry box vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Novelty Pierrot Ceramic Trinket Box, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
This really is a delightful piece and one we've not come across before. This is a 1930s Art Deco Novelty Pierrot Ceramic German Trinket Box, part ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Cosmetic Face Powder Compact Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Deco woman's cosmetic face powder box. This petite wooden box has it's original label on top reading Blue De Dorin; a well known French toiletry company. The vanity box is sweet and simply elegant sitting on display in a boudoir or bathroom. Add this little treasure...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Gustave Keller Art Deco Silver-Gilt Sandwich Box
Located in Braintree, GB
Gustave Keller Art Deco silver-gilt sandwich box with M& G monogram.
Made in France, Paris
Hallmarked with French marks, with 950/1000 silver purity.
...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver, Gold Enamel and Pearl Double Singing Bird Clock
Located in London, GB
This wonderful modern masterpiece has been created using original antique and vintage elements. The beautiful silver and guilloche enamel case da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Genuine Italian Purple Carved Alabaster Decorative Trinket Box, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely hand-carved round Italian alabaster trinket box in purple. This piece will be fabulous to display on a coffee table or dressing ...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
French Felt Bowler Hat in Original Hat Box from Blois
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French felt bowler hat in original hat box from Blois,
The hat is Chapeau Melon ancien EIRARD and it comes from Blois, both the hat and the card box are labeled, the hat is in ver...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Style Ebonized Humidor or Cigar Box
Located in Plainview, NY
An Art Deco black Humidor or cigar box featuring a hygrometer and a humidifier inside. The black ebonized exterior is very elegant and sleek and the interior shows natural maple wood...
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20th Century Honduran Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Round Flowers Cream Art Deco Box Emaux de Longwy, 1930
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare large ceramic Art deco fluted round box by Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy made around 1930. This beautiful box features a colourful...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Rockwell Kent for Chase Bacchus Art Deco Copper Cigarette Box
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) Rare Bacchus Art Deco copper cigarette box for Chase Chrome & Brass company, only offered in 1935 and 1936.
Rockwell Kent designed only three items for chase, all with the same young Bacchus motiff, and all are considered rare today. The other two were a "Wine cooler" and "Wine bottle stand...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique Art Deco Silver Plate Lidded Tea Caddy
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique Art Deco silverplate tea caddy with lid, circa 1920. Maker's mark on reverse. This fine quality tea caddy has a lovely decorativ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Basket Ball Lidded Box on Stand
Located in New York, NY
A unique Art Deco lidded silver plated box in the form of a basketball on a black lacquer stand with beaded decoration. Great for entryway, keys, wallet or for the office.
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
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 823".
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Silver Cigar, Jewelry or Keepsake Box
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning antique Japanese silver cigar, jewelry or keepsake box intricately designed and handcrafted, circa 1900s.
Double skinned body, sides and lid are embossed in high-relief ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Alpaca Silvered Jewellery Box, Vienna, Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Alpaca silvered jewellery box, Vienna, around 1950s.
Polished and stove enamalled.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Alpaca
Art Deco porcelain Trinket Dish, German, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and highly collectable Art Deco porcelain trinket tray. Dating to the 1930's this very attractive and rare Art Deco trinket dish...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
1927 Shargreen Cigarette Box Given to Jockey Bernard Brownie Carslake Shark Skin
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1900 Shargreen cigarette box present to the Jockey Bernard Brownie Carlsake in 1927
A very rare good looking a...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Brass Box with Yellow Guilloche and Enamel Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hypnotic patinated Patterned brass with yellow guilloche enamel lid... This piece looks great bedside, on bookshelves and side tables, or perhaps the ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Art Deco Sterling Silver Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, sterling silver table box with hinged lid, Fisher Silversmiths, Inc., New Jersey, Ca. 1935. Underside of lid is gilded; box is wood-lined...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Hermès French Art Deco Silver and 18-Karat Gold Powder Box with Lipstick
By Hermès
Located in Mexico City, MX
A circa 1940 French Art Deco .950 silver powder box with lipstick by Hermès. The powder box's parts are numbered 138. The box's bottom shows a serial...
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver
Art Deco Aluminum Box by Kensington
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish American Art Deco aluminum and brass storage box dates to the 1930s-1940s and was created by Kensington.
Note: The interior has thre...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Art Deco Whiting & Davis Dresden Enamel Mesh Evening Purse Shadow Box/Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Deco Whiting & Davis Dresden mesh evening purse. It is enamel hand painted with royal blue, yellow, orange and green colors featuring an “i...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Shagreen Box by Asprey, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished in panels of ivory-toned shagreen, this hinged box is a superb example of the craftsmanship practiced by the famed Asprey Company in London. Founded in the late ...
Category
1930s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Antique French Art Deco Cardeilhac Paris Macassar Ebony Carved Covered Box or Ja
By Cardeilhac
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Art Deco ebony box or jar.
By Cardeilhac, Paris.
With a carved melon shaped body and conforming lid.
In Macassar ebony.
Marked to the base for Cardeilhac P...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Art Deco Brass Box around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco brass box around 1920s
Polished and stove enamelled
Wood inside.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Novelty Antique English Sterling Silver Jewelry Box, 1921
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderfully handsome and unusual jewelry box in the form of a bow fronted drawers on legs or a dressing table with two solid silver knobs to the fron...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elegant Nickel Plated Art-Deco Box attributed to Carl Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant nickeled box , manufactured in Austria in the Art-Deco periode.
After talking to Ronald Hagenauer, descendent of the Hagenauer family in Austria we can attribute this exclusive of nickel-plated brass box to his grandpa Carl Hagenauer...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
French Silver Plate Lined Deco Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely silver plate box with a suede interior. the box has an unknown emblem on the top front center and the Waffle pattern on top makes this box unique and a compliment to any cockt...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Jewelry Boxes, 1930's
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of wood, veneer
- Good, original condition.
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Box, circa 1930
Located in Beirut, LB
Decorative wood box with a hinged lid. The top is decorated in a typical distinctive geometric Art Deco style, having a brown, black and orange finish.
Can be used as a jewelry or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Harman Bros. in Birmingham in 1982. Excellent condition. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Engine-turned wave ornament in plain frames...
Category
1980s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Art Deco Grocers Tolewear Double Coffee and Tea Canister
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Art Deco grocers tolewear double coffee and tea canister
This is a classic of Art Deco design, the decoration is very much in the Odeon style typical of toleware of this period
The Dowe Egbert double display...
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1920s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Art Deco Jewelry Boxes with Facetted Glass, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco jewelry boxes facetted glass, Vienna around 1920s
Brass polished
Original glass
Original wood
facetted glass.
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rena Rosenthal Art Deco Engraved Brass Jewelry Cigarette Box
By Braun, Rena Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous Art Deco engraved and polished brass jewelry box with wood lining.
Handcrafted and signed by Austrian studio metalsmith J. Braun, with hammer logo.
Stamped Rena, retailed ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Sterling Silver & Gold Cigarette Box, Padgett & Braham, London, 1947
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1947 by Padgett & Braham Ltd., this very handsome, Sterling Silver Cigarette Box, is in the Art Deco taste, with...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold
Suite of Georg Jensen Sterling and Moonstone Jewelry
By Georg Jensen
Located in Essex, MA
Comprising a necklace, bracelet, pair of earrings and a ring.
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
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
Jasba Art Deco Style Lidded Ceramic Box
By Jasba
Located in Schagen, NL
Beautifully decorated with art deco style painting, and à flower on top. How The Colors present themselves depends on how The light falls upon ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Large Art Deco Amsterdamse School Shop Tin Box Douwe Egberts Koffie Thee, 1930s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Vintage Art Deco style shop tin box.
Manufacturer: N.V. Dordrechtsche Metaalwarenfabriek - Wed. J. Bekkers & Zoon - Verblifa.
Striking Dutch design from the 1930s.
This antique lithographic shop tin box for coffee and tea was made and designed for Douwe Egberts...
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Tin
Art Deco Period Atkin Brothers Oval Sterling Silver Biscuit Box - Sheffield 1930
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1930 by Atkin Brothers, this handsome, Sterling Silver Biscuit Box, is oval in shape, and features gadroon borders, and drop ring lion mask handles. The bi...
Category
1930s English Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
René Lalique Opalescent Glass 'Trois Dahlias' Box
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
René Lalique opalescent glass 'Trois Dahlias' Box. This pattern features three dahlias. Moulded makers mark, 'R. Lalique '. Book reference: Marcilhac 46.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Glass
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. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
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
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Tin
Antique Bulldog Head Wooden Box, England, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Antique bulldog head wooden box, England, 1900.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
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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