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Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flowers Antique Italian Art Glass Cabinet Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flowers mosaic Italian art glass decorative cabinet vase / pitcher. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1910-1930. T...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Murrine
$488 Sale Price
24% Off
Art Nouveau Box with Marquetry, Germany, dated 1906
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Art Nouveau box or jewelry box with beautiful marquetry.
The curved box is decorated all around with a so-called cube marquetry. By cleverly arranging different colored wood...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box William Comyns
Located in Northampton, GB
Raised on Four Sterling Silver Scrollwork Legs
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box by William Comyns. The Stationer...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the second half of the 19th / early 20th century, hand-crafted in Mindanao, Philippines.
Boxes such as this were used to store the areca nut (also known as the betel nut) which would be wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, often tobacco, for chewing. Similar to the European tea caddy, these boxes often served as a way to impress while showing off ones wealth.
Betel chewing was prevalent in the southern Philippines as in much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Wealthier Maranao families on Mindanao were able to afford elaborate silver-inlaid brass betel boxes such as this example. Such boxes were used to show off to guests and from which they were offered betel and the other component such as leaves and lime to make up the betel quid.
Rare large size, most extant examples of such boxes tend to measure around 5 inches in length. At slightly more than 7.75 inches the example here is larger than most.
The distinctive decorative box features a very heavy strong-box like rectangular shaped chest form with canted corners, copper handles, and a conforming hinged lid, lifting open to reveal an interior divided into three compartments covered by four hinged lids. Each of these doors is inlaid with silver in stylized orchid flower patterns.
Exceptionally executed throughout, the arabesque silver inlaid exterior is decorated to the top with a large orchid motif within scrolling obid-obid (stylized rope) borders. The front, back and sides are inlaid with sets of stylized tail feathers of the sari-manok bird beneath which are unusual, highly stylized whimsical zoomorphic faces that appear like cat or tiger faces. (Such stylisation is accounted for by Southeast Asian Islamic preferences to avoid the overt and this potentially idolatrous representation of animal and human forms. Designs such as these are drawn from a local design repertoire that has its origins in wood carving.
Although the spread of Islam in the Philippines began in the 14th century, mostly through the influence of Muslim merchants from the western Malay Archipelago, decorative arts in this design remain exceptionally rare. This lutuan represents a fine example of Islamic metalwork from the most eastern outreach of Islamic art and civilisation: Mindanao island being significantly further east than even China – artwork from Islamic Southeast Asia remains chronically under-represented in the world’s major collections of Islamic art.
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas.
References
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Philippine Islamic Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flowers Antique Italian Art Glass Cabinet Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown millefiori flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative double handle cabinet vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1900-1920. The va...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Murrine
Intarsia Candle Sconces made by Mjölby Intarsia, 1940s, Sweden
Located in Værløse, DK
Set of Exquisite Intarsia Candle Sconces made by Mjölby Intarsia, circa 1940s.
* Set (2) of intarsia candle sconces depicting a girl and a boy. Brass sides with candle arms.
* Manu...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Moorish Box Mosaic Marquetry
Located in Moreno Valley, 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 Objects
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Green White Flower Mosaic Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful Murano hand blown green and white millefiori flower mosaic Italian art glass scalloped rim decorative bowl. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The bowl has a rectangu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Murrine
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Napoleon III French Wall Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Napoleon III wall clock with "oeil de boeuf" shaped glass paned door, ebonized wood frame and clock surround with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration. Paper face w...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique Continental Palm Coconut Inlaid Wood Box
Located in Northampton, GB
With Square Panels of exotic Coconut/Palm wood
Form our Jewellery Box collection, we are pleased to offer this small sized Continental Continental Palm Coconut Wood Box. The Coconut...
Category
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Palmwood
Postmodern Tessellated Stone Inlay Mod Cachepot / Planter Attrib. Maitland-Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Postmodern Tessellated Stone Inlay Mod Cachepot/PPlanter, Attributed to Maitland-Smith, Circa 1980s
This striking postmodern tessellated stone inlay cachepot/planter, attributed to...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$832 Sale Price
34% Off
19th Century French Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French Boulle inlaid mantel clock. Having a gilded ormolu figure of father time to the top, beautiful brass inlaid decoration to the sides and front. T...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Richard Haining STACKED Pronghorn Vessel, Alaskan Cedar, Yakisugi, Available Now
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richard’s work is driven by the concept of renewal—transforming salvaged materials into functional & decorative art that embodies beauty, craftsmanship, & environmental mindfulness. ...
Category
2010s American Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Wood, Hardwood, Ebony, Maple, Oak, Walnut, Cedar, Fir,...
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French tortoiseshell Boulle clock with ormolu mounts and surmounted by a brass finial.
Enamel dial with Roman numerals and original ‘blued’ ste...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique English Georgian Hexagonal Satinwood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Kingwood Inlay
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Elongated Hexagonal Satinwood Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of stretched hexagonal shape with six matching pa...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Hinged Inlaid Malachite and Lapis Cigar Box, Los Castillos Style, Mexico, 1950s
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hinged inlaid malachite and sodalite (or lapis lazuli) brass metal box with rosewood interior. An Aztec pyramid and mountains grace the lid. The metal smiths of Taxco, Mexico were kn...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Brass
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Don Shoemaker - Senal Exotic Mixed Hardwoods Rosewood Trinket Box Made in Mexico
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by eccentric woodworker and designer Don Shoemaker, this trinket box was made by Senal in Mexico. It employs a cacophany of exotic woods, including cocobolo, jacaranda, and ...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Jacaranda, Mahogany, Rosewood, Cocobolo
Fine Antique Anglo Indian Mughal Carved Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fine antique Anglo-Indian hand carved wooden jewelry box inlaid.
A Nice Mughal Anglo Indian Pen Box
19th Century
The box with a Mughal I...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Monumental Pair of Islamic Silver Inlaid Palace Vases with Arabic Calligraphy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Monumental pair of Islamic silver inlaid bronze palace vases with Arabic calligraphy throughout.
High quality vases, very good design. Will go very well in an Islamic or Moroccan ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Bronze
$10,000 Sale Price
50% Off
19C British Tunbridgeware Micro-mosaic Lap Desk - RARE
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Micromosaic Lap Desk.
This lap desk is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before.
From c...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Maple, Walnut
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 decisio...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Japanese Kazaribako Glass Box Rare Hagoromo Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A brilliant Kazaribako "Ornamented Box" made of glass by Japanese artist Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004) circa 1990s. The hand-blown green glass box featur...
Category
1990s Japanese Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
JP Kroese, Dutch Baroque, Marquetry, Moon Face Dial, Grandfather Clock, 18th C
By J. P. Kroese 1
Located in Manhasset, NY
JP Kroese, Dutch Baroque, Marquetry, Moon Face Dial, Grandfather Clock, 18th C
A stunning totally refinished case showcases this spenderd18th century, the brass dial with enameled l...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Meteor Box Large
Located in Kolkata, IN
A sculptural box with a radiant green straw marquetry lid and gold foil body. A bold piece that brings celestial charm to your space. The finishes, colours, size can be customised ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Straw, Resin
$867 / item
Folk Art Marquetry Box or Chest with Inlaid Star, French 19th Century
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Folk Art Marquetry Box or Chest with Inlaid Star, French 19th Century
Beautiful decorative wooden box or small chest.
Folk Art from the 1890s, it features an inlaid star motif on t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Nutwood
Antique Imperial Russian Engraved 84 Silver Niello Tobacco Case Box Moscow 1886
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Imperial Russian engraved silver and niello tobacco box/case, 1886, Moscow, Alexander Fuld.
The case is finely engraved with engraved niello designs, the hinged lid ha...
Category
1880s Russian Late Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Modern Vase in Shagreen with Mother of Pearl and Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The "Vase Rose" by R&Y Augousti is a stunning creation that embodies contemporary luxury through its masterful combination of exquisite materials. Handcrafted from rich shagreen, pol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck'
19th Century or Older
This exquisite 19th-century Boulle inlaid table box features a beautifully detail...
Category
19th Century French Baroque Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Pewter
English 19th Century Square Jewelry Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An English burl mahogany and inlay jewelry box from the 1800’s. The top of this square box has an inlaid cartouche of ebony, birdseye maple, and oak with brass banding. The box opens...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silk, Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
1950's Decorative Brutalist MCM Inlaid Burl Speciman Wood Box by Norman Brumm
Located in Red Lion, PA
1950s Decorative Brutalist MCM Inlaid Burl Specimen Wood Box by Norman Brumm
This small but striking 1950s decorative box by Norman Brumm showcases the artist’s signature Brutalist ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Anglo Indian Carved Wood Jewelry Box Kashmir India
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage hand carved wood jewelry trinket storage box with brass inlaid.
Hand-carved large wooden Anglo-Raj jewelry box. Found in Kashmir, India.
Mi...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bronze Mounted Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walnut veneered. Footed. Silk-lined. Key is included.
Category
19th Century French Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Georgian Masonic Freemasons Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Masonic Scenes
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this extremely rare Georgian Masonic Tea caddy. The Tea Caddy of box form with chequered edging and borders of Tulipwood surrounding Burr Yew wood squares each featuring Satinwood oval panels depicting Masonic Symbols. The symbols include the past master, senior warden, junior warden and the past worshipful master. The top of the box features inlaid moon, stars and sun surmounted by a brass carry handle. The interior of the Tea Caddy features a floating lid with a turned metal handle. The Tea Caddy dates to the Georgian period during the reign of George III circa 1800.
The Tea Caddy comes complete with working lock and tasselled key.
Tulipwood is also known as Brazilian Tulipwood, Brazilian Pinkwood and Bahia Rosewood. It is found in South America, mainly Brazil. The colour is a warm yellow with streaks or brown-red grain.
Burr Yew originates from Asia, Europe and North Africa. It is yellow-brown to orange-brown and usually conforms to a fine uniform pattern. Yew wood usually has black pips scattered throughout so clean veneers fetch a high price and are reserved for finer items. A few trees will produce a burr which offers a distinct decorative finish.
Satinwood is found in India and Sri Lanka. It has a rich golden colour and an almost reflective sheen. Satinwood is traditionally used for high quality furniture.
Georgian, a period in British history dating from 1714-1837, the Georgian era after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV.
Masonic (Freemasons, Freemasonry or Masonry) refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that from the end of the 14th century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. While Freemasonry is not itself a religion, all its members believe in a supreme being...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Satinwood, Tulipwood, Yew
Pretty antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid trinket box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pretty antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid trinket box having a pretty antique Victorian trinket box with a lift up lid opening to reveal a l...
Category
19th Century Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock. c.1860
By Japy Frères
Located in Norwich, GB
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock c.1860
Waisted case veneered with red tortoiseshell with finely figured brass and ormolu mounts, surmounted w...
Category
1860s French Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Late 18th Century George III English Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Late 18th Century George III English Box. Veneered in beautifully highly figured burled ash with small inlaid shield shapes. Made in England circa 1790.
A beautifully crafted late 1...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Fratelli Toso Murano Green White Italian Art Glass Crown Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown green and white twisting ribbons Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. This paperweights are often ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$488 Sale Price
24% Off
Early 20th century Edwardian mahogany inlaid wine cooler
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century Edwardian mahogany inlaid wine cooler, circa 1905.
Sheraton revival wine cooler cellarette. Top with oval stringing and inlaid ebony. Lid opens to reveal compartm...
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Mantle Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique Edwardian mahogany inlaid desk/mantle clock having a very pretty inlaid balloon shaped marquetry case with original brass ball feet. An elegant enamelled dial with origi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Shagreen Vase with Pen Shell and Bronze-Patina Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Parquetry Table Top Kodansu Cabinet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
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 Objects
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Brass Inlaid Black Small Square Candleholder
By Leah Singh
Located in Westfield, NJ
Our Art Deco-inspired candleholders are ethically handcrafted by artisans in Southern India using a technique that is native to the region. The artisans use a metal alloy that is bla...
Category
2010s Indian Art Deco Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200.
The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver. The base of the dome and the rim of the cover having bands on interlaced silver inlay, the inkwell having three loop handles.
The body of the inkwell having two bands of silver inlaid Naskh script, between the bands are twin panels...
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15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Stunning antique 19th Century quality mahogany 8 day longcase clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning antique 19th Century quality mahogany 8 day longcase clock, having a shaped top with three original finales, rope twist columns to the sides of the hood, a mahogany door to ...
Category
19th Century Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Fratelli Toso Murano Blue Green Millefiori Antique Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 1910-1930. Created in a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
French Double Photo Frame in Thuja Root with Inlay, Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
French Double Photo Frame in Thuja Root with Inlay, Early 20th Century
This exquisite photo frame was made in France in the early 20th century and designed to hold two photographs....
Category
Early 20th Century French Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$431 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Girih Treasure Chest Tall Cabinet in Satinwood Marquetry and Sycamore
Located in London, GB
Back in October 2016, on one of his many travels to the Persian Gulf in his role as Honorary Chairman of Christie’s Europe Middle East, Russia and India, David Linley’s fascination with Islamic art and architecture was reignited. A photograph of a vibrant tile mosaic pattern was sent back to the LINLEY studio on Pimlico Road, inspiring the design of the spectacular Girih Treasure Chest.
The Girih Treasure Chest explores Islamic pattern through detailed wooden marquetry in brilliant sapphire blue and rich gold tones. Girih is an Islamic decorative art form consisting of geometric lines that create an interlaced framework. As if a precious stone in a delicate claw setting, the chest perches on a simple sycamore frame which is supported by a forged brass metal stretcher.
As the center of the design lies an eight-pointed star, taken from a beautiful mosaic tile pattern that caught the eye of LINLEY Founder and Chairman David Linley on a visit to Doha, Qatar back in October 2015. Adorning all façades of the chest, the pattern is created using a specially dyed deep blue ripple sycamore...
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2010s British Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mosaic Middle Eastern Moorish Trinket Box
By Mamluke
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted marquetry Middle Eastern Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted scene of birds.
Handcrafted khatam wooden box ...
Category
20th Century Lebanese Moorish Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Small Japanese Marquetry Cabinet Yosegi Zaiku 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful Japanese jewelry cabinet in Yosegi-zaiku marquetry composed of six drawers. The whole is inlaid with geometrically shaped pieces of wood and decorated with motifs resembling kamon...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century Marquetry-Inlaid Satinwood and Gilt-Bronze Portico Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century marquetry-inlaid satinwood and gilt-bronze portico clock, circa 1840s, features a floral-and-foliate-inlaid frieze over f...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Satinwood
19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85.
Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns.
The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay.
Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic.
Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY!
The mosaic work is FABULOUS!
Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining.
It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet.
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flower Star Mosaic Italian Art Glass Bowl Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large vintage Murano hand blown millefiori flower and star mosaic Italian art glass centerpiece tall bowl. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company. Many of the murrines are...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Murrine
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Imperial Manufacture Of Tula, Russia, End Of The 18th Century. Steel Sewing Box
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Imperial Manufacture Of Tula, Russia, End Of The 18th Century. Steel Sewing Box"
Russian work from the imperial factory of Tula from the end of the 18th century.
inlaid with copper ...
Category
Late 18th Century Russian Louis XVI Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Iron
19C English Tunbridgeware Tabletop Stationary Box, Micro Mosaic
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning little 19th century tabletop stationary box made of micro-mosaic.
Made in Britain, circa 1870, in Tunbridge Wells, hence these type of works are called Tunbridgeware!
...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Walnut, Burl
Red Tortoiseshell and Boulle Table or Mantle Clock
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionally fine quality French 19th century tortoiseshell and Boulle bracket clock with gilt face set into the most fabulously inlaid fret-cut boule case, decorated all round i...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Decorative Treasure Box with Brown Beige Checkerboard Straw Marquetry Artisanal
Located in Warsaw, PL
DECORATIVE BOX 01
Inlay scheme: Weave
Colour scheme: Brown/Beige
Available in individuals colors
MATERIALS: MDF, painted rye straw, brass.
DIMENSIONS (cm):20x20x10,5.
Packaging dimen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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 decisio...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Decorative Treasure Box with Red Straw Marquetry Sunburst Inlay Handcrafted
Located in Warsaw, PL
DECORATIVE BOX 02
Inlay scheme: Shine
Colour scheme: Ruta
Available in individuals colors
MATERIALS: MDF, painted rye straw, brass.
DIMENSIONS (cm): 12?12x9,5.
Packaging dimens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Inlay Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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