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Material: Shell
Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl Lace Folding Fan Shadow Box Display 28"
Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl Lace Folding Fan Shadow Box Display 28"

Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl Lace Folding Fan Shadow Box Display 28"

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique Victorian Mother of Pearl floral lace folding hand fan in shadow box display. Dimensions: 28" x 2" x 20" (Width x Depth x Height)

Category

Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Brass and Mother of Pearl Decorative Wall Plate, Nepalese
Brass and Mother of Pearl Decorative Wall Plate, Nepalese

Brass and Mother of Pearl Decorative Wall Plate, Nepalese

Located in New York, NY

A beautiful decorative brass wall plate of mother-of-pearl, orange coral, and blue turquoise cabochon elements, circa 20th Century, Nepal. Plate has round hook on back for hanging. I...

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20th Century Nepalese Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Coral, Brass

English Shellwork Pictures in Original Giltwood Frames, Set of Three, circa 1840
English Shellwork Pictures in Original Giltwood Frames, Set of Three, circa 1840

English Shellwork Pictures in Original Giltwood Frames, Set of Three, circa 1840

Located in Kinderhook, NY

An exquisite set of three English circa 1840 shellwork pictures in original giltwood frames composed of various Caribbean or West Indian seashells depicting fanciful designs of a fol...

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Mid-19th Century British Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Blown Glass, Giltwood

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Mandara Mountains, Cameroon These colorful cache-sexe were worn for celebrations, rit...

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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Beads

Pair of Dutch Verre Églomisé Paintings, Original Giltwood Frames, 19th Century
Pair of Dutch Verre Églomisé Paintings, Original Giltwood Frames, 19th Century

Pair of Dutch Verre Églomisé Paintings, Original Giltwood Frames, 19th Century

Located in Chatham, ON

Fine and rare pair of antique Dutch Verre Églomisé reverse oil paintings on glass panels - featuring moody landscapes with a castle and church, having ...

Category

19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Giltwood, Paint

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sex Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sex Modesty Apron, Cameroon

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sex Modesty Apron, Cameroon

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sex modesty apron (Pikuran), Mandara Mountains, Cameroon These colorful cache-sex were worn for celebrations, rituals...

Category

Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Beads

18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Turquoise Baroque Pearls
18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Turquoise Baroque Pearls

18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Turquoise Baroque Pearls

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

18th century Italian gold gilded tabernacle door adorned with naturally forming baroque pearls. This door once belonged on a tabernacle which housed the eucharist in a church. In the...

Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs

Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs

Located in Downingtown, PA

A Sailor's Keepsake: The Art of the Barbados Shell Valentine "Double the Affection": An Antique Spanish Cedar Sailor's Valentine This beautiful, octagonal, hinged box is a superb ex...

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1880s Bajan Folk Art Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell

Wall Plaque Pagoda with Mother of Pearl & Lacquer Vietnamese 1970's
Wall Plaque Pagoda with Mother of Pearl & Lacquer Vietnamese 1970's

Wall Plaque Pagoda with Mother of Pearl & Lacquer Vietnamese 1970's

Located in Fulton, CA

Vietnamese carved Mother-of Pearl and lacquer wall plaque. Featuring a Pagoda at center with flora, water and women in boat. Circa. 1970's. 19.5 inches high. 31.5 inches wide. .5 in...

Category

Mid-20th Century Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Vintage Boho Shell Encrusted Mantle Clock
Vintage Boho Shell Encrusted Mantle Clock

Vintage Boho Shell Encrusted Mantle Clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This whimsical vintage mantle clock is a stunning example of coastal artisanal craft, blending a relaxed bohemian aesthetic with timeless seaside elegance. The entire frame is meticu...

Category

Late 20th Century American Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Metal

Vintage Modern Last Supper After Emaus
Vintage Modern Last Supper After Emaus

Vintage Modern Last Supper After Emaus

By Emaus

Located in Chula Vista, CA

For your consideration, a vintage modern last supper in the manner of Emaus or Talleres Nomasticos. Constructed with mahogany and silver plated metal with abalone. Backboard painted ...

Category

1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Abalone, Mahogany

19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Purple with Ecclesiastical Trim
19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Purple with Ecclesiastical Trim

19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Purple with Ecclesiastical Trim

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

19th century Italian, hand-made royal purple chiesa borsa (church offering purse) with gold needle-work and ecclesiastical trim. The bag has been decorated...

Category

19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Mother-of-Pearl, Thread

Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950

Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950

Located in Chicago, IL

This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon sashes that s...

Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Fabric, Beads

19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Teal with Ecclesiastical Trim
19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Teal with Ecclesiastical Trim

19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Teal with Ecclesiastical Trim

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

19th century Italian, hand-made teal chiesa borsa (church offering purse) with yellow needle-work. The bag has been decorated with bismuth and a centered coordinating baroque pearl. ...

Category

19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Metal

Late 19th Century Antique Jerusalem Mother of Pearl Shell Carved Plaques
Late 19th Century Antique Jerusalem Mother of Pearl Shell Carved Plaques

Late 19th Century Antique Jerusalem Mother of Pearl Shell Carved Plaques

Located in London, GB

A beautiful collection of five shells engraved from the Holy Land depicts a religion scenes, three of them depicts the last supper in Jerusalem, the other two depicts scenes from the...

Category

Late 19th Century Israeli Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Round Wood Mirror with Fossil Clam Shells and Crystal Points
Round Wood Mirror with Fossil Clam Shells and Crystal Points

Round Wood Mirror with Fossil Clam Shells and Crystal Points

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

Round mirror decorated with fossil clam shells with golden honey calcite from Rucks Pit, Florida and crystal points on a wood frame.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Crystal

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon

Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon An unusual cache-sexe made of blue and yellow beads so scattered ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Beads

Japanese painted and lacquered wooden fan with mother-of-pearl inlays
Japanese painted and lacquered wooden fan with mother-of-pearl inlays

Japanese painted and lacquered wooden fan with mother-of-pearl inlays

Located in Milano, IT

The fan is made of painted and then lacquered wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl elements. The scene depicted features three maidens in the foreground, dressed in traditional Japanes...

Category

20th Century Japanese Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan
19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan

19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan

Located in Brea, CA

19th century French painted paper and mother of pearl fan, shadow-box framed antique ladies fan, made of mother of pearl with a hand embellished re...

Category

1850s French French Provincial Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Antique Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Antique Temple Door with Shell Inlay

Antique Temple Door with Shell Inlay

Located in New York, NY

Antique temple door in teak wood with the original pretty coral color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, coffee table or sim...

Category

1930s Primitive Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Hand Painted On Silk 19th Century Hand Held Fan; American, Circa 1890
Hand Painted On Silk 19th Century Hand Held Fan; American, Circa 1890

Hand Painted On Silk 19th Century Hand Held Fan; American, Circa 1890

Located in Incline Village, NV

Lovely American hand held fan; hand painted subject on silk with fancy mother of pearl sticks; each with silver sequins border trim. Done in the Victorian manner with the main subjec...

Category

1890s American Victorian Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Silk

Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890
Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890

Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890

Located in Incline Village, NV

Lovely Belle Epoque period French hand held fan; circa 1890; measuring 8 1/2" high x 16" wide when opened. The fan is hand painted on paper to both sides with 18th century scenes de...

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1890s French Belle Époque Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Paper

Incredible Set of 4 Red Chinoiserie Panels with Mother of Pearl Relief
Incredible Set of 4 Red Chinoiserie Panels with Mother of Pearl Relief

Incredible Set of 4 Red Chinoiserie Panels with Mother of Pearl Relief

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Incredible Asian artwork consisting of 4 rectangular vertical panels having meticulous mother of pearl relief against a fabulous red painted background. ...

Category

1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Pair of Sea Shell Artworks Signed and Framed
Pair of Sea Shell Artworks Signed and Framed

Pair of Sea Shell Artworks Signed and Framed

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Pair of elegant sea shell artworks, signed and framed.

Category

1960s American American Classical Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell

Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Wall Decor
Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Wall Decor

Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Wall Decor

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A stunning and very unique Italian 18th century Baroque st. Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl wall decor plaque. The extremely decorative rectangular plaque displays a stunning and m...

Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Late 18th century, Triumph of Galatea
Late 18th century, Triumph of Galatea

Late 18th century, Triumph of Galatea

Located in Milan, IT

Late 18th Century Triumph of Galatea Ivory, mother-of-pearl and metal foil inlay on slate, diam. 16 cm With ebonized wood frame, 27 x 26.5 x 3 cm Accompanied by CITES certificate...

Category

18th Century Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Metal

18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle Door with Baroque Pearls
18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle Door with Baroque Pearls

18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle Door with Baroque Pearls

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded tabernacle door adorned with baroque pearls. This door once belonged on a tabernacle which served the eucharist in a church. It has a heav...

Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fabulous Sea Shell Installation Framed
Fabulous Sea Shell Installation Framed

Fabulous Sea Shell Installation Framed

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Lovely Floral custom sea shell arrangement in a frame.

Category

1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell

Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Charger Featuring Cockerel
Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Charger Featuring Cockerel

Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Charger Featuring Cockerel

Located in Norwood, NJ

19th century Meiji period charger/plate with cockerel beautifully realistic in layers of carved shell, mother of pearl and bone to stand in high r...

Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

1940s Marble And Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Asian Scene In Carved Faux Bamboo Frame
1940s Marble And Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Asian Scene In Carved Faux Bamboo Frame

1940s Marble And Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Asian Scene In Carved Faux Bamboo Frame

Located in Tarrytown, NY

1940s Marble And Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Asian Scene Carved Faux Bamboo Wood Frame Exquisite in every detail Unique inlay in marble Depicts a board game of Go being played Chinese ...

Category

1940s Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Marble, Siena Marble

17th Century Italian Architectural Fragment with Carnelian Pebbles and Raw Agate
17th Century Italian Architectural Fragment with Carnelian Pebbles and Raw Agate

17th Century Italian Architectural Fragment with Carnelian Pebbles and Raw Agate

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

17th century Italian hand-painted ecclesiastical architectural element adorned with carnelian pebbles, gold-plated crystals, blue and yellow raw agate, and b...

Category

17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Agate, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf

English paper mache face screen with inset abalone, c. 1830-40
English paper mache face screen with inset abalone, c. 1830-40

English paper mache face screen with inset abalone, c. 1830-40

Located in Kenilworth, IL

Black paper mache face screen with inlaid abalone and highlighted in gilt with an overall floral spray. These screens were used by women to shield th...

Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Abalone, Rosewood, Paper

18th Century Italian Architectural Pediment and Barnacled Chesapecten Shells
18th Century Italian Architectural Pediment and Barnacled Chesapecten Shells

18th Century Italian Architectural Pediment and Barnacled Chesapecten Shells

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

18th century Italian architectural pediment decorated with chesapecten jeffersonius shells with barnacles and crystal quartz points. The 18th century architectural pediment originall...

Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

Native American Belt Attributed to the Shinnecock People
Native American Belt Attributed to the Shinnecock People

Native American Belt Attributed to the Shinnecock People

Located in Miami, FL

A stunning hand-crafted belt featuring a beautiful turquoise stone. This very decorative native belt attributed to the Shinnecock People of the United States of America would look wo...

Category

20th Century American Tribal Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Fabric

21st Century Vogue Inlaid Wood and Metal Framework, Made in Italy by Hebanon
21st Century Vogue Inlaid Wood and Metal Framework, Made in Italy by Hebanon

21st Century Vogue Inlaid Wood and Metal Framework, Made in Italy by Hebanon

By Hebanon Studio, Hebanon Fratelli Basile

Located in Nocera Superiore, Campania

21st Century vogue inlaid wood and metal framework, Made in Italy by Hebanon. Features: Inlaid framework in different woods and precious mother-of-pearl details, inspired by Vogue illustrations...

Category

2010s Italian Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Pair of 18th Century Irish Georgian Wall Brackets with Agate Coral and Pearls
Pair of 18th Century Irish Georgian Wall Brackets with Agate Coral and Pearls

Pair of 18th Century Irish Georgian Wall Brackets with Agate Coral and Pearls

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

Pair of 18th century Irish Georgian sconces with agate coral and coordinating gold leaf baroque pearls. Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when Prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. The pair is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the pieces and the period shows that the pair of Irish Georgian wall brackets are originally 18th century. The pairs of Georgian sconces...

Category

18th Century Irish Rococo Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

19th Century Italian Ecclesiastical "Chiesa Borsa" with Gold Shells and Pearls
19th Century Italian Ecclesiastical "Chiesa Borsa" with Gold Shells and Pearls

19th Century Italian Ecclesiastical "Chiesa Borsa" with Gold Shells and Pearls

By Interi

Located in Dublin, Dalkey

19th century Italian "chiesa borsa" (church offering purse) with gold trim and adorned with coordinating gold leaf shells and a natural forming pearl. Available with or without lucit...

Category

19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Fabric, Trimming, Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Lucite

Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950

Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950

Located in Chicago, IL

This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon...

Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Fabric, Beads

Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay

Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay

Located in New York, NY

Antique temple door in teak wood with remnants of the original color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, coffee table or simp...

Category

1930s Primitive Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay
Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay

Antique Teak Wood Temple Door with Shell Inlay

Located in New York, NY

Antique temple door in teak wood with the remnants of the original pretty coral color. We added the shell inlay by hand. Great as a headboard, cof...

Category

1930s Primitive Vintage Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Gold & Platinum Leaf Mother of Pearl
Artistic Mosaic Handmade Gold & Platinum Leaf Mother of Pearl

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Gold & Platinum Leaf Mother of Pearl

By sicis

Located in London, GB

Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Marble, Aluminum, Platinum, Gold Leaf

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Marble Mosaic Mother of Pearl
Artistic Mosaic Handmade Marble Mosaic Mother of Pearl

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Marble Mosaic Mother of Pearl

By sicis

Located in London, GB

Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Glass and Marble Mosaic Mother of Pearl
Artistic Mosaic Handmade Glass and Marble Mosaic Mother of Pearl

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Glass and Marble Mosaic Mother of Pearl

By sicis

Located in London, GB

Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Shells' Tent from Spain, Hand-Woven Shell Wall Art, Late 20th Century
Shells' Tent from Spain, Hand-Woven Shell Wall Art, Late 20th Century

Shells' Tent from Spain, Hand-Woven Shell Wall Art, Late 20th Century

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

I don't remember when and where I bought it: I fell in love with it immediately, if it were a painting. You can actually hang it on the wall, so it doesn't get damaged. In a house ...

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Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Shell

Pollaro Eggshell Inlay and Lacquer Fish Art Inspired by Jean Dunand
Pollaro Eggshell Inlay and Lacquer Fish Art Inspired by Jean Dunand

Pollaro Eggshell Inlay and Lacquer Fish Art Inspired by Jean Dunand

By Jean Dunand, Pollaro

Located in Hillside, NJ

Red, white, and black Art Deco styled art featuring stylized fish and geometric shapes. Handmade by Pollaro artisans utilizing traditional Asian eggshell inlay and lacquer...

Category

2010s American Art Deco Shell Decorative Art

Materials

Lacquer, Eggshell