Early 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Beautiful pair of antique mother of pearl shell servings spoons with silverplate handles. The spoons are neatly framed in a shadowbox b...

A custom made display of 100 antique wooden child's spinning tops made between 1880's and 1960's. Multiple colors shapes and sizes. The spinning tops can be arranged however you desi...

Once perched at the water’s edge, this pair of early 20th-century French duck decoy silhouettes has swapped the marsh for a more refined setting. Cut from wood and painted black, the...

Exceptional antique intricate hand embroidery Suzani textile, professionally mounted on hand painted wood shadow box , to make beautiful objects of art for wall hanging. Even though ...

Exceptional antique hand embroidery fragments of Suzani textile, with circle of life round motif , professionally mounted on four hand painted wood shadow boxes to make beautiful ver...

Vintage hand made Gujarat Saurashta Ethnic beadead textile India. Hand Beaded Guarat Indian panel textile framed in a lucite box. Amazing work of hand beading by Chakla Indian, Gujarat state, Saurashtra or Kutch region. Such a nice piece of visual interest, and a beautiful acquisition for any textile lover. Vintage Chakla hand-embroidered wall hanging, Rabari of Gujarat Beadwork, Patchwork. The method of work is a tri-bead system (tran moti-no thansiya), worked row-by-row, three beads being taken up at each stitch; on the return row, the stitching of the beads moves forward one position, so that as the work progresses row-by-row a close rhomboid network is formed.The beadwork is set into a frame of applique silk material Manufacturing Process: Handmade Materials: Cotton, silk. Period: Late 19th/ early 20th century. Most native beadwork...

Circa 1900 shadowbox hunt scene panel, English. Chromolithograph cut-outs on panel creating a diorama effect as they are floated off the black ground. 23.75" w., 11.25" h., 1" d.

Vintage mahogany deep shadow box frame felt cotton mourning wreath wall art. Item features a nice deep frame, cotton felt handmade wreath, solid wood f...

A pair of carved limewood shadow boxes Finely carved in high relief, and depicting two famous scenes of an eagle attacking a man, and a poacher being shot, housed within rectangul...

25th Design Patriotic American silk flag with 48 stars. Arizona Statehood Feb 14, 1912; New Mexico Statehood Jan 6, 1912 Period: 1912 Origin: United States Size: 12" x 17". Family ...

Exceptional antique hand embroidery fragments of Suzani textile, with circle of life round motif , professionally mounted on four hand painted wood shadow boxes to make beautiful ver...

Beautiful antique Suzani textile embroidery made by nomadic Turkmen tribe as a sampler for probably of larger Suzani design, or just for decorative use, show the mastery of the art o...

Branch coral and bead coral necklaces mounted on green linen and in a shadow box frame. Italy, circa 1930.

Rare and unusual antique diorama of a street in a neighborhood, in a city capturing a time and a place for centuries to come. Crafted with metal and pa...

Antique Framed 3-dimensional hand-painted porcelain cityscape is signed by M. Renot, and is a remarkable expression of art! First, a porcelain was cast with full relief outlining the...

Traditional antique circa 1940s Clectible women face veil from the Sinai Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab framed in a lucite box. Museum quality well preserved Middle Eastern Bedouin women face veil, from the Bedouin tribes of the Sinai Desert. * Dimensions: Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 15.25 in (38.74 cm)Depth: 3.75 in (9.53 cm) Face veil for a Bedouin Women, North Sinai Egypt or Palestine Mid 20th C. An amazing Niqab, Negev Bedouin veil from Palestine or Egypt. Worked on a base of thin red silk and cotton embroidery with antique Ottoman nickel silver coins, glass beads, wo, embroidered, stones, carnelians, glass, and amber. Mid 20th century, circa 1940-50s typical Middle Eastern traditional Arabian Bedouin, Egyptian, Palestinian face mask, garment, head dress, tribal jewelry, bridal veil. Showing heavily decorated in the bottom with silver nickel hands amets for the Evil Eye protection and early textiles (wo and silk) and tassels hanging down. Face coverings were worn for centuries by the women of various nomadic tribal groups of North Africa and the Middle East. In the western desert of Egypt, Berber women living in Bedouin societies sometimes wear masks or veils called niqab. The veils serve mtiple functions, including protecting the women’s face from sun damage, filtering dust from the air, displaying adornment, and demonstrating wealth or status. The niqab worn by Bedouin women on special occasions are sometimes elaborately decorated with coins and beads, like this one. Such masks are not for everyday use; they wod be too hot and heavy. They are worn during special events, such as weddings and feasts. Face veil: 12" W x 19" L, circa 1915-1930. Last pictures are references from the book: "Traditional Palestinian Embroidery...