Leather Book Box - Receipts #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings.
Vintage 1980s English Other Decorative Boxes
Leather
Leather Book Box - Receipts #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings.
Leather
Leather Book Box - Receipts #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings.
Leather
Modern Maitland Smith Travertine Marble Book Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Modern Maitland Smith Travertine Marble Book Box.
Travertine, Marble
Sea Shell Encrusted Book Box with Marquetry
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Gorgeous sea Shell encrusted vintage book box with marquetry.
Shell
19th Century Secret Leather Bound Book Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A secret leather bound book box with the most beautiful marbled paper interior.
Leather, Paper
Antique Austrian Alabaster and Gilt Metal Book Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Austrian Alabaster And Gilt Metal Book Box. Unusual Austrian gilt metal and alabaster box in the form of a book.
Alabaster, Metal
$928 / set
3 Book Boxes with Crown Detail
Located in New Orleans, LA
These vintage book boxes combine form and function, styled as classic bound books and accented with a delicate crown motif.
Wood
Early 20th Century Leather Faux Book Box, United Kingdom
Located in Napa, CA
Large leather book box with lock and key. Book is bound with leather and stamped G.T.H.
Metal
Leather Faux Book Box on Painted Stand – English, circa 1830
Located in Apeldoorn, NL
A highly decorative Regency period faux book box, crafted in leather and mounted on a painted stand, dating to around 1830.
Leather, Wood
Antique French Book Box
Located in Houston, TX
Designed to appear as a stack of books, this box is the perfect place to store your treasures. The hinged box is made of wood, and the books are trimmed in gold paint. This piece we...
Wood
Red Leather Book Boxes with Gold Embossing, England, 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These red leather and gold-embossed book boxes from early 20th-century England elegantly blend aesthetic appeal with clever functionality.
Leather
Antique Box Fake Double Book Box Secret Box Cardboard Gold Impressed
Located in Munich, DE
Theuillet Contes pour la Jeunesse'. These kind of book boxes were invented to keep secrets in a book shelf.
Paper
Vintage Boho Leather Bound “School for Scandal” Book Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of literary charm and clever concealment to your decor with this vintage book box. Disguised as a handsome, leather-bound edition of Sheridan's classic comedy, "School fo...
Leather, Wood
Regency Leather Faux Book Box on Painted Stand or End Table, English, circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather four volume faux book box on painted pine stand with turned legs.
Leather, Wood
Italian, Fortuny Upholstered Book Box, early 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
crafted in the shape of a book and having a hinged top opening to reveal an inner upholstered storage area, the top lacking a (presumably) brass nameplate
Fabric
19c French Antique Set of 2 Wood Book Boxes
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delightful 19th-century set of book-form boxes, disguised as timeworn leather-bound volumes.
Wood
18th Century Louis XVI Set of 5 Book Boxes
Located in New Orleans, LA
A set of wooden boxes designed to resemble leather-bound books offers a clever and decorative storage solution. Crafted with detailed spines and faux-leather finishes, these boxes bl...
Leather, Wood
Antique Belle Époque Leather Wood Gold Embossed Box Secret Box Book Box Trunk
Located in Munich, DE
In an upright position it resembles a book. Therefore, it can be considered a book with secret compartments and included in a library as such.
Leather, Carbon Fiber
Antique Watrous Sterling Silver Hand-Hammered Figural Book Box with Wood Liner
By Watrous Mfg. Company, Tiffany & Co., Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American silver box. By Watrous Mfg. Co. (Later subsumed the International Silver Company).
Sterling Silver
French Faux Book Gold Embossed Wood Pencil Artist Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, a Mid-Century leather gold embossed book box featuring the title BUFFON Oeuvres. This super charming box could be used for pencils but also paint brushes, keys or ...
Wood, Leather
$196Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Binded Book Ceramic Box by Borghese
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted as a book.
Ceramic
Decorative 19th century book shaped inlaid olive box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century book shaped inlaid olive box circa 1890. Unusual Italian keep sake box made in olive wood.
Olive
Majolica Onnaing Book Money Bank Box, circa 1900
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica money bank books made by Onnaing. The piece was crafted, circa 1900.
Ceramic
Antique Marquetry Inlaid Faux Book Front “Hidden Storage” Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a truly unique antique box, not only does it have a faux book front. Fine inlay detail to the top - showcasing birds but it has a very cool hidden document storage area to th...
Hardwood
Vintage French Embossed Leather Pen / Pencil Box from an 18th Century Book Spine
Located in Dallas, TX
Known in France as a plumier, this pen or pencil box has been repurposed from the spine of a 1700s book.
Leather
19th Century, Black Forest Carved Softwood "Book Form" Presentation Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
An unusual and visually striking carved wooden presentation box, Black Forest region, circa 1880. The box is carved in the form of a stacked book bundle tied with strapwork, its surf...
Walnut
1930s Concealed Guilloché Brass Box - in the shape of a Book
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1920s or 30s concealed box for personal smalls - secrets. It is made in the shape of a naturally sized book (16x13x2 cm).
Brass
Limoges Porcelain Box with Teddy Bear on Book Hand-Painted France
By Limoges
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Limoges Porcelain Box with Teddy Bear on Book, Hand-Painted, France, ca. 20th Century A charming hand-painted Limoges porcelain trinket box featuring an adorable teddy bear s...
Porcelain
French Late 19th Century Silvered Bronze Mouse on a Book Trinket / Jewelry Box
Located in London, GB
This rare and unusual book-themed box has lovely character and charm. The mouse sits on top of a beautifully modelled bound book.
Bronze
Elegant and decorative Box in the shape of a large book. Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant and decorative Box in the shape of a large book from the early 20th Century.
Brass
HUGE SELECTION OF 37 LEATHER A4 VINTAGE STORAGE BOX FILES WITH FAUX BOOK FRONTs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this huge selection of 37 vintage hand leather bound faux book storage files that take A4 documents Please ...
Leather
Dunhill Leather Bound "My Works" Book-Form Secret Hidden Jewelry Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A book-form hidden jewelry box retailed by Dunhill and formerly owned by Tex Maule, the well-known Sports Illustrated football writer and author.
Leather, Paper
1950's Italian Gold Embossed Leather Book Jewelry Box with Velvet Lining
Located in New York, NY
1950's Italian finely detailed. leather book form jewellery box with gilt embossed Fleur de Lis design at corners of front and back sides.
Leather, Velvet
Swedish Wood Book-Hide ca 1850
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Wood Book-Hide ca 1850 With beautiful intricate carvings. Made out birch wood. Heigth: 5.5 cm/2.1 inch Depth: 9.5 cm/3.7 inch Width: 17 cm/6.6 inch
Birch
Late 19th Century French Leather Book Liquor Tantalus
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The brass stay operates smoothly, and the glassware is free of chips or cracks with light wear to the gilt bands. This set includes: 1 book-form tantalus box (8" wide x 4" deep x 5....
Leather, Wood
French Decoupage Lacquered Metal Match Book Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A decoupaged and lacquered metal match book holder, circa mid-late 19th Century, France. A charming hand-made piece, showing a paper grisalle image of four women in period dress, a...
Metal
Sampson Mordan Solid Sterling Silver Prayer Book Holder - 1894
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Bath, GB
A lovely Victorian solid / sterling silver book holder on a chain with a finger ring. Decorated with a smart linear design with a central circular cartouche to the centre of the fro...
Sterling Silver
Blue Book Set in Shagreen-Embossed Leather, Set of 12
Located in Westwood, NJ
Twelve volumes make up this Blue Book Set, bound in shagreen-embossed leather with a fine pebbled grain that takes the light unevenly across the covers. The blue is deep and consiste...
Leather
Gray Book Set of 12 in Linen, Raised Spine Bands
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Gray Book Set of 12 binds twelve volumes in heathered gray linen, the cloth matte across every board and spine, with raised bands crossing each spine at intervals. Linen is the ...
Linen
Shagreen Embossed Red Book Set in Leather, Set of 12
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Shagreen Embossed Red Book Set covers twelve volumes in deep red leather embossed with a granular shagreen grain, the texture catching light across the spines and boards so the ...
Leather
Shagreen Book Set of 12 in Storm Gray, Pebbled Leather
Located in Westwood, NJ
Bound in shagreen leather over paper, this Shagreen Book Set of 12 arrives in the Storm Gray colorway, a cool slate tone carrying the fine pebbled grain shagreen is known for. Sizes ...
Leather
Ivory Book Set in Shagreen-Embossed Leather, Set of 12
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Ivory Book Set brings twelve volumes bound in shagreen-embossed leather to a shelf or a table, the pale cream covers carrying the fine pebbled grain the embossing is made to imi...
Leather
Gray Book Set of 12 in Antiqued Leather and Paper
Located in Westwood, NJ
Bound in leather and paper with an antiqued finish, this Gray Book Set of twelve volumes gives a shelf the look of a collection gathered over years rather than bought all at once. Th...
Leather
Shagreen Embossed Gray Book Set in Leather, Set of 12
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Gray Book Set gathers twelve volumes bound in shagreen leather and paper, sized so no two spines line up exactly. The leather is Antique Gray, and the surface carries the fine g...
Leather
Rebound Leather Book Set in Mixed Colors, Set of 12
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Rebound Leather Book Set numbers twelve bound volumes in burgundy, green, teal, brown and tan, each spine printed and titled in gilt between tooled panels. The bindings are leat...
Leather
An Italian Wooden Book with Marble Specimens, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The hinged Burl walnut book inlaid with tulipwood opens to reveal 18 varieties of marbles. Including imperial porphyry, green porphyry,
Marble
Linen Book Set of 12 in Ivory with Stitched Cloth Covers
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Linen Book Set of 12 gathers volumes wrapped in ivory linen, the cloth matte and untitled and drawn tight over each cover so the weave shows along every spine and fore edge. The...
Linen
Leather Bound Ivory Book Set with Decorated Spines, Set of 24
Located in Westwood, NJ
This Ivory Book Set gathers twenty-four leather bound volumes stood in a row rather than stacked, their decorated spines carrying the only pattern on the group. The bindings are all ...
Leather
Shagreen Book Set of 12 in Olive Green with Embossed Spines
Located in Westwood, NJ
Twelve volumes bound in olive green make up this Shagreen Book Set, supplied as a complete group rather than gathered piece by piece. The pebbled shagreen grain gives each spine a fi...
Leather
Shagreen Embossed Tan Book Set in Tawny Brown, Set of 12
Located in Westwood, NJ
Built from shagreen leather and paper, this Tan Book Set carries the fine pebbled texture the material is known for across twelve volumes in a warm brown, Tawny Brown. Traditional in...
Leather
Rattan and brass book basket, Italy, 1970, 25 diam.
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very beautiful rattan and brass basket made in Italy in the 1970s. Round shape, mid-century modern style, it is inspired by the designs of Gabriella Crespi. Magnificent decorative ob...
Wicker, Rattan
Two Vantage Japanese Old Fashion Kiku, Book Style Lunchbox by Teinen
Located in Norton, MA
A wonderful design of the Bento Box to include the independent rice box, chapstick with their own slot, and a larger box to accommodate everything to complete a package for the lunch...
Aluminum
Art Deco Odeon Style Secret Safe Book with Sun Burst Marquetry, 1920
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Rare Art Deco Odeon Style Secret Safe Book This is a very attractive piece, it has an Odeon style marquetry Sun burst decoration When set on the bookshelf this looks like a very ...
Wood
Victorian sterling silver book form snuff box made in London in 1897
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1897 by Harris Adelstein, this handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, is designed to look like a book, and has a gilt interior and engraved d...
Sterling Silver
Vintage Unique Leather Italian Box 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unique vintage piece is a decorative box designed to resemble a leather-bound book titled "Desmoulins Oeuvres."
Leather, Wood
A Rare Art Nouveau Carved Secret Safe Book This is a very attractive piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Rare Art Nouveau Carved Secret Safe Book This is a very attractive piece, carved in walnut and cedar with inset brass hinges and banding When set on the bookshelf this looks like ...
Walnut
French Porcelain Jewelry Box, Turn of the Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
Very Good condition as shown in images and video. Earrings and book shown available separately. Box is a nice size.
Brass
$340Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Victorian Nautical Maritime USS Maine Ship Photo Album Music Box 13"
Located in Dayton, OH
The photo album appears to be a keepsake box, or faux book with gilded pages, but opens to a photo album filled with old photos and plays the tunes Pirate ___ and Honeymoon March.
Plastic
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Intaglio Plaster Medallion & Gilt Marbled Leather Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Grand Tour Intaglio Plaster Medallion Box with Silver Mounts and Gilt Marbled Leather, 19th Century A finely crafted 19th-century Italian Grand Tour table box, combining cla...
Silver Plate
Collection of Four Vintage Florentine Scuola del Cuoio Embossed Leather Boxes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Includes a cylindrical snuff box, a matchbox, a square playing card box, and two hollow 'book' shaped boxes that fit into a leather binder (also for playing cards or other smaller ob...
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Parchment Book Box by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
1970's Italian parchment book box with pull drawer Aldo Tura.
Unavailable
H 16.5 in W 11.8 in D 9.4 in
Frederique Morrel Needlepoint Bonny Book Box M in Handwoven Cotton Tapestry
By Frederique Morrel
Located in New York, NY
The Bonny Book Box M features handwoven cotton tapestry and glass eye details.
Tapestry, Cotton, Glass
Maitland Smith Book Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a tessellated stone box with brass detailing and a wood interior liner.
Marble, Brass
A Mysterious 18th Century Leather Book Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular wood structure covered with a pair of Latin leather book binding.
Le Petit Prince Ceramic Box
Located in New York, NY
This one of a kind piece by Catie Curry, a Brooklyn based ceramicist and interior designer, is part of her Book Box collection. The above listed piece is available for immediate purc...
Ceramic, Pottery
Funky Box in Book Form
Located in Genova, Liguria
Curious box in book form. Wooden structure covered with white cloth and leather edges.
Leather, Wood
Faux Book Form Secret Storage Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A charming and very necessary lidded storage box of faux book form. The dark pink / mauve and cream color scheme is oh so sweet and feminine that it makes a perfect secret hiding spo...
Resin
LINE VAUTRIN "The Book" poem box
By Line Vautrin
Located in Summerland, CA
A silvered bronze box in the form of a book, inspired by Guillaume Apollinaire's "Alcools-1943".
Bronze
19th c. French leather faux book liquor box
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century faux book leather liquor box
Leather
1900's Tortoiseshell Box in the shape of a Book
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tortoiseshell box in the shape of a small book, with silver hinges and locks.
Silver Plate
SILK LINED STORAGE BOX DISGUISED AS A LEATHER BOUND BOOK
Located in San Francisco, CA
A french leather bound box in the form of a book; pine construction with tooled leather and faux painted ends; two ornate pewter clasps ; lined in red silk. good condition ; Age and ...
A Charming French Box in the Shape of a Book
Located in San Francisco, CA
Covered in hunter green textured paper with multi-colored marbleized “page” edge; tan label reads “Minutes L.Olive 1814”. Two are available. Price is $500 each.
Paper, Wood
Unavailable
H 5.5 in W 9 in D 6 in
An English Painted Book Form Box Titles including Milton and Poetry
Located in New York, NY
Delightful, clever tromp l'oeil box created to resemble a stack of old books. Illustrated, Antiquities and Collecting magazine, Book Form Furniture, June 2008, p. 39.
Period Regency Book Carrier
Located in Toronto, ON
Small scale book carrier in rosewood with balustrade form devisions over melon form feet.
Silver and Silver Gilt Book Vinaigrette
By Thomas Edwards
Located in New York, NY
London, 1834 by Thomas Edwards. A fine vinaigrette in the form of a book. With a lyre, bugle and sheet music in the pierced grill. Vinaigrettes were an essential personal item ...
Sterling Silver
Book shaped card case with notebook
Located in East Geelong, VIC
The front of this book shaped card case features an engraved, thin silver mount on green watered silk in a silver frame. The spine is dark green velvet. The back is a solid piece of ...
Silver
Unavailable
Large 18th century leather book conversion
Located in Toronto, ON
An 18th century grouping of leather books constructed to form a concealed inner compartment.
Unavailable
H 15 in W 15.7 in D 24.8 in
Frederique Morrel Needlepoint Bonny Book in Handwoven Cotton Tapestry
By Frederique Morrel
Located in New York, NY
The Frederique Morrel Bonny Book features paper bookstacks, handwoven cotton tapestry, and glass eye details.
Tapestry, Cotton, Glass
Unavailable
H 32.88 in W 25.2 in D 8.08 in
Rare and Sculptural Book by Salvador Dali "Alchimie des Philosophes, " 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fuveau, Provence
Rare and sculptural book by Salvador Dali "Alchimie des Philosophes" edition Art et Valeurs, Paris, 1975. 275 exemplars were made. Leather and parchment outside, wood inside. Parc...
Leather, Parchment Paper, Wood
Unavailable
H 0.01 in W 0.01 in D 0.01 in
George IV Silver Vinaigrette "Quill Pen and Book Grille" by William Edwards 1823
By William Edwards
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare George IV London made silver Vinaigrette of rounded rectangular form with plain reeded decoration to the base, lid and sides. The silver gilt interior with finely pierced and ...
Silver
Georgian Burr Yew Book Matched Blackthorn Oyster Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Burr Yew tea caddy with decorative book matched blackthorn oyster ovals on the top and front, the sides with beautiful figured blackthorns and the back kingwood which match the inter...
Yew
Silk Lined Storage Box dDsguised as a Leather bound book
Located in San Francisco, CA
A french leather bound box in the form of a book; pine construction with tooled leather and faux painted ends; two ornate pewter clasps ; lined in red silk. good condition ; Age an...
THREE DRAWER STORAGE BOX DISGUISED AS A LEATHER BOUND BOOK
Located in San Francisco, CA
In wood & tooled leather with 3 small compartments down the spine; faux painted edges; wear and distress to finish and box;
some worm holes
Charming Book Box
Located in New York, NY
A Danish mahogany, ebonized and fruitwood book box, circa 1900.
Leather Faux Book Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Leather faux book box, large with nice interior.
Leather
Large Leather Faux Book Box
Located in Napa, CA
A large faux book box, nearly a hundred years old. A perfect way to hide secret treasures and ancient texts in the library.
Metal
19th c. Leather Bound Book/Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th c. Leather Bound Book/Box
Silver
Vintage 19th Century, Italian Book Boxes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of four vintage 19th century, Italian faux book boxes that open at the cover for ample storage.
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.