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Material: Mother-of-Pearl
Early Victorian Inlaid Rosewood Jewelry Box
Located in Port Chester, NY
A lovely rosewood box from the Victorian period, beautifully inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The interior has been lined with fresh watered paper, and is clean. In lay is in good cond...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
ancient oriental work, pair of carved wooden pedestals, bone and mother-of-pearl
Located in Mouscron, WHT
ancient oriental work, pair of carved wooden pedestals, bone and mother-of-pearl inlay
circa 1880
missing bones and mother-of-pearl
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Late 19th Century Maghreb Islamic Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Beech
18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Baroque Pearls & Tangerine Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved wood tabernacle door with natural forming baroque pearls and tangerine quartz crystal points. This door once belonged on a tabernacle whic...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Korean Low Lacquer Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...
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Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Moroccan Mother of Pearl Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout pair of vintage Moroccan stands elaborately decorated in mother of pearl, ebony, and bone marquetry, having classic moorish octagon forms with architecturally interesting ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Moorish Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage 10K Gold Mother of Pearl Cufflinks & Shirt Tux Button Studs
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 10k gold mother of pearl (mop) cufflinks and button studs featuring octagonal form with central pearls.
Dimensions:
Cufflinks - 0.5...
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Mid-20th Century Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Gold
Old wooden pedestal with bone and mother-of-pearl incrustation, oriental work
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Old wooden pedestal with bone and mother-of-pearl incrustation, oriental work circa 1900
very stable, small gaps in encrustation
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Late 19th Century Maghreb Islamic Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Beech
Pair of Korean Lacquer Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets with Striking Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of two-tier stacking cabinets, known as Nong in Korean, circa early 20th century (Korean Empire to Japanese Colonial Period). The square cabinet each is fitted with a pai...
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Early 20th Century Korean Other Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Mother-of-Pearl Handled Silver Butter Knives, Set of Six
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Set of six butter knives in original box with label Alexander Clark London. Made for Goldsmith and Silversmith. Hallmarks Alexander Clark and Co.
Handles in mother-of-pearl. Blades e...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Silver
Mother Of Pearl And Abalone Tea Caddy
Located in Tampa, FL
An early 19th century mother of pearl and abalone tea caddy with original key. There's a wonderful abalone starburst on the top of the box and ivory bun feet. England, early 19th cen...
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1910s English Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Ivory, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Guangxu Chinese black gold Jewelry Box, yellow silk
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exquisite Chinese Jewelry Box, made for export, France. With a stamp inside of Joan of Arc, Domremy. End S XIX-PP S XX
Silk lined interior. Polylobed profile, the entire body covere...
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1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
1970s Artisan Crafted Specimen Compass Table
Located in Charleston, SC
Artisan Crafted Specimen Compass Table
A stunning table inlaid with abalone shell, mother of pearl, and marble to form a compass rose on the table top. Satin wood and teak, zebra wood and other exotic wood compromises the table. The table has a marine grade...
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1970s American Adirondack Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Marble
Jules Leleu Attributed Sideboard/ Credenza
Located in East Hampton, NY
French Art Deco buffet, sideboard or credenza attributed to Jules Leleu. Constructed with superior quality blond woods, mahogany and lemonwood, perfectly centered, elaborate marquetr...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Moorish Style Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Desk and Chair Set
Located in Miami, FL
Very fine antique Moorish style mother-of-pearl inlaid writing desk and chair set, circa 1920's. This hand-carved, intricately detailed example has absolutely incredible inlay work o...
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Early 20th Century Syrian Moorish Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Shibayama Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses by Lemaire
Located in London, GB
A superb and incredibly rare pair of gilt bronze and mother of pearl Shibayama opera glasses by Lemaire in its original leather carry case. The beautiful mother of pearl case...
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1880s French Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Maitland-Smith Mother of Pearl Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large Vintage Maitland-Smith Mother of Pearl Box. The top inlaid with a strip of brass. The box sits on top of round ball feet.
Category
1980s Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
'Abalone Siren's Sconce' with Real Vintage Abalone Seashell Shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Venus favors the bold." —Ovid
Introducing the Abalone Siren's Sconce, the fifth release from the Fall 2023 Venus Collection, a whimsical new family of handmade fixtures inspired by...
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2010s American Modern Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass
3 Syrian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Wall Shelves
Located in Dallas, TX
Group of three Syrian mother of pearl inlaid wooden wall shelves. The intricately carved wood of each is inlaid with designs in mother of pearl wit...
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20th Century Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Fausse paire de chaises Napoléon III, bois noirci et carton bouilli burgauté
Located in ROYÈRE-DE-VASSIVIÈRE, FR
Fausse paire de chaises Napoléon III, bois noirci et carton bouilli burgauté
Riches décors de fleurs et rehauts dorés
assises en galettes garnies de t...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Jewelry Inlaid Sadeli Footed Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century Anglo-Indian jewelry, trinket footed box, inlay with ebony, mosaic marquetry Sadeli work and a carved Hindu scene on top.
The box case is made from sandalwood wi...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Wood, Bone, Mother-of-Pearl
Set / 3 1950s French Regency Pink Nacre Mother of Pearl Floral Form Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Fabulous Set of 3 1950s Pink Floral Form Nacre/ Mother of Pearl Wall Sconces. These are French and were found in a beautiful Chateau. Hard to find style.
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1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Victorian Quality Papier-Mache Desk Set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian Quality Papier-Mache Desk Set inlaid with mother of pearl, pair of original glass ink wells and pen tray standing on bun feet
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass
1950s Black Lacquered Wood and Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Small Dressing Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Black Lacquered Wood and Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Small Dressing Box
Two Felt Lined Drawers
Mirror on underside of lid
Small knick on top
Category
1950s Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mirror, Wood
A Charles X Palais Royal Ormolu and Mother of Pearl Equestrian Statue
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare Charles X period Palais Royal ormolu and engraved mother of pearl Statuette Sculpture of a horse. With an engine-milled ormolu mounted mother-of-pearl base
Prove...
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1830s French Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Modernist 'Abalone Lawyer's Lamp' with Real Vintage Abalone Seashell Shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Venus favors the bold.” —Ovid
Introducing the Abalone Lawyer’s Lamp, the third release from the Fall 2023 Venus Collection, a whimsical new family of ha...
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2010s American Modern Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Cement, Brass
Inlaid Mother Of Pearl Indian Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A wonderful 1920s wood box inlaid with mother of pearl from India. Box is lined with a blue velvet interior and is an inch deep.
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Luxury Victorian French Lorgnette Opera Glasses Marked "La Ville Paris" Ca 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
Absolutely exquisite pair of operable mother of pearl high quality luxury French Opera Glasses with fancy lorgnette style handle and gilt metal mounts. Premium mother of pearl and on...
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1890s French Victorian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
A Pair of Chinese Rosewood Circular Drum Side Tables with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A vintage pair of very well made Chinese side tables with mother of pearl inlay. These are a matching pair of good quality with perfect symmetry, unlike some of the cheaper examples...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
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 ...
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1940s Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts
India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon
Measures: H. 16 x W. 24.6 x D. 16.1 cm
An exceptional Gujarati casket with a rectangular box and truncated pyramidal lid (with slopes on each side and a flat top) made from exotic wood, probably teak (Tectona grandis), covered with a mother-of-pearl mosaic. The tesserae, cut from the shell of the green turban sea snail (Turbo marmoratus, a marine gastropod) in the shape of fish scales, are pinned to the wooden structure with silver ball-headed nails. The casket is set on bracket feet on the corners. The masterfully engraved decoration of the silver mounts follows the most refined and erudite Mannerist repertoire of rinceaux and ferroneries dating from the mid-16th century. The high quality and refinement of the silver mounts and, likewise, the silver nails that replaced the original brass pins used to hold the mother-of-pearl tesserae in place indicate the work of a silversmith probably working in Lisbon in the second half of the 16th century.
The Indian origin of this production, namely from Cambay (Khambhat) and Surat in the present state of Gujarat in north India, is, as for the last three decades, consensual and fully demonstrated, not only by documentary and literary evidence - such as descriptions, travelogues and contemporary archival documentation - but also by the survival in situ of 16th-century wooden structures covered in mother-of-pearl tesserae. A fine example is a canopy decorating the tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Sheik Salim Chisti (1478-1572) in Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, north India. This is an artistic production, geometric in character and Islamic in nature, where usually the mother-of-pearl tesserae form complex designs of fish scales or, similar to the dishes also made using the same technique, with the thin brass sheets and pins, stylized lotus flowers. The truncated pyramidal shape corresponds, like their contemporary tortoiseshell counterparts also made in Gujarat, to a piece of furniture used in the Indian subcontinent within the Islamic world prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese. This shape, in fact, is very old and peculiar to East-Asian caskets, chests or boxes used to contain and protect Buddhist texts, the sutras.
A similar chest is the famous and large reliquary chest from Lisbon cathedral that once contained the relics of the city's patron saint, Saint Vincent. Both match in shape, having the same kind of socle or pedestal and bracket feet, and in their engraved silver mountings, featuring the same type of refined, erudite decoration. Their differences lie in the silver borders that frame the entire length of the edges of the chest (both the box and the lid), pinned with silver nails, and on the lock plate, shaped like a coat of arms in the Lisbon example. Given the exceptional dimensions of the reliquary casket...
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16th Century Indian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Silver
French 1890 Antique 2-Draws Monocular Telescope In Gilt Bronze And White Nacre
Located in Miami, FL
French two-Draws Monocular Telescope.
Very unusual monocular telescope, created in France during the last three-quarters of the 19th century, circa 1890. This is a personal pocket l...
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1890s French Edwardian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Korean Mother-of-Pearl Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
This ornate Korean stool was crafted in the early 20th century of lacquered papier-mâché with beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay, a decorative technique known as "najeonchilgi." During ...
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20th Century Korean Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Paper
A Pair of Moorish-Style American Open Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 19th century Moorish-style American maple open arm chairs. The mother of pearl inlay around the top and legs with a star motif. The back having traditional North African-in...
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1870s American Moorish Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Maple
19th Century Charles X Gilt Bronze and Mother-of-Pearl Box
Located in Paris, FR
Small, oval Charles X box in mother-of-pearl and gilded bronze with a flower-shaped key. The lid has a white nacre plate and is decorated with a central medallion that displays color...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Anglo-Indian Style Soft Pink Dresser with Floral Themed Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Anglo-Indian style soft pink dresser with floral themed mother-of-pearl inlay and seven drawers. Radiating an air of refined elegance, this Angl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Anglo-Indian Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Italian Mid Century Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
Its doors are detailed with Mother of Pearl accents and falling leaves, giving it a touch of luxury. The metal base is finished in a shade called "Afterglow."
Beyond its beautiful e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Papier-mâché Mache Writing Desk and Games Table
Located in Nantwich, GB
A superb quality Victorian papier-mâché mache writing slope and games table with an ebonised background and inlaid with mother of peal.
The lid opens to reveal the original velvet l...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Moroccan Fire Screen
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique Moroccan screen crafted with mahogany in an architecturally interesting form featuring onion dome finials, geometric inlays of mother of pearl,...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
Art Deco Silver and Mother-of-Pearl Handled Walking Stick
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Silver and Mother-of-Pearl Handled Walking Stick
Offered for sale is an Art Deco walking stick with a silver handle that is topped ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Silver
Anglo-Indian Style Mother of Pearl Inlaid Neoclassical Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Anglo-Indian Style mother of pearl Inlaid neoclassical mirror.
India, Later 20th century
Of rectangular cartouche shaped, with fine mother of pearl inlays with birds, flowers a...
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Late 20th Century Indian Moorish Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Mother-of-Pearl
Pair Levantine Inlaid Occasional Round Tables, Early 20th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Late 19th / early 20th pair of Levantine mother of pearl,shell and horn inlaid round tables.
The round top over pedestal ending in four legs.
• Dimensions: height 32" diameter 28"
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Early 20th Century Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Horn, Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
1920s Antique Moroccan Wall Bracket Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Moorish Wall Shelf
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1920s Antique Moroccan Wall Bracket Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl Moorish Wall Shelf.
Handcrafted wall sconce with intricate hand-carved wood designs and inlaid mother of pearl hanging...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Georgian Mother of Pearl Jewelry Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian 19th Century Jewellery Box
From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Mother of Pearl Jewellery Box...
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet
Blue and White Anglo Indian Style Inlaid Mother of Pearl Tall Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
A blue and white Anglo-Indian style tall chest with mother-of-pearl inlay, six drawers and scrollwork motifs. Introducing this stunning Anglo-Indian style tall chest, a sublime unio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Anglo-Indian Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Faberge, Jeweled and Silver-Gilt Model of an Owl in a Cage Diamond & Sterling
By Fabergé
Located in Atlanta, GA
Faberge, 20th century. Jeweled and Silver-Gilt Model of an Owl in a Cage Diamond & Sterling.
This agate stone and realistically carved owl features diamond eyes and silver-gilt claw...
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20th Century French Art Deco Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Agate, Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
A Rare Graham Baron Ash Intaglio Heraldry Seal
Located in New York, NY
A very rare, outstanding, antique circa 1880s Victorian And Albert Museum, London UK, souvenir piece inspired by the Burgonet Helmet of King Henry II of France. The exquisite hand ca...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass
Luxury Hanging Bar Cabinet with Golden Hand-Laid Straw and Mother of Pearl
Located in Cairo, EG
Luxury hanging bar cabinet with hand-laid Straw and Mother of Pearl.
A radiant hanging bar cabinet with hand-laid straw and mother of pearl in elegant hues of gold. The pattern is a ...
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2010s Egyptian Modern Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Art Nouveau Credenza (Vienna, circa 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Kredenz
Entwurf: unbekannt, Wien um 1910
Modell-Nummer: -
Ausführung: unbekannte Kunstmöbeltischlerei, Wien um 1910
Maße in cm (H x B x T): 185 x 104 x 50
Material: Mahagonih...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
English Rosewood Fitted Dressing Box
Located in Wilson, NC
English rosewood fitted dressing box, the top is angled up on all four sides, top features an octagonal ebony center piece with tapering ebony inlays coming down from each corner. an...
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1850s English Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Fabric, Ebony, Mahogany, Rosewood
19th century French Silver and Mother-of-pearl Cheese Knives Box, 1850s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Magnificent box Napoleon III in lacquered wood and gold with hors d'oeuvres or cheese in silver and mother-of-pearl handle with monogram.
Hallmark of the master goldsmith Touron in P...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Silver
Japanese Shibayama Cabinet, Carved and Black Lacquered, Meiji Period, 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding Shibayama cabinet from the Meiji period in black lacquered and hand-carved wood with marvellous arrangement of sliding and hinged doors and drawers decorated with preciou...
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1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Mother of Pearl Seashell Caviar Dish
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white mother of pearl seashell caviar dish polished smooth. One dish available. Piece is a nice size measuring: 8" Depth x 9.5" Wide.
Pearl c...
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20th Century Organic Modern Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
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...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Silver
John Richard Mid-Century Modern Style Macassar & Mother of Pearls Console Table
Located in Plainview, NY
A spectacular Mid-Century Modern style console by John Richard. The console table entitle " Le Cirque" features a dramatic silhouette. Made of light quality Macassar ebony showing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Macassar
Palais-Royal Mother-of-Pearl Perfume Box and Flasks
Located in New Orleans, LA
This mother-of-pearl inlay perfume box is a rare and complete treasure from the famed Palais-Royal of France’s Second Empire. The box is a work of art, meticulously fashioned to deli...
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19th Century French Other Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19c English Partial Gilt Paper Mache Tray Table, 19c MOP Inlaid
Located in Cypress, CA
Beautiful 19c English partial Gilt and Mother of Pearl paper mache tray table on ebonized bamboo base, excellent details and good condition
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Asian Cloisonné Mother of Pearl Peacock Vase
Located in West Chester, PA
A lovely vintage Asian cloisonné vase featuring brilliant mother of pearl accents from the mid-20th century.
Large scale, having a circul...
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20th Century Korean Chinoiserie Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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