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Period: 20th Century
Art Deco Flapper's Woolen Swim Suit, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco Flapper's Woolen Swim Suit, circa 1920s, a classic woven wool black one-piece swimsuit with shoulder straps fastened with great buttons, and a flared skirt with unusual teal...
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American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wool

Art Deco Flapper's Woolen Swim Suit, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco Flapper's Woolen Swim Suit, circa 1920s, a classic woven wool black one-piece swimsuit by the Monarch Bathing Suit Company with shoulder straps fastened with great buttons a...
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American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wool

Antique Butterfly Collection Glass Shadow Box Wall Decoration, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Shadow box made in wood and glass containing a butterfly collection.
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Vintage Japanese Hand Painted Cherry Blossom Fan In Gold Shadow Box Frame
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Gorgeous Japanese vintage fan . It features hand-painted Cherry Blossom details and inlaid mother of pearl elements. The fan is displayed within a shadow box frame, which seems to be...
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Unknown Hollywood Regency 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Berlin Iron

The Order of Things by Fashion Photgrapher Schoerner
By Schoerner
Located in NYC, NY
A unique book first edition print set on a circular format retains its original case.
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American 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plastic, Paper

Butterfly Taxidermy Entomology Display Cases
Located in Vienna, AT
Framed butterfly collection featuring 10 butterflies with type of butterfly underneath each. Mounted in a shadowbox frame. Price for both.
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Thai Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Hardwood

Vintage Pair of Butterfly Specimen Taxidermy Asian Swallowtail, Glassy Blu
Located in Cookeville, TN
Vintage Butterfly Specimen Collection Pair of Taxidermy in glass displays rounded shadowboxes with custom-made hanging brackets. Each butterfly is neatly labeled.
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Unknown 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Mid 20th century frame Italian bisque Taglio
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 20th century Italian frame bisque Taglio. This Greco Roman style bisque porcelain medallion is framed in a gold leaf shadowbox frame with pink interior and gold details...
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Italian Empire Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Italian branch coral and coral bead necklaces in a custom shadowbox, c. 1930
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Branch coral and bead coral necklaces mounted on green linen and in a shadow box frame. Italy, circa 1930.
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Italian 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Pink Coral

Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass
Located in Lyon, FR
Lot of old bank safes from the 30s/40s. Steel structure (fairly heavy), painted yellow on the outside and blue on the inside (original paint). Brass locks and keys. Security system n...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

The Music Lovers by Zoe Hope 1997 Collage Art
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Zoe Hope The Music Lovers Collage 1997 Wall Art The artist’s music collage incorporating paper, fabric textile , wire and sheet music all incased behind...
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American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Shell and white branch coral necklaces mounted in a custom shadowbox
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Threaded cluster of shell and white branch coral necklaces mounted on a green linen backing in a shadow box frame.
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20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Coral

Japanese 4 Panel Gilded and Painted Screen, Framed in Lucite
Located in Pomona, CA
A Japanese 4 panel screen with a gilt background and a painted bonsai tree. The screen is framed in a Lucite "box" style frame as an artwork.
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Japanese Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Lucite, Paper

Vintage Brass Chinese Hardware Harmony Shadow Box
Located in Somis, CA
A vintage shadowbox of solid brass hardware. The exceptionally large basket-shaped door plate is prominently featured, displaying great details of a ...
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Chinese 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Charles Fazzino "South Beach", 1993
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
A rare Charles Fazzino titled “South Beach,” 1993, in a shadow box. Signed Artist Proof 32/50 AP. Image Size: 23" x 33" Framed: 46.5" wide x 36.5" high x 1.5" deep
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American 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paper

Vintage Mexican Collectors Shadowbox
Located in Dallas, TX
A shadow box with laced doily, silver purse, antique spectacles. tortoiseshell and silver ornamentation. Made in Mexico circa 1930s to 1970s. Stamped signature on reverse reads Chavo...
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Mexican Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Brass Hardware Chinese Good Fortune Shadow Box
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage shadowbox of solid brass hardware. The exceptionally large door plate is prominently featured, displaying great details of a fine...
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Chinese 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Roy Lichtenstein "Paper Plate" Original Encased in Heavy Custom Lucite Block
Located in East Hampton, NY
Created exclusively for Barneys of New York by the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, the heavy and custom acrylic display box provides front and rear views of this master work. Stamped wit...
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American Modern 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Vintage Midcentury Hand Painted Shiva Sculptures Framed in Shadow Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vintage midcentury handmade and hand painted shiva third eye sculptures framed in a beautiful shadow box. This piece features seven handmade and hand painted Shiva faces with distinct third eyes. They are mounted in a shadow box with a linen fabric background and wooden frame. The shadow box has a universal mounting bracket on the back making it easy to hand on any wall. Shiva is the "destroyer of evil and the transformer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu. In Shaivism tradition, Shiva is the Supreme being...
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Nepalese Tribal Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Clay, Pottery

Vintage Chinese Brass Fan Hardware Shadow Box
Located in Somis, CA
A vintage shadowbox of solid brass hardware. The exceptionally large fan-shaped door plate is prominently featured, displaying great details of a fin...
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Chinese 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Brass Chinese Hardware Longevity Shadow Box
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage shadowbox of solid brass hardware. The exceptionally large gourd-shaped door plate is prominently featured, displaying great deta...
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Chinese 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Pair, Antique Framed Grand Tour Intaglio Displays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely framed and mounted set of 14 Grand Tour Era intaglios displayed in 2 matched pair of frames. Wire hanging to verso and oval ring to top.
Category

20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Family Jewels, Framed Sample of Abstract Rug by Edward Fields
Located in Dorchester, MA
"Family Jewels" is a framed sample of a hand-tufted wool rug, in an abstract composition, by famed artisanal carpet company Edward Fields. Against a white background twelve brilliant...
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American 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wool, Acrylic

Large Bronze Art Deco Style Box Light
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive large Art Deco style ceiling or wall mounted light box dating from the mid 20th century; perfect for bringing the glitz and glamour of iconic Gatsby style to a boutique...
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English Art Deco 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Midcentury Shadow Box Vanity Wall Shelf Curio Display Mirror 28"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage wooden wall hanging shadowbox shelf featuring a mirrored back accented with a pair of smaller offset shelves and framed with square mirror ...
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Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Mirror, Hardwood

45-Star American Printed Parade Flag, 1896-1907
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This 45-star United States flag celebrates the statehood of Utah. 45-star flags served as the official American flag from 1896-1908. This particular flag was flown as a parade flag, ...
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American Antique 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Fabric

Vintage Embroidered Japanese Ceremonial Child's Kimono in a Gold Bamboo Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful rare vintage hand sewn one of a kind Japanese ceremonial child's kimono in a gold bamboo framed shadowbox. Kimono for children are shaped and styled much like those for adults, but are almost always in bright patterns and prints. This is a great example of a child's kimono used...
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Japanese 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Set of Service Medals in Shadow Box Display, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
Set of Service Medals in Shadow Box Display, 20th C Measures - 15" x 13" x 3" Catalogue Note: Ask about DISCOUNTED DELIVERY RATES available to...
Category

20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Cubist Style Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Intriguing painting in cubist style probably by European Artist signed by the artist.
Category

Unknown Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Three Mounted Scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Three mounted scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s. Paper scrolls mounted on a board in a plexiglass box. Unique. Signed. H: 76 cm W: 81 cm D: 12 cm Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrko¨ping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plexiglass, Paper

2 Vintage Watercolor Landscape Summer Reflections in Acrylic Shadow Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of vintage large watercolor paintings of impressionist style tree lined lakes titled Summer Reflections I and Summer Reflections II, pencil signed by artist Conthonts. Both moun...
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Expressionist 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paint, Paper

Vintage Mahogany Deep Shadow Box Frame Felt Cotton Mourning Wreath Wall Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage mahogany deep shadow box frame felt cotton mourning wreath wall art. Item features a nice deep frame, cotton felt handmade wreath, solid wood frame, beautiful wood grain, ver...
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Victorian 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Taxidermy Alligator, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning framed taxidermy alligator with great coloring and very well preserved details. Hues of the scales range from a beige color on the outer edge...
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American Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Wood, Hide

Vintage California Republic State Flag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage California Republic flag made in the 1960s. Made of thick cotton. Great coloring. Fun piece of California history. Newly mounted on a linen...
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American Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Cotton

Circa 1910 Pink Marabou & Tortoiseshell Framed Fan
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautiful Pink Maribou Feathers ribbed with perfect tortoiseshell sticks & handle, is framed with soft pink velvet backing and gold leaf wood. This style of fan, once used for presen...
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Unknown 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Sea Life and Shell Diorama /Shadow Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-715 Beautiful sea life diorama including sea shells various crustaceans ,seahorse starfish encased in a walnut frame under glass. Brass hanging ring
Category

Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Shell

Venetian Hanging Giltwood & Mirrored Wall Shelf Vitrine
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Glistening Venetian hanging giltwood and mirrored vitrine having a shadow box rectangular shape with beautiful carved wood gold embellishments in each corner. Two glass shelves protr...
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Italian Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood, Glass

Large Antique African Kuba Textile Museum Mount in Lucite Shadowbox Wall Hanging
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Professionally museum mounted exceptional antique African Kuba textile with brown small textile fragments woven into the geometric pattern in Kuba raffia woven patchwork, raffia black velvet border appliqué panel around three sides of the textile .The word “Kuba” means “lighting” referring to the blades that were once used by Kuba warriors. These textiles from the Congo are each handcrafted in the traditional way, the men weaving on a small hand loom and the women taking great pride in their embroidering of these squares. Kuba ceremonial squares can take three months to complete. A technique known as "cut pile" in which the ends of the raffia embroidery...
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Congolese 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Raffia, Lucite, Wood

Ron Fritts Signed Vintage Pop Art Shadow Box Wall Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This eye-catching and rare Ron Fritts Pop Art shadow box wall sculpture has suspended resin or lucite balls floating in four different window vignettes that change. The background is black Mylar plexiglass and the exterior wood is newly ebonized. The original labels on the back that says RF studios Inc. and a number. The silver interior balls jump around as you pick it up and rotate it and even turn it upside down. The components of the resin have slightly yellowed from age and sun exposure. There is also glue residue from age and coming apart. It is what it is...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Aluminum, Chrome

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Located in East Hampton, NY
This flag represents the INT Signal (signal not understood) - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is the largest scale pennant in vibrant RED and white with hand stitching. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag which is 68 inches long. Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other listings). Can be hung vertically or horizontally. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
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German Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Maple

Vintage Tak-Young Jung Hand Painted Chinoiserie Fan Shadowbox Wall Art
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage large hand painted golden fan by Tak-Young Jung from his 1991 solo exhibition “The Admiration of Life Through the Symbolization of Colors“ at the Modern Art Gallery in Los Angeles...
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Chinoiserie 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Foil

Set of Three Framed Early 20th Century Italian Cello Backs
Located in Chicago, IL
A remarkable set of three early 20th century Italian cello backs, each frames in a deep shadow box with a simple white gallery frame. Perfect for the classical music aficionado in yo...
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Italian 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Located in East Hampton, NY
This flag represents the number one signal (Penant One) - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is the largest scale pennant in vibrant RED and white with hand stitching. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag which is 68 inches long. Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other listings). Can be hung vertically or horizontally. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...
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German Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Maple

Vintage Gujarat Saurashta Ethnic Beaded Textile India Framed
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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...
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Indian Folk Art 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Fabric

One of a Kind Painted Mechanic's Tool Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique mechanic's tool cabinet, closed with a glass door and hand painted tool shaped with hooks. Can be used as a display case for actual tools or just "as is" as art.
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American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood, Glass

Deco Inspired Onyx and Diamond ring
Located in North Miami, FL
1970's Art Deco inspired Onyx and diamond ring in 14K gold setting. Very little wear by age and use.
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American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Onyx, Gold

One-of-a-kind Painted Mechanic's Tool Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique mechanic's tool cabinet, closed with a glass door and hand painted tool shaped with hooks. Can be used as a display case for actual tools or just "as is" as Art.
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American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Sailing Ship Diorama, Late 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautifully detailed diorama or shadow box of a late 19th century schooner and tug boat.
Category

American 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plaster, Wool, Paper

Antique Hand Embroidered Turkmen Suzani Sampler In Shadow Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
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...
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Caucasian Antique 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Glass, Wood

Large School Teaching Display Anthill of the Red Wood Ant
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large School Teaching Display Anthill of the Red Wood Ant A vintage school teaching glass display of the anthill of the red wood ant. It shows the hill and inhabitants thereof, the ...
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German Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Spaniard Fan Shadow Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a wood sticks and handpainted Spaniard fan. It depicts four different scenes related to Spain. Starting in the left, there is a bullfighter fighting a bull in a bullring; then an 18th Century scene of a horse carriage with a lady inside it in a country landscape while some people sitting in the grass appear selling pottery; next, there is a bouquet of carnations (the national flower of Spain) and finally some women with flamenco dresses dancing in a square. The fan is saved in a fan shaped gilt wood shadow box...
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Spanish Victorian 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Framed 3-Dimensional Hand-Painted Porcelain Cityscape
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
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Dutch Belle Époque 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Wonderful Diorama of American Home Hand Painted with Hand Painted Carved Birds
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Wonderful Round Diorama of American home hand painted with hand painted carved birds. The house looks like a beautiful hand painted watercolor. The birds are hand carved and painted....
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American 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Architectural Diorama of a French Street
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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...
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French Archaistic 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

!969 Pop Art Lithograph by Ken Kusaka
By Ken Kusaka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A vibrant 1969 lithograph by Ken Kusaka. Signed numbered and dated lower margin. In a period shadow box. Frame has some age wear and paint loss. Litho is in good condition.
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American Vintage 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paper

Large Octagonal Wood and Glass Shadow Box or Collectible Box with Latch
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A wonderful mid-century wood octagonal shadow box perfect for display on a coffee table, or for hanging on a wall. The inside features 9 shelves for storing collectibles. A glass lid...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Shadowbox Art by F. Ronald Fowler
Located in New York, NY
A figurine of a reclining nude, crumpled figure drawings, dried fruits and flowers, and blue wallpaper make up this shadowbox by F. Ronald Fowler (1948-...
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American 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Wood

Antique Handpainted Osborne China Plate Mounted in Gold Gilt Carved Wood Frame
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning antique handprinted Osborne China 24K gold plate, mounted in a custom framed shadowbox lined with silk.
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Dutch 20th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

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