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Shadow Boxes For Sale
Pair of Chinese bone game pieces, c. 1820
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of Chinese carved and pierced round bone game pieces. Made in China for the Western trade, these game pieces have been mounted on pale gray silk in a deep bevel mat and framed i...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Bone
Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 18th century French Louis XVI / Neoclassical painted boudoir hand fan. White sticks pierced with foliate / floral designs as well as trumpets and sheets of music; gilded acce...
Category
18th Century Louis XVI Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Silk, Paint
Mid 19th Century Chinese Telescopic Canton Fan with Carved Bone Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese telescopic Canton fan of carved bone stays supporting a scenic decorated paper in gouache in the Mandarin palette. Archival mount in a shadow box fr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Bone, Paper
Original Pre Colombian Copper Tumi Tool
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Ancient pre Colombian surgical copper tumi tool, processionally mounted on silk Matt with decorative quality vintage frame .
Original cloth encrustation and wrapping patterns visible...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Copper
Set of Four Antique Suzani Wall Hanging
Located in Delray Beach, FL
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...
Category
1920s Uzbek Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic, Wood
Woven Textile Fragment. East European. 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely textile sample
Fabulous colours
Great piece of folk art.
Likely to be of East European origin. Possibly Balkan.
In new white painted box fra...
Category
Late 19th Century Balkan Folk Art Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Ship Diorama
Located in East Hampton, NY
a great folk art ship diorama of the "St. Jems"... polychrome-painted wood, tin, paper and string/thread... original glass front....
Category
19th Century Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
Framed Pair of Early 20th Century French Duck Decoys
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Country Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s
This exquisite framed butterfly collection features three beautiful specimens. The bodies antennas are switched to paper dummys, but the wings appears to be real. Vintage butterfly taxidermy...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Framed Chinese armorial export octagonal dinner plate, c. 1780
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese famille rose porcelain armorial plate mounted in a shadow box. The plate features a rounded octagonal form with chamfered corners, and decorated in the French taste (Compagni...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Framed Chinese export octagonal plate, c. 1750-1800
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Famille rose Chinese export porcelain armorial plate of octagonal form decorated with sparsely placed sprays of flowers and buds. The cavetto is decorated with a large armorial withi...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
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 ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pre Colombian Antique Peruvian Textile Fragment
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Museum quality handwoven textile fragment, featuring human , or Martian motif professionally mounted on cotton matte , in very decorative wood frame as shadows box . The textile date...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Glass, Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Telescopic Fan of Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese telescopic fan of gilt decorated black lacquer stays with paper painted in gauche in the Mandarin palette. Archival mount in a shadow box frame.
China, made for the Western ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
1970s American Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Hide
Pair of shadowboxed Chinese Imari plates, c. 1740-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of Chinese export porcelain plates decorated in the the Imari taste. The plates are decorated in cobalt underglaze blue and oxide red with gilt highlights. The asymmetrical desi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of Twelve Framed Botanicals from the Rocky Mountains, c. 1926
Located in Chicago, IL
This remarkable set of twelve pressed botanical specimens, collected in the Rocky Mountains in 1926, transforms scientific study into poetic art. Unlike most herbarium pages—typicall...
Category
1920s American Country Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Organic Material
Antique Enclosed Light Box with Stained Glass Church Window
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Enclosed Free Standing Light Box with Stained Glass Church Window with Religious Scene
This antique stained glass window is encased in a fr...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Stained Glass, Wood
Set Of Four Framed Genuine Antique Zebra Skin
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this stunning set of four antique zebra skin frames. Each piece showcases the unique beauty and texture of genuine zebra hide, beautifully framed in a clas...
Category
20th Century African Shadow Boxes
Materials
Hide, Acrylic, Wood
Black Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Located in Geneve, CH
Black oak Wallie wall drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Materials: Oak, metal.
Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 30 x H 10 cm
Available in oak, black oak or walnut.
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Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Shadow Boxes
Materials
Metal
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
1950s Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Shell
Gentleman's portrait on bone in a gilt bezel, c. 1810
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Miniature portrait of a gentleman on a bone pendant under glass. The framed is a characteristic New England gilt brass bezel with display loop.
American, probably Boston, circa 1810.
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Bronze Panel Shadowbox - Asian Art Deco, Exquisite Patina
Located in Delray Beach, FL
This stunning antique bronze panel shadowbox is a true collector's piece, showcasing the exquisite artistry and craftsmanship of Asian artisans. The three panels feature intricate As...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Gothic Style Huge Triptych Shadow Box/Display Of Orthodox Church Silver Icons
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Gothic style huge triptych shadow box/display of an Orthodox Church silver icons. The triptych is a large ogee shaped arc closed display made of heavy wood and glass. When you open the doors, it features some icons painted on wood and covered by an embossed and chased silver oklads with some gilt areas. They are framed by some red velvet. In the center, there are two icons who represent St.Paul and St.Peter; above them is the Almighty God...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Gothic Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Silver
Pair Of Antique Suzani Wall Hanging
Located in Delray Beach, FL
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 ...
Category
1920s Uzbek Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Glass, Wood
Walnut Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Located in Geneve, CH
Walnut Wallie wall drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Materials: Walnut, metal.
Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 30 x H 10 cm
Available in oak, black oak or walnut.
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Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Shadow Boxes
Materials
Metal
Framed Vintage Hermès 'Casse Noisette' Scarf
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming and whimsical addition to any collection, this framed vintage Hermès scarf, Casse Noisette (Nutcracker), brings the playful energy of nature into the home. Designed with H...
Category
1990s French Shadow Boxes
Materials
Silk
Beautiful Antique Oval Shell Shadow Box Diorama
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely Nantucket 19th century oval shell diorama having artistically arranged collection of natural shells against pale blue background. The old world f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Italian Handmade 1960s Wall Backlit Artistic Window with Madonna Child & Angels
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This artistic window was handmade in Italy in the 1960s. It's made from a ivory painted metal box, with plexiglass and golden aluminum passepartout. The religious representation is a...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Aluminum, Sheet Metal
Pair of Framed Antique Intaglios
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pair of Antique intaglios newly framed on camouflage burlap.
Category
19th Century Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Burlap, Glass, Plaster, Wood
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...
Category
20th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes
Materials
Brass
Framed Pre-Columbian Antique Textile
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small piece of Pre-Columbian antique textile fragment in a Lucite shadow box. Attributed to the Tiahuanaco or Tiwanaku culture, based in the city o...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Bolivian Pre-Columbian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Alpaca, Natural Fiber
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.
Category
1950s Thai Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage Framed Hermes Silk Scarves
Located in Vancouver, CA
This excuisite set of four black lacquered framed vintage Hermes silk scarves feature equestrian neoclassical motifs.
Each scarf is hand sewn onto the ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Revival Shadow Boxes
Materials
Silk, Lacquer
French 19th Century Fan
Located in Tampa, FL
19th century French fan in an Italian Florentine fan case and the back is lined in velvet. The fan is hand painted, lace and mother of pearl. The case is tur...
Category
1890s French Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Textile, Velvet, Wood
Set of '15' 19th Century Framed Botanical Specimens
Located in East Hampton, NY
19th century French dried plant specimens... signed by G. Babou, dated, and meticulously catalogued including location in France.... a wonderful set of 15.
Category
1890s Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Diorama of Christ Church Oxford
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming 18th century French diorama with hand colored copper plate engraving. In original shadowbox with gold leaf ripple frame. Though titled on the r...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Paper
Roy Lichtenstein "Paper Plate" Original Encased in Heavy Custom Lucite Block
Located in North Miami, FL
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Shadow Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
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...
Category
20th Century Spanish Victorian Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
Thomas C. Strobel "Optical" Three-Dimensional Op Art
By Thomas C. Strobel
Located in Skokie, IL
Thomas Carey Strobel "Optical" Three-Dimensional Op Art
This is an unusual piece of three-dimensional Op Art aptly titled "Optical." The work is constructed of a series of 3D acryli...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Metal
American Three Masted Clipper Ship Diorama in Shadow Box Frame, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American three masted clipper ship diorama under glass in shadow box gilt frame. Mid-19th century.
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Paint, Giltwood, Wood, Glass
Original Butterfly Art by Nadine Kalachnikoff
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Original butterfly art depicting different sizes of Monarch butterflies in a lucite shadow box by Nadine Kalachnikoff.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Paper
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.
Category
20th Century Shadow Boxes
Materials
Coral
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Archaistic Shadow Boxes
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
1950s Italian Empire Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Millinery Aigrette, Black Angel Wing
By Leah Chalfen
Located in Houston, TX
A graphic Parisian antique black millinery aigrette professionally framed. These wonderful works of art are made exclusively by Leah Chalfen of LAFF. Photos 1, 2 and 3 are true representation of these jet black antique feathers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Feathers
Antique French Millinery Aigrette, Black Angel Wing
By Leah Chalfen
Located in Houston, TX
A graphic Parisian antique black millinery aigrette professionally framed. These wonderful works of art are made exclusively by Leah Chalfen of LAFF. Photos 1, 2 and 3 are true representation of these jet black antique feathers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Feathers
Group of Three Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments
Located in Atlanta, GA
Three textile fragment framed in Lucite shadow boxes, from pre-Columbian Peru, likely Chancay Culture in the central coastal region circa 14-15th century. With different weaving tech...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Framed Preserved Butterflies
Located in Washington, DC
Framed Set of Preserved Ethically Raised, Non-Endangered Butterflies. North America, circa 2000.
Category
Early 2000s North American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin, Glass
Vintage Gujarat Saurashta Ethnic Beaded Textile India Framed
By Rajhastani
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Shadow Boxes
Materials
Fabric
Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small piece of antique coptic textile woven as a horizontal band with two linear Greek key borders flanking the central designs clustered in smaller a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Archaistic Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood, Wool
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.
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Victorian Harp Design Flower Mourning Wreath Mahogany Shadow Box Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Harp Design Flower Mourning Wreath Mahogany Shadow Box Frame. Item features a harp design, floral arrangement wreath, deep mahogany s...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Framed Preserved Butterfly
Located in Washington, DC
Framed Preserved Ethically Raised, Non-Endangered Butterfly. North America, circa 2000.
Category
Early 2000s North American Shadow Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Made Fan in a Lacquered Frame, circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Chinoiserie hand-made fan in a lacquered frame, circa 1870.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
Grand Tour intaglios and Victorian Lava Stone Cameos Framed
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful set of fourteen grand tour intaglios and victorian lava stone cameos mounted in a red velvet shadow box frame. Circa 1890s. The larges is cameo and a quarter by one and a...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Shadow Boxes
Materials
Lava
Vintage Wall Mount Display Cabinet
Located in Trenton, NJ
This unique wall mounted display cabinet or shadowbox features a unique arched top glass door with adjustable height display shelf. At 42 in...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Shadow Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Robert Matheny Glitter Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert E. Matheny Glitter on canvass.
Early work 1969, original Lucite shadow box frame.
Visual artist starting in circa 1960, two years after graduating from Long Beach state College with an art education Masters Degree,
Contemporary of John Baldessari, San Diego Art...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Shadow Boxes
Materials
Canvas
Antique, New and Vintage Shadow Boxes
Antique, new and vintage shadow boxes are an elegant way to present objects of deep importance or beauty in your space. Shadow boxes have long been a military tradition for displaying medals and awards.
Artists such as Joseph Cornell have used shadow boxes because of the dramatic visuals they can achieve as a three-dimensional piece. In recent years, shadow boxes have grown in popularity as home decor. A clean, empty shadow box presents everyone the opportunity to create a personal art piece. What goes into the shadow box solely depends on the artist’s vision, meaning there is no concrete design that each shadow box displays.
Shadow boxes vary in size and style, lending flexibility for different aesthetics in a room. They can also come premade or with only a frame for more customization and personalization. When you’re thinking about how to arrange art in your living room or dining room, integrating shadow boxes into a maximalist approach such as a salon-style gallery wall can add a dramatic touch and draw attention to whatever kind of work you’ve decided to place in the box.
On 1stDibs, find antique, vintage and 21st-century shadow boxes. Shadow boxes are available from a range of creators and in diverse styles, including mid-century modern, Victorian, folk art and more.