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  Andre Arbus (attr.) French Art Deco Straw Marquetry Box c. 1940

  ANDRÉ ARBUS (attr.) (1903-1969) France

  Straw marquetry box   c. 1940

  Natural gold and ebony stained straw inlaid in a design of a window pane diamond pattern on the hinged lid, original suede cloth/paper interior, wood frame

  For more information see: André Arbus: architecture-décorateur des années 40, Yvonne Brunhammer (Paris: l’Editions NORMA, 1996).

  W: 8″ x D: 5 1/2″ x H: 1 1/2″

   

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  Joyce Francis “Banana Land Flowers” Bright Orange Box 2008

  JOYCE FRANCIS New York, NY

  “Banana Land Flowers” box 2008

  Cast and carved bright orange Lucite acrylic deeply incised and carved with three dimensional images of a monkey, a butterfly, a dragonfly and exotic flowers and foliage.

  The top cover dimension is 1 3/4″ thick and the four sides of the box are 1 1/4″ thick.

  Marks: Joyce Francis 08

  H: 6″ x W: 4 3/4″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $3,750

  Joyce Francis is a native Manhattanite artist who specializes in sculptured acrylic jewelry, purses, sculpture, tables and coveted collection of exciting, passionately carved decorative boxes. All pieces have been painstakingly hand carved, hand dyed, illuminated and sometimes hand painted as well. There are no embedded objects. Her purses are part of the permanent collections of the New York Metropolitan Costume Institute (New York), The Victoria and Albert Museum (London), The Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland).

  Her work is in the collections of a number of stars and celebrities, including Hillary Swank, Phoebe Cates Kline, Emma Thompson, Cicely Tyson and Meryl Streep. Examples of her boxes and lamps are also owned by Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Steve Martin and Tom Hanks.

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  Chinese Art Deco Cloisonne Box c.1930

  CHINESE ART DECO

  Covered box c. 1930

  Cloisonne enamel in a fantasy of archaic Chinese motifs in red, royal blue, black  white and sand colored abstract designs on a bronze body with a turquoise enameled underside and interior.

  H: 2 1/2″ x D: 6 1/4″ x W: 9″

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  Mellerio Paris Rare French Art Deco “Gyroscope” sterling cigarette box c.1930

  MELLERIO PARIS  Italy/ France

  Gyroscope cigarette box  c.1930

  French silver (950 silver standard) in a structural form of a gyroscope with a lever for an interior lifting mechanism, gilding

  Marks: Mellerio Paris, 3776 D, head of Minerva French guarantee mark for 950/1000

  H: 5 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/4″

  The renowned Mellerio family and their jewelry can be traced back to Lombardy, Italy as early as the 16th century.  Some family members moved to Paris and became royal jewelers for Louis XIII.  The revolutions of 1789 and 1848 interrupted their business and they moved to Madrid where they became the jewelers favored by Queen Isabel II.  Later in the 19th century they returned to Paris where once again they prospered and participated in several international expositions including  London (1862), Paris (1867, 1878 and 1900), and Vienna (1873).  In the 20th century they exhibited at the renowned Paris 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and then in New York at the 1939 World’s Fair.