Boxes

LES BOITES

boxes hold our treasures and secrets or perhaps nothing at all;
alone on a table or en masse, there simply for the pleasure of our eyes,
they display their chiseled splendor or their satiny patina;
large or small, minimally plain or strikingly ornate,
they help us organise, hide, horde, and protect;
one day we'll lift a lid and find an old forgotten photo,
we'll flip open a decorated top to reveal neat rows of chocolates,
we'll anxiously remove the heavy wood cover
hiding our stash of shimmering seaglass

antique box. a mix of periods and styles in contemporary confort
JADHny

silver box. a trio on a gray crackle coffee table

 50's simplicity.Chinese fretwork and stones. Moroccan etching

JADHny

Chinese box. stunning  piece carved in ivory. perfection in the presentation

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Bakelite box. Americana from the 30's and 40's

JADHny

Lucite box.  the inevitable 70's wedding present,

"re-colored" in the new century

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take-out box. proverbial Japanese attention to detail

take-out box. cute packaging for the ubiquitous container

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soap box. Japanese refinement at it's most sublime

Kyotosoap via flickr

matchbox. art in the geometry and humour of something mundane

Delly power via flickr

Hermès box. for the fashionista, the snobism of "la boite orange"

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 kraft paper box. absolute, rigorous, obsessive neatfreak living here

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au revoir.