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If you have
a particular design in mind for one box or for a number of boxes
and you do not see what you would like whilst browsing the site,
Pandora's Boxes will endeavour to turn your ideas into reality by
providing custom-made boxes.
We can provide boxes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, including
round, square, oblong, heart, oval and hexagonal. Sizes range in
width from 15cm (6") up to 53cm (21"). This means that boxes are
available from small right up to hat box size.
Available fabrics include moiré, damask, silk, peachskin, tartan,
fake fur, organza, as well as a variety of floral and patterned
fabrics. We can often use customers' own fabric too!
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Below you
will find details of just a few of our commissions. Our clients
were delighted with their purchase and were happy for us to display
photographs of their boxes on the web-site. |
ROYAL CHARITY EVENT
GIFT BOXES COMMISSIONED BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES
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of boxes were supplied for a successful
fund-raising Polo Charity Event which took
place at Ashe Park, Steventon in Hampshire
(near the former home of the novelist Jane
Austen). The event was attended by The Prince
Of Wales and HRH Prince William with 400
guests and a number of celebrities. The
gift boxes we supplied
were designed for the occasion. They were
covered in a cream calico fabric and covered
with roses in a variety of sorbet colours.
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THE PARADISE
- BBC DRAMA
The
Paradise was an adaptation
of a classic 19th century French novel by Emile
Zola relocated to a northern English town.
The first series ran on BBC1 in the Autumn
of 2012. It was a rags-to-riches love story with
the backdrop of the opening of the first English
department store, and starred Sarah Lancashire,
Emun Elliott and Joanna Vanderham.
Pandora's
Boxes were pleased to supply a number of large
fabric covered Hat Boxes to the production.
The Paradise returned
for a second series in October 2013. Click
here for more details of the BBC1 production.
The
first series of The Paradise
premiered in the USA, on PBS Masterpiece, in 2013, with the second series starting in September 2014.
Pandora's Boxes can produce similar Hat Boxes
on request, either individually or in a stacking
set. Sizes vary, as do colours and so if you are
interested, please get in touch with us to discuss
your requirements.
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DOWNTON ABBEY
- ITV DRAMA
Carnival Films commissioned Pandora's
Boxes in 2013 to supply a special
collection of our hat boxes to be featured
in the award winning ITV series,
Downton Abbey, also shown in the United States on PBS Masterpiece.
We worked together with our client to create
a unique range of hat boxes covered in
luxurious fabrics that would complement
their surroundings. Our boxes have so far appeared in both Series 4 (2013) and Series 5 (2014) of Downton Abbey.
You can find more details about
Downton Abbey on their ITV
website,
or the PBS
Masterpiece website in the USA.
We
have added two styles of hat boxes (as
seen on Downton Abbey) to our designs
and these are available to order, please
click on the pictures below for more details.
Both are large hat boxes,
each 16" diameter. One is covered
in "Raj"
inspired Red and Gold Striped Faux Silk Fabric, the
other is covered with Cream Jacquard fabric
with a swirly design.
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THE YOUNG VISITERS - BBC
DRAMA
Pandora's Boxes were commissioned
by the BBC to supply boxes for a comedy
drama that was shown Boxing Day 2003 on
BBC1 and November 2004 on BBC America. The
Young Visiters (sic) was written
by Daisy Ashford, a Victorian nine year
old girl, and her book was published with
all her original spelling intact. The boxes
we supplied were made to exactly match the
costumes worn by the leading character,
young beauty Ethel Monticue.
More
recently the striped box has featured
in a number of other TV and film drama
productions, including Northanger
Abbey, Pride
and Prejudice and
Little Dorrit.
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BORN FREE
CHARITY AUCTION
International model and actress Rachel Hunter
donated a bikini to be auctioned for the Born
Free charity of which she is a patron. We
supplied a box for the bikini. The box was
covered in cheetah design fur fabric
(similar style boxes are available on the
Theme Boxes page - click
here) |
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PURINA
GOURMET PEARL CAT FOOD
Sometimes
just a simple straightforward box is all that
is required to help promote a product. We supplied
a box covered in an ivory coloured fabric
(pictured below) to be used in one of the four
magazine advertisements currently running for
Purina's Gourmet Pearl range of cat foods. The
star of the show is Archie The Gourmet Cat,
who, in the advertisements, gives tips to other
cats on "How to get the best from life".
In advertisement number 3 of 4, he advises the
Cat of the House to "Choose a good quality
cardboard box. Sit in it and look extremely
handsome...." To
see this box in the advertisement, (or if you
just love persian cats), click here. |
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TATLER
MAGAZINE MAY 2010 (HEIDI KLUM COVER)
Pandora’s
Boxes were pleased to supply a large selection
of hat boxes for a photo-shoot in the May
2010 issue of Tatler
magazine in the UK. The hat boxes
were photographed by Ruven Afanador in
an informal arrangement as part of a feature
called “Trophy Life. Ruffles and
rocks, frills and fur-meet spring’s
high maintenance woman” which showcased
beautiful fashions, showing, in the words
of Tatler, “How to look expensive
for Spring".
You
can see this feature in the May 2010
UK edition of Tatler magazine. See www.tatler.co.uk
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| We recently supplied a design
company with jumbo hat boxes for an
exhibition in Paris, France. The boxes were used to
enhance a display of ladies lingerie on their stand
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| Elegant black and
white moiré tuxedo-style boxes
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| PANDORA'S BOXES |
| Althorpe Lodge, Main Street, Althorpe
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| Nr. Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire,
DN17 3HJ |
| United Kingdom
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