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Ragno weaves a timeless, modern and sophisticated beauty in its clear and rigorous forms. This exquisite two-door sideboard is inspired by the lavish Hollywood world of the 30s and 4...

Madame Verdoux is a splendid storage bar cabinet from the Vanilla Noir collection designed by Matteo Cibic with lace inspired motifs and rich black leather interiors. It can be used ...

A very fine early 19th century English Regency figured mahogany sideboard in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, featuring a scrolled pediment above a moulded and staged platform...

A Queen Anne period walnut double-dome bookcase cabinet. This early-18th century walnut bookcase is veneered throughout in figured walnut, and is feathe...

It is an old Japanese drawer. It is an item of the Meiji era (1860s-1920s) The material is cedar. The shade of brown is beautiful and the taste is wonderful. The drawer also ...

The Count berry blue and red showcase cabinet by Matteo Cibic is a tall impressive display or book cabinet. As the name suggests, the Scarlet Splendour Gelato Collection brings yo...

Condition : Partly dating from the Renaissance. The backs and the drawer’s insides have been re-done. Historical background The 16th century is a prosperous period for Lyon...

The versatile Nobre bookcase can be used on the wall or as a room separator. Made of solid wood, Nobre is available in any lacquer or veneered wood colo...

An 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form and lovely rich color. George II period, circa 1740. The top surmounted by a bold architectural pediment and centered by a brass finial. The two arched panel doors reveal three adjustable shelves which have candle slides below them. Furthermore, the bureau section is fitted with a stepped interior. This has two secret compartments, drawers and pigeon holes, and the fall is conventionally supported on two lopers. Lined in the best quality English oak. The blind doors of this Georgian cabinet have well-figured mahogany panels of very good rich color which reflect beautifully in the candle light. The chamfered and arched doors display a further level of sophistication and quality. The beautifully-drawn arched pediment is in perfect proportion with the rest of the cabinet / bookcase. In excellent condition overall. Architectural furniture designs on the continent commenced with the arrival of the Renaissance, and they have their origins in Roman and Greek architecture. Nb. Bureau bookcases display books, china or silver behind glazed doors, but are described more accurately as bureau cabinets when they are fitted with blind doors. We often refer to antique bookcases / cabinets as ''secretary desks'' in the US. Information on pediments: 'Illustrated Dictionary...

Unique French Mid-Century Modern cabinet secrétaire by Michel Pigneres made in the early 1970s. This piece is an exquisite example of refined, highly detailed and very well made furn...

Natural bamboo and rattan are the chief materials creating a summery, organic aesthetic in this 1960s French commode chest of drawers, while bright brass handles add the chic, eye-ca...

An exceptional and remarkable late 18th century satinwood and mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase of outstanding quality and attributable to Thomas Shearer. This magnificent bookcase ...

Alain Richard sideboard 802 TV.   

An exceptional 19th century ormolu mounted ebonised and amaranth vitrine. The domed cresting surmounted by a festoon of oak leaves above a frieze of garlands including a drawer with a ribbon-tied cartouche, the glazed lower part with turned columns and a single door enclosing a walnut interior with a shelf, on a moulded plinth with laurel decorated mounts, on bun feet, stamped: CREMER MARQUETEUR. Circa 1852 French Artists Biography: Joseph Cremer...

A charming early 19th century rosewood five drawer miniature Wellington chest with a stepped rectangular top above five graduated drawers wh...

Exceptional Louis XVI style cabinet and its companion vitrine beautifully mounted with chiseled and gilded bronze. They are surmounted by a rectangular top with an egg-and-dart molded edge, above a frieze centered by a laurel-festooned Bacchic mask and scrolling acanthus. The vitrine and the cabinet open by one door ; the paneled door of the cabinet centered by a ribbon-suspended lyre and foliate pendant. Both have the angles adorned with tapering female caryatids, above a guilloche. They rest on tapering fluted quiver-form legs joined by a pierced stretcher, surmounted by a flowery urn, and ending on toupie feet. Related work : Cabinet and vitrine listed under index 684 of Linke’s photographic archives (see photo attached). View of a room of the private collector Elias Meyer’s Mansion, in 16 Grosvenor Square, London, taken in 1909 and reproduced and commented in François Linke (1855-1946), The Belle Epoque of French Furnitures, Ch. Payne, p.247) showing the cabinet and the showcase in situ. (see photo attached). View of the cabinet in situ in the Queen’s bedroom in the Palace Ras al-Tin, in Alexandria, after being bought by King of Egypt Fouad on March 1927. Reproduced and commented in François Linke (1855-1946), The Belle Epoque of French Furnitures, Ch. Payne, p.278. (see photo attached). François Linke, born in 1855 in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), worked as a cabinet-maker in Paris from about 1882 until his death in 1946. In 1900, at the apex of his career, he opened a new shop at the famous Parisian place Vendôme. He specialized in Louis XV and Louis XVI style furniture: all pieces were beautifully mounted with gilt-bronze ornaments, and he received numerous commissions. Later Linke decided to collaborate with the well-known sculptor Léon Messagé and integrated new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. His great success is definitely the 1900 Universal Exhibition where he was awarded the gold medal for his extraordinary kingwood desk, designed by Messagé. At this occasion, the “Revue artistique et industrielle” commented that “Linke’s stand...

Rare British Colonial solid Rosewood armoire made without compromise. Hand crafted from old growth wood with gorgeous grains that have been professionally polished recently to bring back the original glory as can be seen. Cut glass handle, full length mirror and original campaign...

Combined by the hands of Hebanon's master cabinet-makers, the woods are skilfully juxtaposed to create a refined optical inlay. The frontal perspective illusion is reinforced by the ...

Rare aesthetic movement showcase, opening in its upper part by two beveled glass doors framed by brass moldings, in its lower part by two door panels in carved walnut decorated with blooming branches and gilded bronze ornaments representing dragons and birds. The sides are carved, like wicker woven. This showcase is topped by an important carved and gilded walnut cornice depicting a Fô Dog in its center, with a protective power, and rests on elephant head with overtuned trunk shaped feet. This type of elephant head with overtuned trunk shaped feet is a characteristic of the Maison Giroux, which can be found on many objects they produced. Aesthetic movement cabinet, signed Maison Alphonse Giroux...

A fine example of a late 18th century mahogany secretaire bookcase. Original handles and locks. The dentil cornice above attractively glazed, astragal-doors. The lower half with a double, fully fitted secretaire drawer and three further long drawers, all with original handles and standing on original, shaped bracket feet. A classical and elegant piece of traditional English country house furniture...

This vintage sideboard was produced in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. A combination of light and dark elements, thanks to veneering with two types of wood (birch and mahogany). Preserv...

The Secretary: Designed by American industrial and furniture designer Jonathan Nesci, and is made of powder-coated aluminum, steel, and leather. ___ This is a beautifully built...

The realist sculptural techniques that is a signature of the Hong-Kong based artist Johnson Tsang's work, capture the surreal fantasies of his lucid drea...

These vibrant tables are from Maarten Baas’s iconic ‘Clay’ collection launched in 2006. The idiosyncratic childishness of this collection is created through Baas’s individual hand mo...

- Splendid Arts and Craft cabinet hand carved from walnut - We date this antique to circa 1885 and it's in great shape - Can serve as a sideb...

Mid-Century Modern Retro style teak credenza desk table pink green by RAG Home Original designed by Rannisa Soraya from RAG Home only Made by Order. 100% Teak wood made

Vintage bar and stools set, Italian work circa 1960. Set of 1 bar, 2 stools and 1 wall cabinet. In rosewood. Stools : height 76 x diam 37 cm x seat...

Quirky antique Victorian students desk Could work also as a lecturn Top opens out to reveal storage area Has a great mechanism where you open the d...

Nemesi #5 is a bookcase and self standing storage unit, designed by SAGARÍA Classic yet contemporary, essential yet extremely personal, Nemesi #5 wall unit is boldly defined by th...

Inspired by the greyhound (galgo) dog breed, Galgo is an elegant and unique mid-century modern style piece created with poetic license. As much sculpture as item of furniture it is...

Antique coin cabinet in ebonized wood with rare semi-precious stones and gilded bronzes, 18th century. Dimensions: 71x122x36cm Good condition - used with ...

The folded steel base for the Milford desk was inspired by the plunging mountains that create the Milford Sounds and the way the light catches shadows on the ridges and valleys of Mitre Peak. The Milford Desk is made from matai, a New Zealand native...

The cabinet’s upper body, slightly recessed is topped by an overlapping entablature and cornice supported both in the front and the rear by four fluted columns. The lower body stands on four squared feet and a moulded base. Each door-leaf’s panel is centred by a low-relief carving presenting one of the four evangelists...

Made in partnership with one of Brazil’s first independent Gin distilleries, ARAN was conceived with the intention of bringing the interaction, energy and the cocktail and mixology ...

A small mid-18th century mahogany bureau bookcase or cabinet. George II period, circa 1740. This diminutive Georgian bureau bookcase (also s...

Elegant writing desk with two drawers in mahogany and lemon tree inlays -English -Georgian period Superb desk decorated with wooden marquetry as well as lemon tree inlays Straight ...

This interesting oak cabinet of germanic workmanship is a wedding furniture. The cabinet rests on a molded base, opens with two doors located on e...

Circa 1890 19th C French walnut armoire / bookcase with wired grill doors and book matched walnut veneer with marble top. Sourced from the South of France Measures: W188 x D...

Wooden apothecary cabinet with carved decoration in neo-Gothic style. The capitals are carved with Baphomets holding two figures by the hair for one and fantastic birds for the other...

This cabinet is composed of two bodies, the upper one being recessed. The extraordinary proportions are enriched by a mythological and floral carved decor. The Lower body stands o...

Circa 1870 Large 19th C English mahogany glazed apothecary wall cabinet sku 577 Measures: W262 x D34 x H75 cm.

Circa 1890 Monumental 19thC English Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Apothecary Shop Counter. Brass edged mahogany top with glazed doors to one side and a bank of drawers and shelving ...

Circa 1880 19thC English Pine Housekeepers Cupboard (2 piece) Measures: W178 x D40 x H232cm Base W178 x D40 x H106 cm Top W178 x D34 x H127 cm Top Cabinet is 28cm D...

Imposing Art Deco cabinet from the 50's attributed to the French designer André Sornay. Structure in solid and veneered Oregon pine, with two beautiful solid brass handles. This armo...

A fine regency bowfront chest of drawers in mahogany from the beginning of the 19th century circa 1800-England Very beautiful ches...

As soon as 1540 France's second Renaissance is in the making, intimately linked to the rediscovery of the Antique world. The development of the printing and engraving industry allows the spread of artworks and models in many cities and countries. The Italian influence can be perceived in every artistic field. While the French king entrust the most talented Italian artists with major projects such as Il Rosso or Primaticcio in Fontainebleau, French artists also travel to Italy to form themselves to this new style. In Italy they get acquainted with the work of Leo Battista Alberti the first to theorize perspective (De Pictura, 1435-36) and architecture (De re oedificatoria, 1541). Those two publications would have a revolutionary impact on arts. Furniture is marked by the work of the most famous Italian architects of the time as well as French architects. Indeed Philibert de l'Orme competes with Alberti and by the end of his life publishes several treaties including one devoted to a theory of architecture (1567). Unfortunately he would not live to complete the second volume. In this treaty he expresses his interest for mathematical norms applied to architecture, copied from the Antique. His journeys in Italy allowed him to accumulate the most sophisticated references. Jean Bullant, another architect of great talent also theorizes his practice. He establishes rules characterizing Greco-Roman art staying faithful to Vitruvius. Following this new inspiration the structure of furniture evolves. From then on appear columns, capitals, cornices, friezes and architraves. The ornamentation uses this inspiration as well with egg-and-dart, palm leaf and rose adorning the most beautiful pieces. In Lyon, crossroad where meet merchants from everywhere those new experiments are welcomed. Lyon florishing printing industry allows the spreading of models and treaties essential to the artist's work. Thus the first publication of Vitruvius' De Architectura in France would be printed in Lyon in 1532. Artists from Lyon rediscover and familiarize themselves with the Antique knowledge very early. They adopt those new ideas and use them in their own creations. Lyon cabinet-makers re interpret Antique architecture and Italian Renaissance palaces to give their pieces a pure and harmonious architectural structure. Grooved pilasters are particularly favored. They are topped by capitals of diverse orders always respecting the sequencing with simpler ones for the lower levels and the richest ones on the higher levels. As for the ornamentation, one of the great distinctiveness of Lyon workshops remains the architectural perspective illusions, drawing inspiration from Tuscany. True masterpiece of the Second French Renaissance this important cabinet illustrates Lyon workshops' taste for fine Italian architecture inspired by Antiquity. An architectural perspective of great quality is treated in symmetry on each panel. This two-bodied cabinet without recess stands on four rectangular feet. The base comprises a molding, a palm leaf frieze and is bordered by a braid. The lower body is divided by three grooved pilasters with Tuscan capitals framing two door-leaves. The two panels are encircled by a moudled frame with palm leaves. They are finely carved with a decor of fantasized architecture depicting an Italian Renaissance palace erected symmetrically on each side of a grooved pilaster. On the ground floor a door opens through a stilted arch while the stories are opened with mullioned windows, dormers and occuli. Two large pegged-boss cladded pillars support the entablature enriched by a palm leaf frieze upon which stands an arch whose coffered intrados is centred by a rose. Behind this arch a pyramid appears, standing in front of a second facade with a window topped by a broken curvilinear pediment under a cul-de-four with a shell. The checker flooring gives depth to the low-reliefs creating vanishing points structuring the panels and guiding the eye of the observer. A thin laurel braid highlights the belt of the cabinet where are located two drawers. Their facades are adorned by palm leaves in hoops. The upper body is encircled with palm leaves. The same ternary division as in the lower body appears. However, the pilasters are topped by Ionic capitals with volutes and egg-and-dart. The door-leaves are framed with flowers. On the panels the artist has designed another architectural decor. On the foreground open two arches on top of grooved pilasters with rectangular capitals adorned with palm leaves. The arches are enriched with braids and the coffered intrados bears a decor of roses. The spandrels also bear a flower decor. In the background another arcature hosts a fluted grooved column topped with double basket acanthus capital, characteristic of Corinthian order. The triangular pediment is interrupted by a choux bourguignon. A large cornice crowns the cabinet. It stands on pilasters and forms an entablature comprising a palm leaf frieze and an egg-and-dart, triglyph and palm leaf cornice. The cabinet's sides have also been carefully considered. The lower body's panels are enriched with an arch rising above a broken pediment portico hosting a twisted column. Flowers garnish the spandrels. An architectural facade completes the decor. The upper body's panels present two arches supported by a facade opened with dormers and mullioned windows as well as cartouches (one bears the inscription 1580 dating the cabinet) suggesting the interior of an Italian Renaissance palace, confirmed by the chandeliers. The flooring leads our gaze to a second arch with a broken curvilinear pediment where stands a flower vase. This arch opens onto a perspective of another facade along a road. Inside the cabinet, on the lower body door-leaves appear two designs. On the right door is depicted a Crucifixion. Saint Mary and Saint John flank the Christ on the cross. In the bottom part is inscribed « Dure uiator abis nihil haec spectacula curas / Pendenti cum sis unica cura Deo. / Tota suo moriente dolet natura Magistro. / Nil qui solus eras caussa dolenda doles. ». The signature [Christoff Swartz Monachiensis pinx[it] / Ioa[nnes] Sadeler sculp[it]] tells us it was made by Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after Christoph Schwartz (1548-1592). This engraving belongs to an ensemble depicting the Passion of Christ Johan Sadeler executed in 1589 after an altar piece painted by Christoph Schwartz for the private chapel of Renée of Loraine, wife of Duke William V of Bavaria. This altar piece made of nine copper panels has been destroyed during the 19th century. The Crucifixion panel once in the centre of the altar piece is the only one that survived and is today kept in Munich's Alte Pinakothek. On the left door appears Saint Francis receiving the stigmata. The inscription says : « Signastidomine Servum Tuum. Franciscum. Signis Redemptionis Nostrae ». This Renaissance cabinet with an architectural decor appearing as much in the structure faithful to Antique rules...

A fine Chippendale-period satinwood and marquetry desk. English, George III period, circa 1770. The considerable use of the best quality mahogany in the carcass is typical of the very fine work of Thomas Chippendale. It is rare today to find an 18th-century satinwood and marquetry-inlaid desk of this quality. (Most offered on the market are 19th/ 20th century). Major, period satinwood pieces have become almost unobtainable. The superbly-controlled and delicate marquetry inlays are reminiscent of the fine decoration on the famous Diana and Minerva Commode by Chippendale at Harewood House...

Let yourself be carried away by the fresh sound of the waves, abandon yourself to the echo of distant seas, immerse yourself in the blue scent of saltiness...because no house should ...

Antique Italian sideboard 1850s in solid oak wood of a beautiful antique patina! Large internal useful space. Beautiful majestic line. It is ...

Madame verdoux peach is a splendid storage bar cabinet from the Vanilla Noir collection designed by Matteo Cibic with lace inspired motifs and rich...

A rare carved walnut wardrobe opening with four door-leaves and two drawers in the lower part. The doors bear architectural views in low reliefs, fluted pilasters and Ionic capitals. Upper Body Two door-leaves with carved architectural perspectives open the wardrobe framed by three fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. Each door-leaf depict two semi-circular arcades whose cornice and base shows a central vanishing point. Likewise the pavement’s lines act for the artisan as a way to create depth. The vaulting instead leads us to think the vanishing point has to be situated where the handle is, between the two complementaries reliefs. The elegant moulded belt hides an internal secret space, accessible through a moveable plank in the upper body. Lower Body Two door-leaves identical to those of the upper body framed by three fluted pilasters with Doric capitals. The base of the wardrobe opens with two large drawers. The sides also bear panels depicting architectural perspectives. The external pilasters share their Ionic capital with the facade’s pilasters. Thus we can observe on the wardrobe’s sides the capital’s lateral parts with the elegant volute specific to the Ionic order. This palace wardrobe is topped by an overlapping cornice standing on three consoles for the facade and two consoles on each sides. Placed right above the pilasters each console are adorned by fully expanded leaves. During the 15th century a major interest for architecture and perspective studies arises and influences patrons tastes. The work of great theorists such as Leon Battista Alberti...

Art-Deco 1940s French mahogany and bronze 3-door cabinet.

Roof module with 2 doors - herringbone.   

Glass cabinet with two doors. The beautiful mix between wave designed wood and the golden finished metal base is perfect for a Contemporary and luxurious environment . The golden fin...

3 drawers chest of drawers without friezes.   

Two hinged doors glass cabinet with glasses and metal base. The beautiful mix between natural Walnut wood and golden galvanic metal details is perfect for a Contemporary and luxuriou...

2 door and 3 drawers sideboard without friezes. Other finishes available. The item can be customized.

Glass cabinet with two doors. The beautiful mix between wave designed wood and the golden finished metal base is perfect for a Contemporary and luxurious environment. The golden fini...