Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley Vitrines

Beautiful six-door cabinet with brass details and adjustable solid oak shelves. Fantastic patina/age-cracked finish on the cabinet's original, untouched surface. This fully functioni...

Black Forest bookcase, that was part of a major collection of Black Forest items sold by a Chateau outside of Marseille, France. There is a total of (42) antique Black Forest items that we have imported from the chateau and all will be listed on 1stdibs as soon as they can be photographed. Old Plank has been collecting and selling Black Forest furniture and Black Forest accessories for over 30-years and never have we witnessed a collection of Black Forest of this magnitude. Our 19th century Black Forest bookcase still retains its original wavy glass. Black Forest history began in Switzerland during the 1800’s and expanded with the increasing popular tourist trade. By the late 1800’s, the small animal carvings...

Antique Dutch neoclassical Petite Vitrine ~ Curio cabinet is a marvelous example of craftsmanship on a diminutive scale! Standing a little over four fee...

It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...

We are delighted to offer this exquisite fully restored Alfred Beurdeley attributed 19th century French Louis XV Kingwood Coiffeuse dressing table This is the best example of a Coiffeuse table I have ever seen. The marquetry inlay can only really be the work Alfred Beurdeley, it is sublime, musical and floral, all things he was well known for. Additionally the timber is King and tulip wood, walnut and mahogany, all materials he used when creating his marquetry masterpieces This table has been fully restored as mentioned, there were over 50 pieces of veneer missing, they have all been timber matched, replaced, stained and then the whole thing French polished from the ground up Dimensions Height:- 70cm Width:- 82.5cm Depth:- 46.5cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Alfred Beurdeley, 1847-1919 Nationality: French Date of Birth: 1847 Place of Birth: Paris Place of Death: Paris Identity: Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley was a collector who came from a family of cabinetmakers, antique dealers and collectors. He was the illegitimate son of Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808–82). His grandfather, Jean Beurdeley (1772–1853), who served in Napoleon's army, opened a small antique shop in the Marais district of Paris. In 1830 he bought the Pavillon de Hanovre, 28 Boulevard des Italiens, which became the Beurdeley firm's principal gallery until 1894. L.-A.-A. Beurdeley dealt in antiques and works of art and was also a cabinetmaker specializing in reproductions of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture. His clients included Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie. Life: In 1875 E.-A. Beurdeley took over his family's gallery and workshops and until 1894 concentrated on continuing the line of luxury furniture sold by his father. He was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers, and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. He was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1893 following the Universal Exhibition in Amsterdam. In 1895 he closed the Pavillon de Hanovre and retired to his hôtel in the Rue de Clichy. The rest of his life was spent acquiring and selling enormous collections of furniture, Chinese porcelain, paintings and drawings, including an extraordinary group of eighteenth century French drawings by François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Lancret and Antoine Watteau in 1905. He also owned JW's La Dormeuse...

French 19th century Louis XVI drop-leaf table. Dimensions table opened: 63.5in. W x 44.25in. D x 29in. H Dimensions table closed: 20in. W x 44.25in.D x 29in. H.

A fine quality American made George II style bookcase, breakfront, china cabinet in mahongay with inayed boxwood. This piece has a glass upper section with glass shelves and an arche...

Beautiful 18th century Dutch rococo period Book cabinet ,Vitrine in original patina? Cabinet for a plate display or bookcase with a antique original hand rolled glass front, with bea...

A Classic Italian cerejeira veneered and mahogany display cabinet, the molded cornice above glazed sides and two doors with a trellis astragals enclosing a lit interior with three ad...

A French Louis XVI style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Table, C. 1880, attributed to Paul Sormani. Very good quality, nice ormolu mounts throughout, presents very well. Measures: 30" high x 27" wide x 21" deep Good condition, no damages noted.. Glass appears intact without cracks or loses, the glass has been replaced with modern panels...

19th century French Louis XVI Style Marquetry table. This stunning antique French Louis XVI style bouillotte style table, side table, gueridon or drink table has a lovely geometric ...

Opulent mahogany and gilt bronze-mounted lift top table vitrine. The Louis XV style form with bronze trim and foliate mounts on the knees, the silk tufted ...