Louis XVI Cabinets
LOUIS XVI STYLE
Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.
Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.
Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.
The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.
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Style: Louis XVI
19th Century Louis XVI Style Cabinet in the Manner of Grohe Freres
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS late 19th Century French Louis XVI STyle Cabinet in the Manner of Grohe Freres.
From circa 1880.
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Ormolu mounts...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
French Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mounted & Marquetry Side Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted and marquetry meuble d'appui à hauteur (Side cabinet). The rectangular variegated white marble top with outset corners over a gilt...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large French Neoclassical Oak School Bookcase
Located in Long Island City, NY
In a Louis XVI style, with 4 sliding upper glass doors and 4 sliding lower plain wood doors and its original cornice (removable).
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Art Glass, Oak
Louis XVI Style Side Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century side cabinet, having a white marble top, gilded ormolu scrolling mounts to the frieze, various exotic woods to the parquetry and marquetry inlay, a S...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Tulipwood
Very Important Palace Size Louis XVI Style Marquetry Parquetry Tall Commode
By Bronzes By Leon Kahn
Located in New York, NY
This extraordinary, palace-size French Empire Revival armoire dates from circa 1900 and measures 98" (8 ft 2 in) tall, 60" (5 ft) wide and 22" deep. It features extensive and massive...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century French Hand Carved Walnut Bedside Cabinet
Located in Sofia, BG
French 19th century walnut bedside cabinet. Often known as chevet or night table in France. The cabinet dates from circa 1880, it is made from ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) 2 door cabinet with lower shelf and shaped glass sides with bronze dore trim.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Pier Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century seaweed marquetry inlaid Pier cabinet, having gilded ormolu mounts and a 'Sevres' porcelain plaque to the center of the door.
The door opening to reveal ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Porcelain, Kingwood, Satinwood
French Rosewood Demi Lune Parquetry Inlay Cabinet, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful rosewood Demi Lune style cabinet. Grey and white marble top, above three drawers and having two side cabinet doors, all standing on tape...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood, Rosewood
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Secrétaire en Cabinet by Jean-Francois Leleu
By Jean-François Leleu
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The later breccia marble top over two paneled doors opening to reveal shelves, above a drawer over a fall front with an interior fitted with drawers and compartments, and two further...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Transitional Style Marquetry-Inlaid Side Cabinet with a Marble Top, Dated 1912
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Transitional style Marquetry-inlaid side cabinet with a Rouge de rance marble-top.
French, dated 1912.
Marked ‘SJ' and dated 1912 in the marquetry.
This impressive side cabinet has a red and grey veined marble top above a concave frieze and gilt-bronze band. Below are two marquetry trellis inlaid panels centred by a shallow breakfront...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tall Marble-Top Cabinet
Located in Sofia, BG
Tall cabinet with central projection, it opens with two leaves and a drawer belt and poses on high arched feet. It is clad in an elegant rosewood and amaranth inlay with geometric pa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Parquetry and Gilt Bronze Cabinet by Francois Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
French rare 19th century cabinet. Kingwood and parquetry with fine quality gilt bronze mounts. Clock on top. Signed Francois Linke
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
French Louis XVI Style High Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI kingwood and inlaid veneer high cabinet with three doors (grill center door) with a white marble top with gallery and gilt bronze trim.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Bronze and Carved Wood Exhibition Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Louis XVI style Belle Époque gilt bronze and carved verde green and parcel-gilt exhibition vitrine display cabinet with side doors, circa 1900, Paris.
Measures:...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Secretaire Stamped Sotto
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a canted white marble rectangular top with a three-quarter pierced gallery above a frieze drawer, the fall-front with gilt-tooled black leather writing surface enclosing a fitte...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Mahogany Louis XVI Style Cabinets
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a good quality pair of mahogany Louis XVI style cabinets with a breccia marble top surrounded by a pierced brass gallery. Below is a frieze drawer over antique book spines...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Breccia Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Breakfront Vitrine in Violet Wood and Parquetry
Located in Montreal, QC
This superb vitrine was made in the Belle Epoque by a Parisian ebeniste of the greatest skill who has sadly not left us his name. The violet wood and parquetry case is enclosed by a ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Chic Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Commode by Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic Louis XVI style neoclassical commode by Maison Jansen. Elegant and simple.
The last picture gives an example of how this commode could look in situ.
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Pair of Side Cabinets by 'Linke'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of French Louis XVI style late 19th century kingwood marquetry and parquetry inlaid side cabinets, with floral decoration to the doors, marble tops and ormolu mou...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
Pair of Louis XVI Marquetry Corner Cabinets in the Manner of Daniel Deloose
By Daniel Deloose
Located in Berlin, DE
An exceptional pair of corner cabinets or encoignures each with a marquetry top above canted corners simulating fluting, the panelled door with flowers in a vase made of precious woods i.e. burl ash, walnut, fruit woods, with pyrogravure and fruitwood stringing, opening to reveal one shelf, on bracket feet.
Daniel Deloose, or de Loose, was an ébèniste of Flemish origin who received his maitrise in 1767, thanks to a special royal edict. He worked mainly in the Transitional and Louis XVI style, both with geometric parquetry and landscape marquetry. His designs often comprise a marquetry top instead of a marble top as it was generally expected of French case cabinets...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Danish Louis XVI Pedestal Storage Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Danish Louis XVI mahogany pedestal storage cabinet, circa 1790s, with a rectangular stepped top above a single paneled cupboard door with a recessed...
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Ormolu-Mounted Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style Belle Epoque ormolu-mounted satine, kingwood and burlwood two-door cabinet, the mounts by Ferdinand Barbedienne, fitted with a shaped Breccia Colorata marble top above a Vitruvian scroll frieze, centered by two doors flanked by putti and griffin mounts, the interior with two shelves, on four tapering fluted legs, the backs of the mounts stamped 'FB'. Paris, circa 1890-1900.
Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1810-1892) Was a highly important and prolific bronze founder of furniture mounts and more commonly, bronze sculpture including figures, animals, urns, clocks and candelabra. His signature Varied from hand written capitals to stamp in capitals,- Bronzes cast bear...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
Rare Louis XVI Carved Beechwood Biblioteque or Breakfront Cabinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Louis XVI carved beechwood
Biblioteque or breakfront cabinet
18th century
The multi sectional piece with a carved upper section over two shelved and mirrored back corner ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Ormolu, Kingwood and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet by Linke
Located in London, GB
Kingwood, Vernis Martin and Gilt-Bronze mounted side cabinet by Linke
French, Late 19th Century
Height 127cm, width 147cm, depth 50cm
Made in the late-nineteenth century in the height of the French Belle Époque, this exceptional ormolu, kingwood, and Vernis Martin cabinet...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Victorian Walnut Buffet Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian walnut buffet cabinet with bronze mounts and 4 doors below 4 drawers with a "D" shaped brown marble top.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Ormolu and Amboyna Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A High Quality Amboyna and Fire Gilt Bronze Vitrine in the manner of Holland
Rising from a rectangular stepped plinth with everted corners, in well figured Amboyna; the glazed door having bead and reel decoration. The top edge having lobed decoration, and the fire gilt bronzes show a gadroon casting to the lower section, with architectural corbels.
England Circa 1855
Holland & Sons
Originally founded in 1803 by Stephen Taprell and William Holland, a relation of the architect Henry Holland, the firm of Holland & Sons soon became one of the largest and most successful furniture making companies in the 19th Century. The firm worked extensively for the Royal Family, being granted the Royal Warrant early in the reign of Queen Victoria, hence taking a leading part in the decoration and furnishing of Osborne House...
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1850s English Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Side Cabinet with White Marble Top
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming 19th century Louis XVI style side cabinet with white marble top and shelf, three drawers with brass banding, two hidden drawer.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Louis XVI Mahogany Cabinet with Marble Top and Brass Gallery, France, circa 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI mahogany cabinet with marble top and brass gallery, France, circa 1800.
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Early 1800s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental 18th Century French Transitional Four-Door Sideboard
Located in Westport, CT
Fine French Louis XV- Louis XVI Provincial sideboard comprised of four drawers and four doors showcasing sturdy interior shleving is shown in two original woods, wild cherry and elm....
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Cherry, Elm
Fine Louis XVI Marquetry Inlaid Bronze Mounted Marble-Top Cabinet
By Jacob Kaufman
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Louis XVI marquetry inlaid bronze mounted
Marble-top cabinet.
By Jacob Kaufman Maitre, 1770.
Measures: Height 38 in, width 65 in, depth 22 in.
With a shaped rectangular marble top over two cupboard doors opening to a shelfed interior
all resting on bracket feet. With marquetry inlaid throughout and bronze mounts.
Jacob was born in Germany in 1745. He married twice, in 1770 with Jeanne Rochette in Saint-Pierre and Saint-Saturnin church in Lyon and in 1772 with Anne Rougier in the same parish. He had a son, Paul, himself a cabinetmaker. He obtained his Master of Arts in 1770. Belonging to the Saint-Pierre and Saint-Saturnin church in the peninsula, he worked successively rue des Deux Angles, quai de Retz and finally 58 street of the Old Mint where it is still mentioned in 1808.
Jauffman always affixed his stamp on the leveled a furniture amount. Its production is of Louis XV style, Transition and Louis XVI. We can mention table games Transition inlaid with a checkered plate flanked by two panels decorated with flowers surrounded by a set of nets, a small writing table Louis XV violet wood veneer to the point of Hungary, frames in Greek nets, sold March 20, 1983 in Versailles, a small dresser tomb two rows of drawers, veneer curling alternating clais wood and darkest or a small Louis XVI commode...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Wood
French Kingwood Side Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French kingwood marquetry inlaid, ormolu-mounted side cabinet, having an inset clock, leather drawers beneath and two inlaid doors ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century English Gold Polychrome Paneled Side Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A cabinet in the Louis XVI manner by James Shoolbred and Co of London
Of gentle breakfront form, constructed in goncalo alves, dressed with gilt metal mounts and hand decorated polychrome panels...
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19th Century British Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
An 18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry and Lacquer Corner Cabinet or 'Encognure'
Located in Berlin, DE
An elegant and very rare marquetry and black lacquer encoignure with a bowed front and one panel door decorated with a japanned panel of mountains and trees within a very fine marque...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer, Maple, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Elegant Louis XVI Cherrywood Secrétaire Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Louis XVI cherrywood secrétaire cabinet.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Cherry, Leather
A Fine Louis XVI Kingwood with Tulipwood & Purplewood Inlaid Commode by Crepi
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XVI Kingwood with Tulipwood
& Purplewood Inlaid Commode
18th Century
Stamped Crepi
Francois Crepi maitre 1778
Reference:
Similar Commode, Versailles
Illustr...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
French Louis XVI Style Chinoiserie Cabinet with Gilt Bronze Trim
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) narrow single door cabinet with ebonized carved coromandel chinoiserie decoration and gilt bronze trim with a marble top
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Demilune Side Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
This Louis XVI style meuble a hauteur d' appui has a warm, reddish brown patina, and is crafted from mahogany with rosewood or kingwood. It features a rouge marble top, crosshatch pa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Finest Quality Louis XVI Style Marquetry Ormolu-Mounted Tall Marble-Top Commode
Located in New York, NY
This antique rosewood and satinwood side cabinet in the French Louis XVI style dates from circa 1900, and features exceptional doré bronze mounts, geometric parquetry inlay, and a ce...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV-XVI Transitional Clock-Mounted Vaisellier in Burled Wood, circa 1770
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine French burled wood Vaisellier, mounted with a longcase clock in the center, and with deep carved designs accenting the walnut body. The body composed of an upper section with ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair Custom Mahogany Brass and Gilded Mesh Door Two Door Side Cabinets
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous pair of American made brass grillwork and gilded mahogany side cabinets or comodes. They are in good condition and are designed in the Louis xvi or directoire styl...
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1950s American Vintage Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Brass
An Exhibition Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cabinet on Stand
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cabinet on Stand By Emmanuel-Alfred (dit Alfred II) Beurdeley
Of elliptical shape, this rare cabinet is designed to be viewed in the round. An exhibi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Vintage French Louis XVI Mahogany Curio China Display Cabinet Vitrine Ormolu 67"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage French Louis XVI inspired display cabinet. Made in Cairo Egypt (Arabska Republika Egiptu) by Abbas, circa 1972. Made mahogany with crotch mahogany front. Features ornate bras...
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1970s Vintage Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Mahogany
Louis XVI Meuble d'Appui Stamped Georges François Alix
Located in BARSAC, FR
Elegant and refined Louis XVI meuble d'appui in trellis and diamond marquetry made of violet wood and rosewood in amaranth frames. Opening two doors and a drawer, topped with a blue ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Porcelain Inset Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality French Louis XVI style mahogany side cabinet with a brass galleried inset carrara marble top above 3 narrow ormolu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Louis Xvi cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI cabinets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI cabinets made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original cabinets, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Paul Sormani, Maison Mercier Frères, and Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $695 and tops out at $674,500 while the average work can sell for $13,491.
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