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Oak Railroad File Cabinet
Oak Railroad File Cabinet

Oak Railroad File Cabinet

Located in Seattle, WA

This is an early 20th century oak railroad file cabinet with locking roll front door closure. Set

Category

Early 20th Century American Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass

Monolithic Wood Filing Cabinet
Monolithic Wood Filing Cabinet

Monolithic Wood Filing Cabinet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An impressive and unusual, monolithic wood filing cabinet. Totem-like in form, this piece is an

Category

Early 20th Century American Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Wood

French Single Tambour Front Filing Cabinet
French Single Tambour Front Filing Cabinet

French Single Tambour Front Filing Cabinet

Located in Buckinghamshire, GB

French single tambour front filing cabinet having eight adjustable plywood internal shelves with a

Category

Early 20th Century French Filing Cabinets Antique

Antique Oak Filing Cabinet With Original Brass Hardware
Antique Oak Filing Cabinet With Original Brass Hardware

Antique Oak Filing Cabinet With Original Brass Hardware

Located in Chicago, IL

Antique oak wood filing cabinet with original brass hardware. We have two matching file cabinets

Category

Early 20th Century American Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass

French Oak Double Tambour Front Filing Cabinet
French Oak Double Tambour Front Filing Cabinet

French Oak Double Tambour Front Filing Cabinet

Located in Buckinghamshire, GB

French oak double tambour front filing cabinet having six adjustable plywood shelves.

Category

Early 20th Century French Filing Cabinets Antique

Pair of American metal vertical file cabinets
Pair of American metal vertical file cabinets

Pair of American metal vertical file cabinets

Located in Round Top, TX

Pair of American metal vertical file cabinets by Art Metal Construction Co. Jamestown, NY

Category

Early 20th Century American Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Metal

Quarter-Sawn Oak Globe File Cabinet
Quarter-Sawn Oak Globe File Cabinet

Quarter-Sawn Oak Globe File Cabinet

By Globe Furniture

Located in Amherst, NH

Early 1900s quarter-sawn oak sectional filing cabinet by Globe. The cabinet has four filing drawers

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Oak

An Oak Tambour Filing Cabinet
An Oak Tambour Filing Cabinet

An Oak Tambour Filing Cabinet

Located in Whaley Bridge, GB

Sn4467, turn of the century oak, tambour fronted filing cabinet of soft color, having molded lift

Category

Early 20th Century European Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Oak

English Four-Drawer Edwardian Pine File Cabinet
English Four-Drawer Edwardian Pine File Cabinet

English Four-Drawer Edwardian Pine File Cabinet

Located in Southampton, NY

English Edwardian four-drawer pine file cabinet with four dovetailed drawers, having recessed brass

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass

French Oak Tambour Front File Cabinet
French Oak Tambour Front File Cabinet

French Oak Tambour Front File Cabinet

Located in Southampton, NY

French oak tambour front (roll down) file cabinet. The tambour front is locked by a key at the top

Category

Early 20th Century French Edwardian Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass, Iron

Custom Antique File Cabinet with Steel Base
Custom Antique File Cabinet with Steel Base

Custom Antique File Cabinet with Steel Base

Located in Fulton, CA

Nice marriage of an early 1900s oak file cabinet to an Industrial angle iron base. Good patina to

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Steel

1900s American Industrial Metal File Cabinet
1900s American Industrial Metal File Cabinet

1900s American Industrial Metal File Cabinet

Located in Chicago, IL

Great 1900's American original industrial vertical metal file cabinet.

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass, Steel

Antique Walnut Cabinet, Art Nouveau File Cabinet, Scotland, 1910
Antique Walnut Cabinet, Art Nouveau File Cabinet, Scotland, 1910

Antique Walnut Cabinet, Art Nouveau File Cabinet, Scotland, 1910

Located in Vancouver, BC

Antique walnut cabinet, Art Nouveau sheet music file cabinet, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1910

Category

1910s Scottish Art Nouveau Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Walnut

Oak Flat File Cabinet
Oak Flat File Cabinet

Oak Flat File Cabinet

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This solid golden oak turn-of-the-1900s flat file is humongous and features 23" x 48.5" flat file

Category

1910s American Schoolhouse Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Wood

Antique Card File Cabinet
Antique Card File Cabinet

Antique Card File Cabinet

Located in Culver City, CA

This wooden, 18-drawer card catalog cabinet has brass tab pull handles and label frames on each

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Filing Cabinet
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Filing Cabinet

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Filing Cabinet

Located in Charleston, SC

Wonderful style and exceptional quality for this cabinet in walnut adorned by carved and gilded

Category

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Walnut

Rustic Drafting Office Flat File Cabinet, circa 1920s
Rustic Drafting Office Flat File Cabinet, circa 1920s

Rustic Drafting Office Flat File Cabinet, circa 1920s

Located in Portland, OR

cabinets may have had specific uses in their day, but each has been restored and revitalized to help you

Category

1920s Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

19th Century French Mahogany Notaire's Cartonnier or Filing Cabinet
19th Century French Mahogany Notaire's Cartonnier or Filing Cabinet

19th Century French Mahogany Notaire's Cartonnier or Filing Cabinet

Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Rank and file: A provincial notaire's (French civil lawyer's) cartonnier having eight pull-out

Category

Late 19th Century French French Provincial Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Burr Walnut Bedside Cabinets
19th Century Burr Walnut Bedside Cabinets

19th Century Burr Walnut Bedside Cabinets

Located in Honiton, Devon

. Ideal as bedside cabinets, office filing cabinets. Shown here in best showroom condition and ready

Category

1860s English Victorian Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Walnut

Oak Hamilton Type Tray Cabinet, circa 1920s
Oak Hamilton Type Tray Cabinet, circa 1920s

Oak Hamilton Type Tray Cabinet, circa 1920s

Located in Portland, OR

This handsome solid oak flat file cabinet features very few decorative flourishes, but is truly

Category

1920s Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

Antique Steel and Brass File Storage Cabinet
Antique Steel and Brass File Storage Cabinet

Antique Steel and Brass File Storage Cabinet

Located in Hudson, NY

A very handsome antique steel file storage cabinet, in its original dark green finish, with all the

Category

Early 20th Century American Filing Cabinets Antique

Large Double Sliding Shutter Doors File Office Cabinet, circa 1900
Large Double Sliding Shutter Doors File Office Cabinet, circa 1900

Large Double Sliding Shutter Doors File Office Cabinet, circa 1900

Located in Roubaix, FR

Pine French office large cabinet with two sliding shutters that can be open separately in the top

Category

Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Pine

Antique 1920's Double Set of Steel Flat Files
Antique 1920's Double Set of Steel Flat Files

Antique 1920's Double Set of Steel Flat Files

Located in Hudson, NY

A very handsome double set of antique 1920's steel flat files, in their original dark green/black

Category

1920s American Industrial Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Steel

Early 19th Century Secretary Desk
Early 19th Century Secretary Desk

Early 19th Century Secretary Desk

Located in Los Angeles, CA

there six small drawers, filing sections, and a small cabinet door. It also features four drawers with

Category

Early 19th Century English Renaissance Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass

English Secretary Desk
English Secretary Desk

English Secretary Desk

Located in Los Angeles, CA

inside the desk cabinet there are seven small drawers, eight filing sections, and a small cabinet door

Category

19th Century English Georgian Filing Cabinets Antique

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Iron

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Filing Cabinets Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal filing cabinets antique for your home. A filing cabinets antique — often made from wood, oak and metal — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer filing cabinets antique, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each filing cabinets antique bearing Industrial, Arts and Crafts or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made filing cabinets antique over the years, but those crafted by Library Bureau SoleMakers, Yawman and Erbe and Globe Wernicke are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Filing Cabinets Antique?

A filing cabinets antique can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,200, while the lowest priced sells for $220 and the highest can go for as much as $55,000.

Finding the Right Storage-case-pieces for You

Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items. 

In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior. 

Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time. 

Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room. 

In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.

A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.

Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.

Questions About Filing Cabinets Antique
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Filing cabinets are anywhere from 29 inches to 60 inches tall. The height of these cabinets is dependent on the number of drawers. The width of these cabinets are 15” or 18 ¼ inches wide for legal size.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    A hanging file drawer in a desk is often a good alternative to filing cabinets. You can also find carts, boxes and bins designed for storing files and paperwork. On 1stDibs, shop a range of desks and filing cabinets.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    When choosing a file or filing cabinet, size is the most significant consideration. Typically, file cabinets include drawers that are ideal for papers that are legal or letter size. Be sure the material of your cabinet is durable and that it is lightweight so that it can be moved around. Shop a range of antique filing cabinets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021
    A file cabinet is a necessary piece of office furniture for keeping documents and files organized and easily accessible. Shop a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary file cabinets from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023
    A flat file cabinet is used for storing and organizing paperwork. Most are generously proportioned and designed specifically for blueprints, artwork, maps and other large items. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of flat file cabinets.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    The best maker of filing cabinets is really a matter of personal preference. On 1stDibs, you'll find a range of filing cabinets from Andrew Forseth, Matt Richmond, Blake Tovin and other well-known designers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, you can remove filing cabinet drawers from most cabinets. However, the methods of doing so vary. Some cabinets feature track hardware that allows you to pull the drawers out. With others, you need to shake the cabinet to dislodge the drawers. Shop a range of vintage and antique filing cabinets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
    To find your filing cabinet brand, start with the front, as some makers place stickers above the lock or in the bottom corners. If you don't find any markings there, look on the back and then search inside the drawers. If you still cannot locate a brand name, remove the drawers from the cabinet and check the frame behind them. In addition, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer may be of assistance if you're trying to determine the brand of an antique or vintage filing cabinet. On 1stDibs, explore a collection of filing cabinets.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 24, 2024
    To tell if your filing cabinet is fireproof, look on the back, inside and behind the drawers. Some fireproof file cabinets will feature a mark that begins with "UL," such as "UL 350" or "UL 150." This marking indicates that pieces in the filing cabinet gained fireproof certification from Underwriters Laboratories. Even if your piece doesn't bear a UL marking, it still may be fireproof. Conduct online research on your specific model using trustworthy resources or contact the manufacturer to verify. On 1stDibs, shop a wide range of filing cabinets.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    How tall a four-drawer file cabinet is varies. However, most are at least 52 inches to accommodate four levels of standard-size hanging file folders, which are around 9.25 inches high. Find a variety of filing cabinets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    For an item to be considered antique, it needs to be 100 years or older. It can be tricky to determine the age of a cabinet on your own. The best way to determine the value and age of your china cabinet is to work with a certified appraiser. You’ll find expertly vetted antique china cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    How much an antique china cabinet is worth depends on the style of the cabinet, age and condition. Any additional features/decorative touches might increase the worth of the cabinet. That is, a cabinet with hand painting or carving will cost more in general. Also, the older the cabinet, the more its value. An antique china cabinet can be purchased for $1500 onwards. Find a collection of antique china cabinets today on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    How much an antique record player cabinet is worth depends on a variety of factors. The age, materials, maker and condition all impact value. If the record player remains inside the cabinet, and whether or not it is operational will also affect the price you can expect to receive for it. Having the cabinet evaluated by a certified appraiser is a simple way to find out how much your piece is worth. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of record players.

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