Rare Edwardian Oval Mahogany Display Cabinet in the Adam Manner by F. Sage & Co
By Frederick Sage & Co., Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
An unusual Edwardian display cabinet in the Adam manner By F.
Brass
Early 20th Century mahogany oval partners desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality early 20th Century mahogany oval partners desk, the finely carved moulded edge top having a green coloured leather writing surface decorated with blind and gilt tool...
Mahogany
Unavailable
H 29 in W 30 in D 22 in
Rare & Unusual Satinwood Edwardian Period Oval Double-Sided Display Cabinet
Located in Darwen, GB
A rare & unusual satinwood Edwardian period oval double sided display cabinet.
Satinwood
Unavailable
H 30.32 in W 60.24 in D 44.1 in
Edwardian 20th Century 'Sheraton Style' Mahogany Breakfront Oval-Shaped Pedestal
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The rare oval-shaped breakfront form of this mahogany partners pedestal desk retains a brown tooled leather top above ebony lined frieze drawers flanked by carved patarae. The contra...
Mahogany
Edwardian Desk with Oval Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
English inlaid mahogany Edwardian desk with fitted drawers and compartments and a bevelled mirror back C.1890.
Mahogany
Sold
H 57.88 in W 36.23 in D 23.63 in L 57.88 in
Edwardian oval Vitrine Wood crystal Display Case England
By English School
Located in Valladolid, ES
Gorgeous and Elegant display cabinet in mahogany wood, original from the English Edwardian period. The furniture of this period achieves great simplicity of lines and a very sober an...
Crystal, Brass
Sold
H 31 in W 27 in D 17.5 in
Handsome English Edwardian Three-Tier Mahogany Oval Etagere with Brass Mounts
Located in San Francisco, CA
The three-tiered oval etagere of solid mahogany with pierced gallery; raised on brass cylindrical supports ending in casters; ideal for bathroom towels or a drinks cart.
Late 19th Century Mahogany Oval Bijouterie Display Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late 19th Century Mahogany Oval Inlaid Bijouterie Type Display Table, The Hinged Top With Glass Viewing Panel And Profuse Marquetry Inlaid Decoration, Over Furthe...
American Mahogany
English Edwardian Satinwood Music Cabinet with Drawer and Oval Inlay
Located in Wells, ME
English Edwardian satinwood inlaid music cabinet with drawer.
Satinwood
$1,885
H 61.82 in W 18.51 in D 11.82 in
Antique Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Serpentine Corner Display Cabinet
Located in Suffolk, GB
An elegant antique Edwardian mahogany inlaid serpentine corner display cabinet of excellent quality, featuring a beautifully shaped glazed serpentine door, decorative satinwood strin...
Mahogany
19th Century George III Style Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique George III style mahogany partners desk with leather top, 19th century. With an inset tooled green leather top, two pedestals each with 5 drawers on each side with cock beade...
Brass
$3,200
H 29 in W 48 in D 26.5 in
Antique English Mahogany Pedestal Desk with Leather Top, 19th Century
Located in Bridgeport, CT
English mahogany pedestal desk with tooled gilt oxblood leather writing surface, and featuring three frieze drawers and six total drawers split between both sides with brass ring pul...
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Two-drawer Desk Or Writing Table
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb 19th century mahogany writing table from England Very beautiful desk that has the perfect size neither too big nor too small. Ideal for working Elegant desk that has two dra...
Mahogany
Edwardian Mahogany Display Cabinet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Edwardian mahogany display cabinet Item Code: RA2 A refined Edwardian mahogany display cabinet of elegant proportions, raised on shapely cabriole legs terminating in pad feet. The ca...
Mahogany
$7,284
H 30.71 in W 70.08 in D 44.89 in
Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian flame mahogany pedestal partners desk, circa 1860 in date. The rectanglular top is inset with a lovely gold tooled green leather writing surfac...
Brass
Late 19th Century English Mahogany and Rosewood Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is beautifully shaped with a nicely molded edge. There are 3 brown leather panels with gold tooling. On the f...
Mahogany, Rosewood
Antique Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Bow-Ended Display Cabinet
Located in Suffolk, GB
An antique Edwardian mahogany inlaid display cabinet with bowed glass ends, decorative astragal glazing and an elegant fitted interior. This quality antique cabinet has a shaped moul...
Mahogany
Fine Early Twentieth Century Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet
By Waring & Gillow
Located in Dublin, IE
Early twentieth century inlaid mahogany display cabinet. The moulded bow front top raised above centred glass door with brass escutcheon and key flanked by two shaped glass panels en...
Brass
Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Kidney Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a delightful antique Victorian flame mahogany kidney shaped kneehole desk, Circa 1880 in date. The free standing desk features satinwood and box woodline inlay and banding. ...
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a walnut and Kashmir walnut partners desk made in England, circa 1890. The top of the desk is Walnut with 3 shaped pieces of beautiful brown leather with gold embossed toolin...
Walnut
$1,234Sale Price|30% Off
H 30.12 in W 53.94 in D 36.03 in
Mahogany Twin Pedestal Partner's Desk of Antique Quality from the 1920s
Located in Wisbech, England
Antique mahogany twin-pedestal partner's desk of exceptional quality. The desk boasts fantastic proportions, a rich color, and a well-developed patina. Remarkably, there is no evide...
Mahogany
English Mahogany Oval Sea Captains Leather Top Desk, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany oval sea captains desk with hinged leather top concealing two upper hidden compartments, single front drawer, original brasses, ebony string inlay, two hinged lower ...
Brass
$3,798
H 50.2 in W 40.16 in D 14.97 in
Early 20th Century Antique English Bow-Front Mahogany Display Cabinet Vitrine
Located in Nottingham, GB
An elegant early 20th-century English display cabinet, finely crafted from mahogany and distinguished by its graceful bow-front profile, glazed façade and impressive cabriole legs te...
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century Wood Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
A display cabinet whose dark mahogany, arched glass doors, domed crown gives it real character at first glance. The piece dates to 19th Century, sourced from France, and carries the ...
Glass, Mahogany
$3,097
H 48.43 in W 24.41 in D 12.21 in
Antique Edwardian Mahogany & Satinwood Inlaid Glazed Display Cabinet Vitrine
Located in Nottingham, GB
A beautiful antique Edwardian mahogany display cabinet, dating to the early 20th century and distinguished by elegant satinwood inlay, refined proportions and glazed panels to three ...
Brass
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...
Ormolu
$272,319Sale Price|20% Off
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Guggenheim Museum, Pauly et Cie
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$59,222Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
$774,443Sale Price|20% Off
H 129.93 in W 118.12 in D 31.5 in
Exceptionel Bookcase Forming Desk, by G. Grohé, France, Circa 1860
By Guillaume Grohe
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional neo Renaissance bookcase forming desk. This monumental piece consists in a lower part forming drop-front desk supported by two pillars with drawers. The lateral parts eac...
Wood
$48,950Sale Price|42% Off
H 109 in W 81 in D 29 in
Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Palatial French 19th Century Transition Louis XIV-XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Two-Door Vitrine Cabinet, the arched top surmounted with gilt-bronze moldings a...
Bronze
20th Century, Louis XV Style French Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Satin wood veneer on solid pinewood. (O-Sam-193).
Wood, Satinwood, Pine
$115,735
H 88.98 in W 77.56 in D 43.31 in
French Golden Ormolu-Mounted Brown Mahogany and Parquetry Large Antique Vitrine
Located in London, GB
The vitrine oval shaped, with central hinged tall doors to the front and glazed display all around, mounted with ormolu handles and short legs.
Bronze
$16,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 96 in W 114.25 in D 19 in
Display Cabinet-Glass, Brass & Mahogany by The Joslin Showcase Company of Boston
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large mahogany display cabinet made by the Joslin Showcase Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893. The cabinet is made it two pieces. The upper part has th...
Brass, Nickel
$1,293,516
H 24.81 in W 51.97 in D 34.26 in
Antique Victorian Louis XIV Style Centrepiece by Barnard & Sons
By Edward Barnard & Sons
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian Louis XIV style centrepiece by Barnard & Sons English, 1850-53 Dimensions: height 63cm, width 132cm, depth 87cm. This magnificent centrepiece is wrought from s...
Silver
$204,239 / set
H 22.84 in W 31.89 in D 13.78 in
Gilt Metal Centrepiece Suite for the Duke of Sparta by Elkington & Co.
By Elkington & Co.
Located in London, GB
Gilt metal centrepiece suite for the Duke of Sparta by Elkington & Co. English, Late 19th Century Centrepiece: Height 58cm, width 81cm, depth 35cm Candelabra: Height 66cm, diameter ...
Metal
Arburo Orchestrion Organ By Bursens And Roels
By Arburo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Once a fixture in bustling dance halls, cafés and fairgrounds throughout Belgium and the Netherlands in early to mid-20th century, this incredibly rare, early Orchestrion organ is a ...
Wood
$163,391 / set
H 49.61 in W 30.32 in D 14.57 in
Pair of Impressive Marble, Porcelain, and Ormolu Mounted Victorian Secretaires
Located in London, GB
Pair of impressive marble, porcelain, and ormolu mounted Victorian secretaires English, 19th Century Height 126cm, width 77cm, depth 37cm This stunning pair are a showcase of Engl...
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
Large French Louis XVI Style Vitrine, by 'Linke'
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very large and impressive fine quality 19th century French mahogany Virine, in the style of Louis XVI by 'Francoise Linke'. Having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foli...
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
An Italian carved walnut vitrine. Constructed in carved walnut, rising from a serpentine ogee edged plinth base with a mirror back, having a central mythological winged figure flank...
Walnut
$88,503 / set
H 85 in W 32 in D 17.5 in
Rare Pair of 19th Century Marquetry Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
By E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
A pair of Marquetry display cabinets in the transitional manner By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...
Ormolu
$34,039
H 32.5 in W 27 in D 17 in
19th Century French Belle Époque Display Cabinet in the Manner of François Linke
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A French Bijouterie In the manner of François Linke Designed in the Louis XV style and constructed in a wonderfully marked Kingwood, with precise and crisply cast ormolu mounts; ...
Ormolu
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.