Befort Jeune Cabinets

A fine vitrine in the manner of Francois Linke Constructed in kingwood, with gilt bronze mounts, in the Louis XVI Transitional style; rising from bronze foliate sabots, with gent...

A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI Style mahogany and ormolu mounted two-door display cabinet vitrine, after a model by Adam Weisweiler (French, 1744-1820) with two-doors belo...

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cabinet with Bronze Mounts, France, Circa 1880 This refined Louis XVI style cabinet was crafted in France around 1880 and showcases the timeless elegance of ...

Elegant in their tall, narrow proportions, this handsome pair of antique confiturier cabinets combines restrained Louis XVI design with a beautifully time-worn painted finish. Crafted in northern France circa 1880, each cabinet stands on four tapered and fluted legs beneath a carved apron enriched with a repeating vertical motif. The façade features a shallow upper drawer framed with molded panels and centered by a circular carved medallion fitted with a decorative metal pull. Below, a single cabinet door is embellished with a recessed geometric panel accented at the corners with hand-carved floral rosettes. Fluted corner pilasters and molded side panels reinforce the neoclassical character of the design, while the original-style iron escutcheons and keys add further period detail. Both cabinets retain a wonderfully textured, distressed painted finish in soft blue-gray and pale gray tones, with natural wear and traces of the underlying wood showing through along the edges and moldings. The backs remain unpainted, revealing the traditional wood construction and warm aged patina. Originally designed as confituriers, or French jelly cabinets...

An Exceptional and rare pair of 17th Century Spanish Baroque gilt bronze and metal mounted ebonised and tortoiseshell cabine...

Impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted Kingwood and mahogany marquetry Encoigneurs, corner cabinets or vitrines, attributed to Paul Sormani. The upper section with molded cornice and shell cresting and enclosed by a bowed glazed panel door, the lower section surmounted by a marble top of arc-en-arbalète outline above two frieze drawers and cupboards below enclosed by tambour shutters, raised on short cabriole legs ending in foliate sabots, lock plates engraved 'Sormani PARIS.' Circa: Paris, 1875. Height: 90 1/2 inches (230 cm). Width: 44 inches (112 cm). Depth: 29 inches (74 cm). Sormani, Paul (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...

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...

A magnificent 19th-century Chinese Qing Dynasty wedding cabinet, very special elaborately decorated with exceptional gilt painting and lacquerwork.  The two central doors feature pro...

A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted, Mahogany and Tulipwood Marquetry Side Cabinet/Secretaire in the style of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender s...

A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany, fruitwood and sycamore marquetry and parquetry commode with a Brèche Violette marble-top, after the model by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), circa 1880. The finely detailed commode with rounded sides three apron drawers with wreath ormolu pulls and an acanthus plate...

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...

Antique early 20th Century Louis XVI style French ormolu applied over ebonises and lacquered wood cutlery cabinet. Inside fabric lined and fitted to contain a full canteen of cutlery...

French rare 19th century cabinet. Kingwood and parquetry with fine quality gilt bronze mounts. Clock on top. Signed Francois Linke      

French Louis XVI-style two-door cabinet, finished in elegant black paint with a single upper drawer and two paneled cabinet doors. The cabinet is accented with ornate gilt-brass pull...

Fine quality French empire revival mahogany cabinet circa 1890. Generous proportions and as with all furniture of this scale and period it was built to come apart. Central glazed d...