Nice 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Cabinet

A rare and palatial late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XVI style marquetry and parquetry cabinet. A heavy marble-top above a bronze frieze with three paneled doors decorated with inlaid floral marquetry designs. The center door with gilt bronze bearded men faces, the bottom is centered by a mask of a beautiful woman with two lion paws on her sides and a pair of floral cornucopia above her. The sides of the cabinet are quartered veneered, standing on six spiral bronze...

A wonderful late 19th century Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted carved ebonized cabinet. By J.B.A. Lanneau. Top drawer surmounted by a black portor marble-top, large single door with floral bronze designs, centered by a carved shield. Gilt bronze lion paw feet. Stamped Lanneau to the carcass. The firm was founded by Lanneau Pere circa 1855-1880 at 9, rue Saint-Ambroise. They exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1867 and Vienna World Exposition...

A very fine late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XV style Vernis Martin cabinet. By Joseph Zwiener. The central section finely decorated door panel displaying an allegorical 'Vernis Martin' scene, within a gilt bronze banded frame. With finely cast acanthus and figurative gilt bronze mounts. Stamped ‘NZ’ for Zwiener on the back of the escutcheons and reverse of the bronze mask to the base. Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the 19th century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modelling in his own interpretations of the 18th century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and 'Vernis Martin' panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a Gold Medal for what the jury reported as 'dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s'est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.' Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener's departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II, he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his "Z" initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...

An Interesting late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Transitional style Chinoiserie cabinet by L. Bontemps L. Bontemps Marble top above three high doors, each with a coromandel...

A late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany cabinet by François Linke. Surmounted with a marble top, above a frieze and a bronze-mounted upper cupboard doo...

A beautiful late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XVI style Coromandel lacquer cabinet By Maison Forest. Marble top above a bron...

Impressive 19th century French Napoleon III stone overlay ormolu mounted ebonized cabinet with black marble top. The shaped black marble top is over a gilt bronze mounted frieze in an leaf-tip motif with an egg and dart border, above a large single door...

Gervais Durand was an exceptional furniture maker of the later 19th century, known especially for his reproductions of 18th Century works, but also responsible for some strikingly or...

A Vernis Martin cabinet in the Louis XVI manner Constructed in mahogany, with extensive ormolu mounts; the square rectangular tapering legs, d...

Beautifully handmade, two piece solid cherry wood cabinet. Upper cabinet has chicken wire panel doors for displaying China or Books. Chicken...

Small late 19th Century spice cabinet with sixteen drawers. With its original paint inside and repainted on the outside soft grey. Circa 1880.

Victorian Mahogany bedside cabinet A mid 19th century Victorian mahogany open front bedside cabinet. The cabinet has a gallery back and stands on four turned legs with brass ca...