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Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets For Sale
17th Century French Leather Coffer with Nailhead Detail
Located in Houston, TX
17th century French leather coffer, chest or trunk with nailhead detail from burgundy on newer wooden base.
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts Oak 12-Drawer Flat File Cabinet or Chest of Drawers
By Hamilton
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare antique Arts & Crafts or Late Victorian 12-drawer flat file cabinet or chest of drawers
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quartersawn oak, with iron hardware.
Measures: 25.5"W x 20.5"D...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Heywood-Wakefield Nine Drawer Dresser with Mirror
Located in Trenton, NJ
Timeless, tactile, and sculptural—this nine-drawer Heywood-Wakefield dresser with mirror embodies the very best of mid-century American design. Part of the iconic Sculptura collectio...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Art Deco Woden Wardrobe
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century Art Deco woden wardrobe, by unknwon manufacturer from France.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patin...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Small Cabinet with Bar and Internal Light - Italy - 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Refined Mid-Century Modern bar cabinet attributed to Umberto Mascagni, 1950s. A timeless piece of design that embodies the elegance and creativity of 1950s Italian design.
This gorg...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Chinese Chippendale Henredon Mahogany Finished Breakfront Lighted Cabinet
By Henredon
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous vintage Chinese Chippendale Henredon 2 piece mahogany finished hardwood Breakfront lighted display cabinet with glass door fronts with deco...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Mae Credenza, Sideboard by Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Mae Credenza by Crump and Kwash
Solid wood case / hand-turned legs / hand rubbed oil finish / solid brass pulls / premium, full extension, soft close ...
Category
2010s American Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts Mahogany Five-Stack Barrister Bookcase by Macey
By Macey Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts five-stack barrister bookcase
By Macey
USA, Circa 1920s
Measures: 34"W x 12.25"D x 81.5"H.
Very good vintage condition.
Two matching bookcases a...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
English Painted Three Drawer Dresser Base
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th century English painted three drawer oak dresser base. 1740.
Code: 8852
Dimensions:
W: 77" (195.6 cm)
H: 31" (78.7 cm)
D: 19.5" (49.5 cm)
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Baker English Georgian Serpentine Mahogany Lingerie Chest Semanier Dresser 52"
Located in Dayton, OH
Baker Furniture English Georgian Style Lingerie Chest, circa 1980s. Features a serpentine form made from mahogany with seven oak dovetailed drawers. Each drawer is accented with by...
Category
1980s American Georgian Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
French Art Deco Demi-Lune Bar Cabinet in Black Lacquer with Marble Top, 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
This exquisite demi-lune bar cabinet from 1930s French Art Deco design is a true showpiece — a refined blend of luxury and functionality. With its rounded silhouette, gleaming materi...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble
French artisanal light gray 2-door 3-drawer low wooden sideboard KUBE 120 cm
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This 2-door and 3-drawer low sideboard is designed by Eric Gizard - Paris.
It is 100% made in France with solid ash wood, veneer and lacquered doors in MDF panels.
Each door and e...
Category
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Ash
Vintage Danish Oak Cabinet with Tambour Door, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Oak Cabinet with Tambour Door, 1960s.
Danish Mid-Century Modern filing cabinet in oak with vertical rolling tambour door. Inside is a compartment with six drawers in ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Mid Century Rosewood Secretary Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A mid century Brazilian rosewood drop front secretary desk. Rich wood grain with beige laminate accent panels. Sculpted handles on four lower drawers. Sourced in Northern Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Rosewood
Italian bar cabinet Dry Bar “Tambor”, after Umberto Mascagni
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing and refined Italian designer bar cabinet, 1950s / 60s. Following the style of Umberto Mascagni, an Italian designer who worked for Harrods in the 1950s, this small curved bar...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Walnut Media Console Room Divider with Sliding Shoji Doors
Located in Princeton, NJ
Walnut cabinet made by hand and featuring sliding shoji doors and shelves. This cabinet is constructed utilizing time honored joinery techniques featured in...
Category
2010s American Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Tambour Bookcase/Credenza by Arne Vodder, Sibast
By Arne Vodder, Sibast
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A Mid-Century Modern veneered bookcase with spacious interior. Sliding glass doors with metal handles. The base part has two tambour sliding doors, with two extra drawers. The design...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Modernist Carl Malmsten Pine 1940s Desk with a shelf, unique
Located in Forest, BE
This is a unusual desk made out of pine. Produced in Sweden around the 1940s. It is a so unique in the shape, the base is very unusual with the shelf as a feet. It will brighten any...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Karelian Birch Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
An extraordinary early 19th Century Neoclassical style Karelian birch secretary. This wonderful cabinet features four ebonized columns supporting giltwood caryatids, two gothic arched cabinet...
Category
Early 19th Century Baltic Biedermeier Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Danish Rococo Period 19th Century Bombay Marquetry Chest of Three Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Danish rococo period bombay commode with detailed mahogany and walnut marquetry throughout.
It is the Bombay curves and saber feet turning gently outwards that draws one to this ele...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Amsterdamse School Armoire or Wardrobe by Fa. Drilling Amsterdam
By Fa. Drilling
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School armoire or wardrobe. Design by Fa. Drilling Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with original solid black...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Jules Wabbes Sideboard DG130
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Credenza or sideboard designed by Jules Wabbes for Le Mobilier Universel, Belgium, circa 1960s.
Floating solid wenge top, chrome plated cabinet frame and handles. Two black lacquere...
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Chrome
Milo Baughman Sideboard for Glenn of California c. 1955
Located in Chicago, IL
Milo Baughman Sideboard for Glenn of California, 1955 Model 1632
Restored walnut sideboard featuring a long drawer beneath a tambour-style garage door that opens and hides for maximu...
Category
1950s American Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Grasscloth, Walnut
18th c. Swedish Baroque Period Painted Armoire Cabinet
Located in Wichita, KS
An important and richly carved Swedish armoire cabinet from the Baroque period with handsome bun feet. Provenance on the inside of the left door, dates the piece to 1772 (Anno 1772)....
Category
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
Teak Danish Modern Slim Cabinets, A Pair
By Finn Juhl
Located in Round Top, TX
A pair of slim teak display and storage cabinets / room dividers by Stateroom, imported from the United Kingdom in the late 1960s. A stylish, sleek way to divide a large space (finished on the backs) or have a bar and show off vintage stemware...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Teak
Baker Furniture Mid Century Walnut Campaign Lowboy Dresser
Located in Countryside, IL
Baker Furniture Mid Century Walnut Campaign Lowboy Dresser
This lowboy measures: 66 wide x 19 deep x 30.75 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored v...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Paul Laszlo, Dresser, Oak, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An oak dresser designed designed by Paul Laszlo and produced by Brown Saltman, USA, 1950s.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Late 18th Century English Oak Side Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 18th Century English oak side table.
With good colour and patination. Circa 1790.
Category
Late 18th Century English Country Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Ming Style Chinese Scholar's Cabinet
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, Ming dynasty style scholar's cabinet. The doors and side panels are all solid single boards set with mitered, tenon and mortise construction. Two exterior and interior d...
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Arthur Brett & Sons English Georgian III Mahogany Burl Chest TV Media Cabinet
By Arthur Brett
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite 18th Century reproduction in the form of a bachelors chest by Arthur Brett & Sons. Made from mahogany with burled front and top. Features a faux 2 over 4 drawer graduate...
Category
Late 20th Century George III Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Bielecky Brothers Cane and Rattan Wrapped Cabinet, Circa 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
Two door cane and rattan wrapped cabinet by Bielecky Brothers of New York, circa 1980s. Brass clad feet, and brass handles, with bullnose front corners. Can be used with or without i...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Expertly Restored United Furniture Walnut Diamond Triple Dresser 9 Drawers 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Century Modern united furniture company vintage circa 1950s nine-drawer triple dresser would work well in the bedroom as originally intended or in the living room re-purposed as ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Aluminum
Poul Cadovius 7-Bay Royal System
Located in Littleton, CO
(Click on "More Details" below to see complete information.)
A large and versatile Royal System wall shelving system by Poul Cadovius.
The 8 vertical rails, 5 cabinets, a deep desk shelf, and multiple shelf types (with accompanying hardware) allow for dynamic and versatile possibilities for configuration in up to 7 continuous vertical spaces for hanging cabinets and shelves, or splitting into separate smaller wall units.
This system comes to market for the first time from a single estate, and was purchased and installed in stages in Honolulu, Hawaii between January 1968 and December 1978, with the exception of the deep desk shelf, purchased in Denver in the 2010's. Original purchase receipts are available for all components, except for the deep desk shelf.
The shelf with an under-shelf down light was custom made for the Royal System by Lightolier, and is signed.
The small 2-drawer cabinet is independent of the deep desk shelf and may be placed anywhere on the rail system, just like all other components.
Many additional photos available.
All components included:
7 Vertical Rails
79" H x 1.5" W x .75" D (11.5 lbs)
200.7 cm H x 3.8 cm W x 1.9 cm D (5.2 kg)
2 Vertical Half-Length Rails (can be combined to form 1 full-length vertical rail)
39.5" x 1.5" W x .75" D (1.64 lbs)
100.3 cm x 3.8 cm W x 1.9 cm D (0.7 kg)
1 Small Cabinet With Glass...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
German Small Wooden Pine Cabinet in an Anthroposophic Style
Located in Rümmingen, BW
Inspired by the anthroposophical style, this children’s cabinet celebrates the calming essence of nature with organic curves and soft, muted tones.
B...
Category
Late 20th Century German Organic Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Pine
Art Nouveau Two-Door Bookcase, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant Art Nouveau two-door bookcase.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Solid oak base with original glass in the two doors.
Lock and key are in good working order....
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Oak
Asian Influenced Caned Credenza by Michael Taylor for Baker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Asian influenced caned credenza designed by Michael Taylor for Baker's Far East Line, American, circa 1950s. It is a versatile size and can be used as ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Luna Double Reclaimed Wood Cabinet with Drawers
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Over 2000 items in stock ready for immediate shipping, scroll down to view all of our items!
Size: 63”w x 18”d x 35-1/2”h
Custom made by bloom home inc.
These old elm timbers show in its most primal, natural form. Made from solid elm wood. The artisanal construction methods highlight the elm woods beautiful grain pattern & knots and fissures from its past life. The most authentic materials are hand selected, and hours of hand-craftsmanship go into each piece, creating each and every beautiful cabinet, no one is exactly alike.
-if out of stock please allow 12-16 weeks for delivery
-custom sizes available by order only
Featuring 4 drawers, and closed shelving...
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21st Century and Contemporary Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Reclaimed Wood
French Empire 19th Century Mahogany Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fabulous French mahogany commode from 19th century France, circa 1840’s. The stunning gray and white marble top with rounded front corners is in good antique condition with few signs of wear. The apron houses a hidden drawer, free of hardware. Making up the body of the piece, three larger drawers have more recently been fixed with a pair of laurel wreath cast...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal
Vintage Green Metal Shoe Factory Shelving Rack Trolley, Mid 20th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
MID-CENTURY SHELVING UNITS
We have two of these units available to purchase individually. The price is per unit.
Originally from an old leather shoe factory.
Of steel construction...
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20th Century British Industrial Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Steel, Wire
An Extraordinary George III Triple Breakfront Mahogany Glazed Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
An extraordinary 18th century cabinet with triple breakfront glazed windows above a lower range of stepped doors, surmounted by an ogee molded architrave with three triangle pediment...
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1790s English George III Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Original Art Deco Vanity Set/Ensemble, 1930-1940, European Bird's-Eye Maple
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Lovely ensemble consists of one desk (48.42 width, 29.52 height, 18.50 depth), two barrel-cascets (18.5" diameter, 31.5 height) and two stools (20.86 width, 14.17 depth, 16.53 height...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Rare Bookshelf Wall Unit by Arne Vodder & Anton Borg for Vamo Møbelfabrik, 1950s
Located in Ranst, VAN
This rarely available bookcase, a true masterpiece, was designed by Arne Vodder and Anton Borg for Vamo Møbelfabrik in the 1950s
It includes five cabinet elements, four bookshelves ...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Rattan, Teak
Restored Mid-Century Modular Wall Unit from Jitona, 1973
By Jitona
Located in Żory, PL
This mahogany modular wall unit was manufactured by Jitona in the Czech Republic in 1973. It consists of 2 cabinets, 2 display cabinets, 2 shelves and a desk. The design allows for ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Armoire in Aged Oak, France, 1940s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Armoire in Aged Oak, France, 1940s
Evoking the devotional architecture of French provincial craftsmanship
Standing with quiet authority, this tall French armoire from the 1940s reve...
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1940s French French Provincial Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Rare Mister Dresser by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in San Diego, CA
A superb example of a Mid-century modern design, the mahogany tamboured Mister cabinet has an undulating face, expressive hairpin legs, and a useful sixteen drawer configuration. New...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Pine Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Baltimore, MD
Five drawer chests from this source are often more decorative, especially around the top drawers. In this case the chest has no such decoration. Even the front corners of the case ...
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Late 19th Century Hungarian Country Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Teak Sideboard, Model 20, by Hans Wegner for Ry Møbler
Located in Dorchester, MA
Hans Wegner designed this handsome double sideboard as model 20 for Ry Møbler. Solidly constructed of oiled teak, the piece features an upper case wit...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Teak
French 4-Door Hand-Crafted Wooden Sideboard, Designer Eric Gizard - Paris
By Éric Gizard
Located in Landivy, FR
This 4-door sideboard is presented here in ash wood and is also available in French oak.
No assembly is required from your side, our furniture is fully mounted in our workshop.
2 ...
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2010s French Scandinavian Modern Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Ash
Outstanding Quality Large Antique Astral Glazed Carved Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality large antique Victorian astral glazed carved mahogany bookcase having a magnificent quality carved pieced swan neck cornice above a pair of astral glazed doors op...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Other
Tibetan Elm Pegam Apothecary Bookcase Chest Altar Cabinet Bench Seat
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Tibetan Pegam book chest bench seat. Made of elm with serpentine form and vibrant hand painted floral acanthus motif that features three toed dragon...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Paint
Art Deco Spectacular Clove Display Vitrine Cabinet, English, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
Fabulous, original 1930s Art Deco display vitrine cabinet. Very unusual shape of which we haven't had before. This cabinet features a generous...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Antique Swedish Genuine Blue Country Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish blue cabinet. The cabinet is a genuine Swedish country house furniture from the early 1800s, around 1820. The cabinet is i...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Hollywood Regency Two-Tier Brass and Glass Bar Cart, Italy, 1970s
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and stylish vintage 1970s Italian two-tier brass and glass bar cart with great brass wheels and triple frame for bottle holder. Very good conditions.
A great piece that pe...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Bank of Apothecary Drawers, Chest Of Drawers.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Late 19th Century Apothecary Chest.
A fine attractive mahogany 26-drawer chemist, apothecary chest with glass knobs. Each drawer labelled with glass plates showing the names of chemi...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Country English Farmhouse Welsh Pine Dresser with Plate Rack
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental country English farmhouse Welsh dresser crafted from pine. The large cabinet is surmounted by an oversized plate rack having three shelves and topped with cornice molding....
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20th Century British Country Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Japanese Antique Huge Tansu 1800s-1860s / Storage Cabinet Sideboard Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Japanese wheeled Tansu.
This Tansu is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s).
Made of paulownia wood and cedar wood.
All fittings are made of iron.
...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Antique French Mahogany Drop Front Brass Gallery Secretary Writing Desk 40"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Victorian secretary / library writing desk. Made of mahogany featuring drop front door inlaid with floral mother of pearl and shield motif, which opens to writing surf...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Barbara Barry for Baker Mid Century Gold Leaf Cabinet Credenza
Located in Countryside, IL
Barbara Barry for Baker Mid Century Gold Leaf Cabinet Credenza
This cabinet measures: 49.25 wide x 18.75 deep x 35.5 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Storage Cabinets and Antique Case Pieces for Sale: Shop Credenzas, Sideboards, Bookcases and Dressers on 1stDibs
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.
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