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Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets For Sale
Style: Baroque
Style: Sheraton
English Yew Wood Serpentine Sideboard
Located in Woodbury, CT
Created in classic Sheraton style, this sideboard eschews the traditional mahogany for a lighter yew wood. The yew burl is cross banded in a straight grain yew for dramatic effect an...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Sheraton Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood, Yew
Early 18th Century Northern Italian 3-Drawer Walnut Commode
Located in Charleston, SC
Incredible early 18th century Northern Italian 3-drawer walnut commode with ebony and parquetry inlay and bun feet. Wonderful color and patina.
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Antique Dutch Painted Bombe Linen Press Cabinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
Stately and impressive white washed 18th century Dutch linen press cupboard perfect as dining room china cupboard, entertainment center...
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18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
German Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Hanover, MA
German Baroque chest of three drawers, mid-18th century, walnut veneer and marquetry panels, semi-gloss finish, serpentine front. Brass fittings. Working locks and key. Beautifully r...
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Southern German Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A provincial southern German baroque chest of drawers from the 18th century. Solidly crafted in pine.
An authentic piece of furniture in an elegant purist design with beautiful soft...
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18th Century German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Pine
Rare Antique French chest of drawers in wood, burl veneer and marble, ca. 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1850 / chest of drawers / wood, marble, burl veneer / Antique / Baroque / Rococo
Very elegant tall chest of drawers in wood, burl veneer and with a red marble top. This ch...
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Mid-19th Century French Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble
18th Century Cupboard or Bookcase with Glass Vitrine, Walnut, Spain Restored
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite 18th century Spanish cupboard or bookcase with glass vitrine, constructed from walnut and original glasses of this period. Features a coffered case fronted by four large do...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Glass
18th Century German Pine Baroque Secretary
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
German provincial baroque secretary à deux corps from around 1750. Solid made in pine wood.
Consisting of a three drawer commode lower part with S-...
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18th Century German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Italian Olive Burl Wood Bombe Secretary Vanity with Display Top & Matching Chair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Italian bombe drop front secretary cabinet in olive wood with the matching chair. Bookcase top with Two drawers with brass hardware and exquisite cabriole legs. Expert craft...
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1940s Italian Baroque Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Baroque Chest of Drawers in Burl Walnut with Embossed Gilding
Located in Miami, FL
A magnificent Baroque commode with serpentine front in burled walnut with embossed gilding. Chest is raised on a carved plinth that rests on cabriole feet, and features four drawers ...
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Late 18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Baroque wardrobe, Germany, circa 1820.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Baroque wardrobe, Germany, circa 1820.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: height 205 cm width 150 cm depth 60cm
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1820s German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Hand-painted Baroque-style Chest of Drawers, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Two-drawer baroque-style chest of drawers standing on a cut-out base. The body with a slightly wavy front has been repainted blue-grey according to historical models and decoratively...
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Early 1900s German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Softwood
18th Century Italian Walnut Parquetry Important Bureau Cabinet Trumeaux
Located in Rome, IT
An Italian walnut, parquetry bureau cabinet fruitwood inlaid with scrolling foliage,
The upper section with a shaped carved cresting, a shaped doors opening to reveal three shelves, ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Painted Baroque Style Secretary Commode from Southern Germany
Located in Dallas, TX
This wonderful Baroque-style secretary commode features a wavy serpentine chest of drawers surmounted by a slant-top desk. Hand-carved in Southern Germany during the 1800s, the secre...
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19th Century German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 18th Century Burl Walnut Veneered Bureau Cabinet
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau cabinet.
The upper section with swan neck top over double doors, the lower section with a sloping-f...
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Early 18th Century European Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Walnut
18th Century Swedish Baroque Two-Part Painted Pinewood Bureau, Antique Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-brown, grey white antique Swedish Baroque two part bureau made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The detailed Scandinavian cabinet is composed with two upp...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Sheraton Federal Period Cherry, Mahogany & Tiger Maple Chest of Drawers c.1810
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Sheraton Federal period cherry and mahogany four drawer chest, its rectangular top with turret corners surmounting a case with four long beaded drawers with tiger maple fronts with decorative octagonal beehive brasses...
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1810s American Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Baroque Commode, Switzerland 18th Century, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque commode, Switzerland 18th century. This unique Baroque commode dates back to circa 1750-1760 and comes from Switzerland. The three-drawer co...
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1750s Swiss Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Monumental baroque cabinet, oak, around 1720, North German
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental baroque cabinet, oak, around 1720, North German
High rectangular body made of solid oak body with multi-profiled cornice. In the middle a richly decorated and ornate rel...
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1720s Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Italian Baroque Early 17th Century Painted Buffet with Carved Diamond Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque period painted wood buffet from the early 17th century with two doors, carved diamond motifs, bracket feet and nicely weathered patina. Created in Italy during the...
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Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th-19th Century Swedish Baroque Pinewood, Glass Bookcase, Antique Showcase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique large Swedish Baroque two-part bookcase made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The upper part of the detailed Scandinavian library, showcase is composed with two doors featuring its original glass and two long arched shelves...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Spanish Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
A Spanish tortoiseshell and bone inlaid, ebonized walnut marquetry cabinet on stand. The upper section with a pediment with a double headed eagl...
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Early 1800s Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Northern Italian Baroque Walnut Commode
Located in Queens, NY
Northern Italian Baroque walnut commode (17th/18th Century) with 4 drawers pulls carved in the form of busts in Renaissance costume. Resting on ho...
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
17th C Style AREZZO GRANDE Italian Old Chestnut Credenza with Renaissance finish
Located in Encinitas, CA
Our 17th century style “AREZZO Grande” credenza - The Italian Art & Handcraft of Fine Antique Reproduction
The Arezzo Grande Old Chestnut credenza features 2 doors + 2 drawers, hand...
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2010s Italian Baroque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Chestnut
Italian Baroque Ebonized and Eglomise Bureau Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Slightly arched top that may have held a bust at some point, over a middle section with drawers with reverse painted panels with scenes of ancient towns and ruins with a central mirr...
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1690s Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Arcon, Chest, Coffer, Leather, Spanish, Baroque, Brass Studwork, Domed, Travel
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptional, early 17th century, Spanish, leather, ‘Arcon’ or domed travelling coffer ornamented with brass studwork
Surviving utalitarian pieces such as travelling coffers from t...
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1620s Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Leather
Antique Polychrome Italian Credenza Buffet from Naples, 18th Century and Later
Located in Dallas, TX
Dating to the 1700s, the central cartouche of this credenza buffet was originally from an altar, in Naples, Italy. The cartouche is a fantastic relief carving of a highly scrolled co...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
Satinwood Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Georgian satinwood breakfront bookcase
A unusually small George III Sheraton period breakfront bookcase: veneered in satinwood with purple-heart inlay, kingwood cross-banding and box...
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Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood
19th C. English Bow-Front Sideboard
Located in Hixson, TN
19th C. English bow-front sideboard
19th C. English bow-front sideboard with hand-painted decoration. Very unusual! Wonderful patina accentuating the mahogany wood. There are two de...
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Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
18th Century Style Italian Painted 3-Door Credenza "Varazze"
Located in Encinitas, CA
Just Arrived !
Incredibly beautiful One of a Kind Italian Antique Reproduction Solid Chestnut Painted Credenza - "Varazze'
Made in Italy , Hand Crafted, Hand Painted.
Warm white ...
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2010s Italian Baroque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Chestnut
Wedding Chest, Salamanca Area, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wedding chest. Wood, textile, metal, polychrome. Salamanca, Spain, 17th century.
Area of rectangular body with flat top made in carved wood that preserves remains of original polychrome, corners and other metal fittings and textile details in certain places. It is decorated to the outside with a molding in its lower area based on curved motifs and a simple carved decoration of vegetable theme arranged according to a rigid symmetry enhancing an inscription in capital letters on the front ("Viva María / Fernandez") allusive to the owner original of the piece. The interior has no decoration or more elements than the parts of the fittings of the corresponding hinges and the wood seen. The model of a flat-topped ark, with a rectangular shape, was very common in Spanish art as early as the Middle Ages, varying in its decorative elements as time and styles progressed. The metallic elements of the furniture (corner corners on red textile, lock shield on the front, hinges on the inside, handles on the sides to move it, etc.) have a decoration of waves and auctions that refers to models of the Baroque, in addition to columns (flanking the keyhole). The carved decoration of the front (flowers, leaves stems and birds simplified posadas, with simple polychrome in three colors -red, green, yellow-) is not too fine
(something usual in popular specimens), and follows a composition and very colorful habitual in the popular coffers of the area of Salamanca, being common the use of walnut for its realization (as in all the Spanish furniture, for the resistance of the wood and its abundance then). The addition of a feminine name in capital letters (detail that would indicate that the present piece of furniture is an ark made to keep a wedding trousseau, hence the abundance of decoration in a popular utilitarian piece and the presence of a lock with a key) is another element to be highlighted in this piece of furniture. Similar model is mentioned in one of the most used reference books of the Spanish furniture, ENRIQUEZ ARRANZ, Maria Dolores. The Spanish furniture in the 15th, 16th and 17th century. 1951. p. 39; cat. no. 74; The m. 74; Beautiful example of chest or ark of bridal, popular Spanish style of century XVII...
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
18th Century Italian Marquetry Chest Of Drawers Museum Quality, Milan ca. 1760
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
An absolute masterpiece of mid 18th century Italian craftsmanship is this unbelievable artfully crafted marquetry chest of drawers out of Milan. Made around 1760 with highest attention to details, this one of a kind museum-quality commode is not only a precious item of antique furniture, much more it is a real smart investment. The very time-consuming restoration of this masterpiece took us more than 9 weeks and has been done by our most experienced master of restoration. The ultimate goal was it to restore it the old way to keep the unbelievable charme of this valuable 18th century dresser. With an age of more than 260 years, this remarkable rare chest of drawers comes with an elegant shaped body made of spruce and poplar, elaborately set nutwood/ cherry veneer and incredible marquetry works all over this unique italian commode. Providing two large drawers, this outstanding 18th century dresser is adorned by fantastic looking, inlayed depicitions of women surrounded by extensively designed round frames made of maple, nut and plum wood. The largest depiction on the front even runs over both drawers. The top plate is an absolute highlight, impressing with this amazing worked 3D-effect frame made of fine ebony, maple and plum wood which looks like a spiral. The same design has also been used on the front of this precious chest of drawers. The second frame with a slight green shine has been additionally surrounded by thin maple threads. Other exceptional 3D effect maple inlays in form of chain links can be found on both sides of the front pilasters. This exceptional "chain" effect is reinforced by so-called "Schwarlot" paintings - a technique which confers it this special depth. An incredibly crafted, one of a kind 18th century Italian chest of drawers...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Cherry, Spruce, Nutwood, Maple, Fruitwood, Ebony
Rare Portuguese 18th Century Cabinet
Located in Madrid, ES
Portuguese 18th century cabinet
Made of kingwood.
Three drawers simulating four.
Base with profusely decorated skirts with plant motifs, turned legs and beams. Hardware and fittings ...
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Black Painted Oak Cabinet, Spain circa 1820-40
Located in Round Top, TX
Dramatic baroque oak cabinet with carved circular pattern in doors and sides resting on heavy turned legs at base.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered shades of black a...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Paint
Four Door Bookcase with Four Drawers, Baroque Inspiration by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Give a new fresh look to your house with this four-door bookcase featuring four drawers with Blumotion soft-closing system and three crystal shelves for each door.
The baroque insp...
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2010s Italian Baroque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Unusual Pair Curved Venetian Bombe Chests / Stands , Italy, 20th Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very Unusual Matched Pair of Curved Venetian Bombe Chests or Stands , Made in Italy, 3 drawers, All inlayed, burl wood,, mixed woods,,, minor v...
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1950s Italian Baroque Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
English Sheraton Mahogany Secretary
Located in Queens, NY
English Sheraton style (19th century) mahogany inlaid secretary with 2 lattice doors.
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19th Century Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Baroque Cabinet with Secretaire, Germany, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Outstanding baroque cabinet with fall top secretaire, South Germany, 1750-1760. Beautiful walnut veneer with exquisite figural and landscape marque...
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1750s German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Elm, Walnut
Baroque Armoire, France, 1750, Oak
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque armoire, France, 1750.
This unique impressive 18th century Baroque armoire comes from the eastern part of France. It is made of massive oak and has beautiful hand carved de...
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1750s French Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Sheraton Style Diminutive Mahogany Server With Tamboured Door
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Sheraton style mahogany server with serpentine form and cantered corners. The central drawer is flanked by small drawers above a central tamboured door with deep drawers on each si...
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Early 20th Century Sheraton Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
17th century Italian Baroque walnut Credenza or Desk
Located in Troy, NY
A rare, multi-functional piece, the doors opening to reveal a fitted interior with eight drawers and a small middle door, the slanted top with a fall front desk compartment...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Chest of Drawers Baroque Laserow Brown Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A chest of drawers made during the Baroque period and repainted in Laserow Black. 3 big drawers and front legs shaped as lions feet.
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17th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Early 19th Century American Sheraton Bow Front Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
19th Century Sheraton Flame Mahogany Bow Front Chest having turret cookie cutter corners, flanked by fluted barley twist columns and onn turned legs. There are two smaller setback drawers over four larger bowfront drawers on the chest, all fitted with the original pulls. This is a fine example of Early American period furniture...
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1820s American Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Flemish Style Bombe Secretary Bookcase by Marge Carson
By Marge Carson
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and dramatic cabinet in the Flemish style, by Marge Carson, Inc., 2004. In a fine distressed ecru with gilt trim finish. The scrolled crest rail with a shell center over double textured glass...
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Early 2000s American Baroque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Wood
Late 18th Century Baroque Commode with Burl Walnut
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Late 18th Century Baroque Commode,
1780-1790, Germany
Walnut
Beautiful baroque walnut chest of drawers with three drawers, made in Franconia at the end of the 18th century. The ches...
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1780s German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Antique Sheraton Revival Hardwood & Satinwood Revolving Bookcase Side End Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine antique Sheraton Revival Mahogany & Satinwood revolving bookcase table
A very good looking well made and decorative piece. Made i...
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20th Century English Sheraton Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Hardwood, Satinwood
Casket, Box, Cabinet, Architectural, Ebonized, Alabaster, Secretdrawers, Malines
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An early 17th century, Flemish, Malines, ebonized and alabaster cabinet with removable sliding sides revealing secret drawers 12” long.
The ebonized top with two carved alabaster ...
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1630s Belgian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Alabaster
Coppia Di Vetrinette in Legno Dorato E Intagliato Con Luce Interna, Primi '900
Located in Florence, IT
Coppia di vetrinette napoletane in legno dorato e intagliato con scaffali in vetro e luce interna. Il velluto interno è originale. L'impianto elettrico è stato rifatto.
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Crystal
Magnificent Italian Baroque Secretary, circa 1700
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The upper case with swept pediment and stepped molded edge fitted with 11 drawers and an arched door. The lower case with a slant front opening over a well above three long drawers e...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Maple, Olive
Italy Venezia Mid- 18th Century Baroque Hand Carved Walnut Sideboard
Located in Brescia, IT
Venice Italy mid-18th Century baaroque hand carved walnut sideboard
This gorgeous sideboard was hand carved in walnut by the Venetian artisans in the 18th century.
The front is cur...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
18C Irish Sheraton Satinwood Display Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE 18C Irish Sheraton Satinwood Display Cabinet of GORGEOUS neat ‘diminutive’ proportions, from circa 1780-1800.
Made of beautifully naturally patina...
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Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century Baroque Cabinet with Secretaire, Germany, 1760
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century Baroque cabinet with secretaire, Germany, 1760, walnut veneer. Beautiful piece in excellent condition, professionally rest...
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1760s German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Cassetone Bureau Desk Ebonised Rosewood Bone Rome Baroque Bird Flower Lion Tulip
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptional Roman Baroque Ebonised, Rosewood Cassettone with bone inlay and magnificent brass handles
Magnificent transition piece displaying classical ornamentation within a tradit...
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1690s Italian Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bone, Ebony, Rosewood
Rare 18th Century Library Yew Wood Specimen Collectors Cabinet Chest on Stand
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare 18th Century Yew Wood Veneered Cross banded Specimen Library Cabinet Chest on Stand.
The chest of drawers on stand having a straight top over cross banded double cabinet doors...
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Late 18th Century British Sheraton Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique hall cupboard Baroque 18th century Softwood
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Impressive presence
✓ Very stable construction
✓ Interior division customizable at will
Dimensions: W: 201cm H: 222cm D: 86cm (66cm inner depth)
Article: Antique closet...
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Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
20th Century Armoire, Kitchen Cabinet with Two Doors, Carved Walnut, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Armoire, cupboard or kitchen cabinet with two doors decorated to the outside with geometric patterns framed by moldings. The legs that protrude below and the cresting and lower moldi...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Provincial Spanish Oak Paneled Coffer, c.17th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A provincial Spanish oak paneled coffer made circa the 17th century.
Retaining original snipe hinge loops on carcass with later iron strap hinges and rose head nails. Pegged pane...
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Three Locks Trunk, Spain, circa 1600
Located in Madrid, ES
Trunk with three locks, made in wood, leather and wrought iron. This type of trunks and chest with three locks were very common in town halls. The decoration links the piece with the...
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Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wrought Iron
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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