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Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets For Sale
Style: Arts and Crafts
Style: Empire
Carved Oak and Rattan Reception Desk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Carved oak and rattan reception desk
The Desk stands on slender barley twist turned legs with a long Bergèr stretcher towards the back, this matche...
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Mid-19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Oak Arts & Crafts Credenza or Sideboard by Alexander J. Kropholler, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Arts & Crafts credenza or sideboard.
Design by Alexander J. Kropholler.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid oak with ori...
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Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique English Arts & Crafts Oak Bureau Bookcase Attributed to Liberty & Co
Located in Glasgow, GB
An attractive Arts & Crafts oak motto style bureau bookcase in golden quarter-sawn oak firmly attributed to Liberty & Co. of London. Featuring a moulded carved cornice with inscription ‘J.S. & L.E.S. TO V.R.C. JUNE 7TH 1911’ above a leaded green bullion glass door and open shelves, the bureau fall-front opening to reveal various pigeon holes and a quarter-sawn oak writing surface, with a drawer and pairs of cupboard doors below and three further drawers to the side. With Liberty design shaped hammered copper handles and brass locks to the bureau and drawers.
In good solid condition and very well made, this would have been a very special commission as large bureau...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Copper
Pair of Empire Mahogany Commodes, circa 1820
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Rectangular top above three graduated recessed drawers flanked by three quarter rounded ebonized columns raised on plinth block feet.
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19th Century Italian Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Pedestal Desk in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
A fine French late 19th century mahogany and ormolu pedestal desk with tooled leather top in the Empire style, having nine drawers, one containing a locking secret compartment, with ...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Wellesley Guild Hand-Carved Hand-Crafted Arts and Crafts Style Fruitwood Commode
By Guild
Located in Germantown, MD
An exquisite, hand-carved hand-crafted arts and craft mixed with Provincial Style Fruitwood Commode by Wellesley Guild. Beautiful hand-carved flower bo...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood
French 20th Century Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Display your treasured objects in this beautiful early 20th century French Empire style mahogany vitrine. Beveled glass panels can be found in the case antique’s door and sides, allowing one to view the contents placed inside on its two glass shelves. A mirrored back gives the illusion of a completely transparent cabinet. The vitrine has recently undergone a refinishing, giving the antique a ‘like new’ appearance. The wonderful brass hardware found at the capital and base of the pilaster columns which flank the door has been polished to a brilliant luster - along with the sabots that cap the front feet. Inside, two additional finished mahogany lower shelves can be used to house objects...
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20th Century French Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Custom Handmade Arts & Crafts Style Solid Oak Bookcases Cum Cabinets
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Warm Oak patina and excellent hand crafted details create a refined air about these special bookcases. Uncompromisingly made from solid wood with excellent hardware and strong shelve...
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1960s Canadian Arts and Crafts Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique Swedish Arts & Crafts Wall Cabinet with Hand-Painted Tiles
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Swedish Arts & Crafts wall cabinet with hand-painted tiles will make a charming addition to your decor, especially the powder room! The casework was fashioned from solid oak,...
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Early 1900s Swedish Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Porcelain, Glass, Oak
19th Century Black French Pair of Empire Pinewood Cabinets, Antique Sideboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, antique French pair of cabinets made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The detailed commodes are supported by four short arched feet, consisting its origi...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Fine French Mahogany Empire Commode
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A french marbled top and bronze mounted mahogany commode. The original grey marble top over the three drawers with flame veneers and lion mask handles. Th...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Empire Chest of Drawers
Located in Austin, TX
Chest of drawers or “commode” made of flamed mahogany in the French Empire style. This piece has ebonized columns and is finished in a lustrous French polish. There are four dovetail...
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1910s French Empire Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Arts & Crafts Howard & Sons Oak Bookcase
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Introducing a remarkable Arts & Crafts Howard & Sons Oak Bookcase, crafted around 1890. This bookcase, made from golden oak, showcases its original leaded glass doors and silver-plat...
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1890s Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Long Carved Arts and Crafts Gothic Oak Open Book Case
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Long carved Arts and Crafts Gothic oak open book case
The book case is in carved oak, it is double length with a small carved shelved galleried back....
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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Spanish Bamboo Bookcase, Late 20th Century
Located in Hilversum, NL
Late 20th century Spanish bamboo bookcase.
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1970s Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo
Antique Carved Oak Double Door Bookcase with Wine Rack c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts bookcase (modified into an entertainment center) offers quarter sawn oak construction with double glass doo...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Glass
Antique half-round Empire chest of drawers, mahogany, around 1810
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique half-round Empire chest of drawers, mahogany, around 1810
Semi-circular body, one door in the middle flanked by full columns and one drawer each above and below. An extremel...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
French Empire Style Walnut Commode Chest of Drawers, circa 1820
Located in Labrit, Landes
French commode chest of drawers early 19th century Empire style
Four large drawers, on the first one an elegant brass swan acts as a drawer knob.
On the locks bouquets of flowers are...
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1820s French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style 1870s Mahogany Three-Drawer Commode with White Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire style mahogany commode from the late 19th century, with white marble top, three drawers and gilt accents. Created in France during the third quarter of the 19th centu...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble
French Empire Brass Mounted, Light Walnut, & Ebonized Secretary, 1stq 19th Cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top above a conforming case housing three drawers, one faux drawer, and a fall front desk with a leather writing surface and interior shelving and secret drawers...
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1810s French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Empire Style Mahogany Middle Desk with Egyptian Décor, France 19th Century
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
It is composed of two boxes and a central tray opening with nine drawers in total. The desk is in mahogany veneer of very fine grain quality, the color of the mahogany is not dark but rather soft, in harmony with the slightly darker soft veining that embellishes this mahogany veneer. This desk is adorned with gilded bronzes depicting busts of Egyptian women, leafy motifs such as palmettes and laurel wreaths, diamonds. All the bronzes are original, none of them are added.
The top of the desk is embellished with empire green leathers gilded with iron. This "Return from Egypt" style desk is a fine example of the Empire style.
It can also be combined with our empire green leather office chair...
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1890s French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Walnut Pair of Bookcases Boiserie de Bibliothèque
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A rare pair of heliocodal French Directoire library bookcases in solid walnut. This type of bookcases is also known as 'boiseries de Bibliothèque' a...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Empire Walnut Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
A large French Empire bookcase, or buffet a deux corps in walnut with bronze mounts and glass doors, dating from the early 19th century.
This handsome piece has a nice old patina a...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Museum Essay / Tabernacle Around 1810, Walnut
Located in Berlin, DE
Museum essay/tabernacle around 1810, walnut.
Extremely rare and high-quality tabernacle with very elaborate and rich inlaid marquetry in walnut/root veneer on fir wood.
High construction consisting of 3 elements. The tabernacle has many drawers...
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Early 19th Century Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Fir
Rare Empire Clock Cabinet Sideboard, Antique Northern Swedish Country Gustavian
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare antique clock cabinet from Sweden made during the transitional time between the gustavian and empire period. The cabinet is from Northern Sw...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
An Arts and Crafts Glasgow Style Oak Sideboard Attributed to G M Ellwood
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts Glasgow style Oak sideboard attributed to G M Ellwood made by Bath Cabinet Makers, with stained glass panels to the upper right hand cup...
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1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Stained Glass, Oak
Liberty & Co Arts & Crafts Oak Bedroom Pair with Wardrobe & Matching Double Bed
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co, attributed.
A Glasgow style Arts & Crafts oak bedroom pair consisting of a wardrobe and a 57 inch wide double bed.
The wardrobe with a flaring cornice, a full length or...
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Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
Rare Classical Empire Finely Carved Cellarette in Mahogany, circa 1830
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful form carved Classical Empire cellarette in mahogany with gadrooned edges, hinged top, zinc lined interior, and small brass decorative...
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1830s English Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Zinc
Antique 19th-century german empire oak and pine inlaid three drawer commode
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful commode was made in Germany in the late 19th century. The commode is made from European summer oak and solid pine and features three drawers. The drawers were enriched...
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Late 19th Century German Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Empire Commode with Marble Top and Column Shaped Posts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Empire commode from the 19th century, with white marble top, four drawers, butterfly veneer, bronze mounts and column-shaped posts. Created in France during the 19th century, this Empire commode features a rectangular white marble top sitting above a frieze drawer concealed in the apron. Three additional drawers, adorned with butterfly veneer and fitted with shell hardware...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission oak Arts & Crafts sideboard or credenza with plate rack
By Gustav Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter sawn oak, with ooze leather lined t...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Copper
Large French Empire Napoleon III Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A fine large sized flat desk otherwise referred to as a "bureau de ministre" or ministers flat desk.
In mahogany and mahogany veneer flamed on all sides, beautiful ornamentation of...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique English Arts & Crafts Oak Inlaid Dressing Table Chests
Located in Glasgow, GB
A super pair of Arts & Crafts oak and inlaid ladies & gents dressing chests by Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple dating to circa 1910. Each with demi-lune shaped thumb-moulded top and inlaid gallery back above two line inlaid drawers with brass drop handles on octagonal backplates and raised on square slightly tapering legs. The ladies chest...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Pinewood Book Shelf - Antique Cupboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique shelf cupboard in patinated Pinewood with top and lateral molding, in good condition. This early 19th Century furniture is perfect to display ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
French Empire Style Commode or Dresser with Marble Top & Bronze Lion Head Pulls
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite French Empire style commode or dresser offering three drawers. The commode or dresser is painted in antiqued beige tone and features lion head bronze pulls. The dresser or commode is raised by finely carved tole metal bottom showing scrolls and a large shell design in the middle. The piece is study and is finely carved while having a marble top in black , gray adding style and elegance to this timeless dresser.
The French Empire style dresser...
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20th Century Empire Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Empire Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A statley 19th century mahogany secre´taire a` abattant from France, circa 1810. This desk has an exceptional charcoal marble top resting above a single drawer disguised into the apron. Just below the top drawer, the front of the desk folds forward to reveal a work area inset with vibrant red leather detailed with gold tooling. The leather is in great antique condition making this a comfortable place to work. When open, you can see the theatre is equipped with five drawers and a large, arched top cubby flanked with column forms. With the desk down the maximum depth is 32”; the writing surface is 28-½” heigh. The desk front...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century Italian Empire Mahogany Commode Two Doors Cabinet
Located in Firenze, IT
Striking mahogany 19th century Italian commode from the Empire period, circa 1815-1820. The straight, timeless shape combined with unique mahogany veneer makes this early 19th centur...
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19th Century Italian Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Iron
19th century French Empire Marble Top Enfilade
Located in Charleston, SC
Great quality 19th century French empire marble top enfilade with bronze mounts and white marble top.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
Antique Arts & Crafts Attr. Macey Four Stack Oak Barrister Bookcase, Circa 1910
By Macey Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts barrister bookcase attributed to Macey offers quarter sawn oak construction with four stacks, each having pull out glass doors, raised on ogee base, c1910
...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Oak
19th Century Spanish Regency / Isabelina Mallorquín Commode, Marquetry Inlay
Located in Madrid, ES
Often referred to as "Mallorquín" or "Catalana" style, this type of commode evolved in the early to mid 19th century in the Spanish province of Catalonia, taking design influences from various European...
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19th Century Spanish Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Empire Sideboard, Vienna early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Two-door sideboard on square-pointed feet with brass sabots, brass moldings and inlaid upper drawer with leaf motifs and diamond décor. The sideboard was...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Credenzas Cabinet Storage DebonaDemeo Medulum Wood Oak Brass
By Debonademeo
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Diago’s design finds his inspiration from the industrial archeology of the late
nineteenth century transforming his features into a vaguely eclectic stylistic code.
The diagonal rhythm of the reticular structures used by Gustave Eiffel...
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2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Pair of Skønvirke Cabinets, by Martin Nyrop Denmark, 1900
Located in London, GB
A pair of free-standing cabinets or bookshelves designed by architect Martin Nyrop and made by Rudolph Rasmussen circa 1900.
The cupboards until recently were part of Copenhagen Cit...
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Early 1900s Danish Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Rare Antique Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau Cabinet with Glass & Copper Jugendstil
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
This wonderful lovely piece of furniture is a true eye catcher in an Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau home!
Unusual rare small cabinet c.1900- 1910. Ra...
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Early 1900s French Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Copper
Antique English Liberty & Co Arts & Crafts Oak Hathaway Sideboard or Dresser
Located in Glasgow, GB
A handsome Arts & Crafts oak ‘Hathaway’ design sideboard or dresser by Liberty & Co of London. This sought after dresser was designed by the celebrated Leonard Wyburd for Liberty's c...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
English Arts & Crafts Handmade Dark Stained Solid Oak Desk with Side Shelves
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Solid oak English Arts & Crafts desk with built in side shelves and removable top for ease of movement make this a practical gem. Original hardware perfectly intact and united by str...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
19th Century Empire Walnut Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
French first Empire period Secretaire à Abattant, also known as a drop-front secretary, fall front or cantilevered desk. Under the dark grey marble top is a secret, entablature drawe...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Ormolu
British Oak Arts and Crafts Desk
Located in London, GB
This is a really good desk, plenty of storage and beautifully made by Wylie and Lochhead of Glasgow. The original locks are by Hobbs and Sons - and we have the keys.
It featured i...
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Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Arts and Crafts Oak Blanket Chest, English, Circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful oak chest or box.
This is a very special piece. The best quality of cabinet making and the finest choice of timber.
Probably made in the Cotswolds, England
The hin...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique Carved Oak Dresser with Mirror, circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts carved oak dresser with mirror.
By Estey manufacturing Co.
USA, circa 1900
Measures: 42.5" W x 21" D ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mirror, Oak
Revolving Bookcase by Mackintosh Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in London, GB
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was a Scottish architect who created a distinctly original design style that was both lyrical and sleekly modern. Within his architectural schemes for schools, private homes and restaurants, Mackintosh frequently worked in collaboration with his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald...
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Early 1900s European Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood, Glass
Pair of Period Empire Mahogany and Gilt Chest of Drawers, Denmark, circa 1800
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish late 18th Century pair of period empire chest of drawers.
This rare pair was recently found here in the USA, which makes them very attractive because of the new UN/US import restriction of rare and protected wood sorts. More to the point, it is highly unlikely to locate a pair of chests...
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Late 18th Century Danish Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Empire Style Maison Krieger Wood, Glass, Bronze And Marble Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Empire style gilt bronze mounted wood, glass and marble top heavy and large vitrine/curio cabinet. The wide tapered rectangular vitrine has four glass walls framed with wood. The front door is one of them and it is beveled. It is decorated with a gilt mounted bronze garland of roses, mixed of flowers and foliage at the top and bottom area. At the top center, there is a gilt bronze shell and at the bottom a Wedgwood light blue porcelain round plaque with a cherub that is carving a piece of stone. Above the plaque, a large gilt bronze bow is decorating the curio cabinet. There are scrolls of acanthus leaves adorning each side of the upper top corners of the door. A gilt bronze swag made of laurel leaves branches with a bow in the center embellish the frieze of each one of the sides, and its corners are also decorated with scrolls of acanthus leaves with a garland of buds hanging from them. There are also some gilt beads chain ornaments decorating the wood part of the sides. The cornice is adorned with a bronze border made of carved acanthus leaves. The upper part of the curio cabinet is covered by a heavy light pink with grey veins marble top. To support the vitrine there are four gilt heavy bronze lion paws decorated with large acanthus leaves and a pair of laurel branches at the upper part of them. These acanthus leaves are spreading toward the lower front border and forming an arc. There are four adjustable thick glass shelves inside the curio cabinet and a lower one made of wood that is covered with a light yellow color Damask fabric. A metal lockplate has inscribed Mon Krieger...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Empire Style Four-Drawer Chest
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Empire style chest of drawers, unbranded. Solid mahogany with classic Empire styling, with curved outward sides and curved back front feet. Features four drawers of doveta...
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19th Century American Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Louvered-Door Cabinet in Walnut, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louvered-door cabinet in walnut, circa 1900.
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1880s French Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Rayas Black & White Striped Credenza with Wooden Marquetry
Located in New York, NY
This exclusive credenza is originally designed as a custom shoe cabinet. It is uniquely created by assembling striped geometric wooden veneer pieces toget...
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2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century, Empire Walnut Wood 2-Drawer Chest
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Chest of drawers with two drawers on pointed feet. Beautiful walnut veneer with ribbon inlays on pine body. The furniture has a very clear beautiful design without much ornamentation...
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Late 18th Century German Empire Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Rare Piece of Progressive Arts and Crafts Furniture, Bookcase
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Rare Piece of Progressive Arts and Crafts furniture, in golden oak and stained glass
This Large Bookcase has a remarkable and stylish de...
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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique and Vintage Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets for Sale: Find Credenzas, Sideboards, Bookcases and Other Furnishings on 1stDibs
Of all the antique and vintage case pieces and storage cabinets 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 storage 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. Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard made of colored glass and metals, 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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