Antique French Renaissance Revival Walnut Buffet Cabinet Cupboard Hutch 96"

Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Buffet, Server or Sideboard. Originally called a Desserte, and used to display desserts. Features a rectangular tiered frame crafted from...

Exquisite Antique Brittany (Bretagne) French China Hutch / Cupboard, circa last quarter 19th century. Bretagne, was once an independent kingdom cal...

Monumental Antique Mechelen Renaissance Revival China Hutch, circa 1890s. Made from oak with elaborate figural and floral carved details. Features vibrant original stained glass windows. The buffet or server section of the cabinet has a large table surface, 2 drawers and lower cabinet with two additional drawers and a shelf. The hutch rest upon turned columns and chrysanthemum carved backsplash flanked by acanthus foliate. Includes two interior adjustable shelves and amazing geometric glass doors with a star at the center. The cabinet is ordained with high relief 3/4 French Renaissance figures, Lion heads with brass rings, Cameo panels, Gadrooning, chrysanthemum flowers and pedals. A true work of art that functions well as a bar back, china display cabinet or bookcase. This cabinet is a cut above other Mechelen style cabines. Most are of the less ornate variety and lacking the character of figural and animal carved details. Mechelen, pronounced Malines in France, and also known as Malines or Mechlin in English, is a Dutch-speaking city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. Mechelen is one of Belgium’s prominent cities of historical art. It was a centre for artistic production during the Northern Renaissance. Anne Boleyn, wife of English King Henry VIII (1504–1536) resided in Mechelen as did Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy (1446–1503). In fact, several children who later became queens of European countries had received an education at Margaret of York’s court. In 1572, during the Eighty Years' War, the city was burned and sacked by the Spanish. After this pillaging, the city was rebuilt. It was during this time that the tradition of furniture making began and can still be seen today. Along with furniture, historically famous Mechlinian trades include laken (woollen cloth), tapestries, cordwain, Mechlin lace (precious bobbin lace...

Antique china display curio cabinet. Made of walnut featuring Spanish / Gothic Revival styling with fretwork doors, egg and dart molding, panele...

SUPERB 19th Century Antique French HIGHLY CARVED Oak Server Sideboard Buffet Cabinet~~ c. 1880s This is only one of multiple exquisite pieces recently received from our European s...

Superb Antique French Walnut Renaissance Revival Cabinet, Buffet or Cupboard~~"Deux Corps"~~Bar or Liquor Cabinet~~Highly Carved~~18th Century ...

A fine quality antique French credence cupboard by Eugene Dienst & Fils (active circa 1870-1900) Late 19th century, France, St. Faubourg Saint-Antoine region of Paris, at the time a legendary district renowned for the shops of some of the finest ébénistes (cabinetmakers) in all the world. This remarkable Parisian credence cupboard (dining buffet - sideboard - credenza, originally used for the storing and displaying of plates and for serving at banquets), circa 1880, showcases excellent quality craftsmanship, hand-crafted solid oak construction and profuse hand carved ornamentation, exceptionally executed in medieval Gothic inspired Renaissance era style, one-piece design, having a stepped cornice over dual cabinet doors, each with central portrait plaque among foliated scrollwork arabesques in low and high relief adding distinct three-dimensional qualities, warmth and rich depth. The doors opening to a shelved interior storage compartment, above a single dovetailed drawer with relief shell-form handle. Turned drop-finials flank ornate turned bluster-form column supports adorned in intricate acanthus carvings, rising on a conforming hexagonal platform base where the flowing scrolling foliate carvings continue over stepped molding, having large lower open display shelf against paneled backplate, further rising on sculpted tapering feet. The backside of the case giving a glimpse into the quality with visible hand-cut dovetail joinery. - Signature / Makers Mark / Hallmarked / Blind Stamp: Burn stamped to verso: "AMEUBLEMENTS / E.DIENST & FILS / PARIS / RUE DU FBG ST. ANTOINE 86" Retaining adhesive label to verso: "F. LE GALLAIS & SONS, DEPOSITORIES JERSEY" (Chanel island...

Simply stunning! This pair of French renaissance revival buffet cabinets from the 19th century. Both cabinets are made out of solid oak with 16 beveled glass windows & 1 beveled mi...