Tortoise Shell Buffets

Mahogany Georgian revival Bonheur du Jour desk Circa 1920 This bonheur du jour stands upon tapered legs with spade feet Featuring 5 mahogany lined drawers and fret work detail to the...

This is a pleasant credenza or low cabinet, handmade in walnut with an inlaid in the same wood. The top has very beautiful drawing that distinguishes this antique buffet. Hand made...

An Italian beautifully-carved walnut cabinet from the early 19th century, possibly older. This antique walnut buffet from Italy features a recta...

This late 18th-century Peruvian bargueño is an outstanding example of Spanish Colonial craftsmanship, featuring vibrant hand-painted decoration and intricate hardware. The front pane...

A black-white, grey Italian cabinet in the Arte Povera technique, made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The tall, rectangular Tuscan cupboard is composed with a s...

Rustic large Spanish baroque bargueno style cabinet or chest on stand crafted from thick pine. The beautiful case has exposed dove tail joinery and features 6 large storage drawers and is centered by an arched storage door with an ornate carved surround and an old master style religious painting on the door of Christ. The drawers have decorative cartouche designs on the front with an iron pull in the center and finished in gilt. The cantilever style stand has two square leg supports decorated with acanthus vines and gilt finishes flanking four turned supports attached to stretchers. Decorated in the style of a Bargueno or Vargueno desk...

A rare and highly refined European Baroque Period (1600-1750) parquetry inlaid papeleria cabinet - bargueño on later early 19th century stand. Dating to the early 18th century, Mediterranean Europe, most likely Northern Italy, possibly Spain or Flemish territories, this scarce high-end piece of furniture was typically reserved for only wealthy merchants and nobility, used for storing and traveling with important documents, business papers, writing correspondence, coins and valuables. Hand-crafted by a highly skilled master artisan and a reflection of the finest workshops, this tabletop cabinet features a rectangular solid wood case case crafted of quality top choice, elaborately veneered in matched geometric inlays, with intricate finey arranged round string work, precious rosewood banding, and luxurious exotic molted tortoiseshell-effect panels, adding subtle color, warmth and depth with distinct mottled blends of warm rich browns, ambers, orange and red. The portable open-front cabinet features six drawers arranged in two columns, each with hand cut dovetail joinery and mounted with the original ornate gilt bronze ormolu escutcheons, raised on bulbous feet. Resting atop a custom-made trestle base stand, executed in Spanish Baroque taste, crafted of solid walnut, having a conforming platform top finished in matching geometric veneering and banding, rising on ring-turned wooden legs, joined by decorative s-shaped black iron stretchers. Boasting a highly attractive patina, authentic wear, with antique character marks, rustic charm, and rich historical depth that can only be acquired over very long periods of time and use. This elegant, interesting, functional chest on stand is an ideal focal point in a classic old world setting or as a sophisticated contrast in modern spaces. - Dimensions: (approx) Overall: 54.25" Tall, 38" Wide, 13.5" Deep; Cabinet: 21.5"h, 35"w, 10.5"w; Stand: 33.25"h, 38"w, 13.5"d; Keywords: Similar to a coffer cassone collectors cabinet of curiosities specimen exhibition cabinet bargueno Vargueno Taquillon...

18th century Swedish late Baroque cabinet with original paint from Gumbodahed Skelleftea, Northern Sweden. A magnificent late Baroque cabinet that is divisible into 2 parts. Scrape...

Elegant French Art Deco credenza circa 1930 in palisander with sweetheart curved double door front meeting at a central slightly rounded vertical element. Nickel plated bronze escutcheons and striped accents contrast the dark wood beautifully. The central vertical rounded element is echoed in a columnar detail at the cabinet’s corners. Thin stripes of metal draw...

An Italian hand-painted cabinet from the 18th century. This antique cabinets from Italy has a rectangular-shaped top which slightly overhangs the case below which is fitted with a si...

Important 17th Century Italian Cabinet (Bargueño) Exceptional Italian bargueño cabinet from the 17th century, finely crafted in fruitwoods with exquisite tortoiseshell and engraved ...

A 19th Century Vermis Martin Style Bonheur Du Jour Secretary Desk. Hand Painted and with original functional key. Measures 24" in width, 17" in depth and stands 47" tall. Knee cleara...