19th Century Louis XIV Style Homme Debout or Armoire

A 19th century French faux bamboo armoire, or wardrobe, made of pitch pine with solid cherry faux bamboo details. Beveled mirror door opens to an interior with two adjustable shelves...

A 19th century French Louis XVI bibliotheque, or bookcase, made of solid walnut with mahogany as a secondary wood. Nice hand carved decorative panels at the bottom with musical instr...

A 19th Century French faux bamboo vitrine or wall cabinet made of pitch pine with turned cherry wood details and finials. Glass paned door with thr...

A fine 19th century Italian Louis XV style bronze mounted cabinet with vitrine. Made of solid walnut and pine as a secondary wood. Beautifully patterned book-matched veneers of walnu...

Beautifully carved 18th century. Walnut armoire.

Early 18th Century French Louis XIV / Régence Marquetry Armoire or Wardrobe The rectangular Louis XIV Régence armoire or wardrobe with rounded corners standing on a short base with bracket feet and curved apron with gilt-bronze Apollo head mount; the two doors can be opened by a Pasquil lock to reveal the inside with four removable shelves. The doors decorated with gilt-bronze framed rectangular cartouches displaying elaborate trellis pattern marquetry and gilt-bronze paterea mounts at the corners; the inner sides of the doors each with a large marqueted rhomb motif; the sides of the armoire with quatre-foil mirrored marquetry. Rich gilt-bronze banding, the upper corners and the bracket feet at the front with Louis XIV style gilt- bronze foliage appliques. Although this exceptional Louis XIV / Régence armoire or wardrobe does not bear a stamp (stamping furniture only became commonplace after 1745), its shape, its quality of manufacture and its luxurious yet well-balanced use of Louis XIV/Régence gilt-bronze mounts on an elaborate geometrical marquetry all lead to the workshop of the important cabinet maker Etienne Doirat (1675-1732). Étienne Doirat came from a family of cabinet makers that had been established in Paris from the beginning of the 1600s. Doirat only began to stamp his furniture at the end of his career, and accordingly only few pieces bear his stamp and can serve as comparison pieces for newly discovered pieces of furniture. He constructed various furniture forms, including commodes, armoires, corner cupboards, and tables, often veneered with simple marquetry in exotic woods. Although he did not do the casting, chasing and gilding, Doirat tried to keep exclusive control over the models for his bronze furniture mounts...

Louis XIV style French walnut wardrobe. Beautiful carvings with shell pattern. Interior arrangement with two drawers and four adjustable shelves...

Beautiful Italian armoire made up of exceptional carved and painted panels.