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Cabinets For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: Late 18th Century
Important Cabinet with Two Body in Blackened Wood Carved and Engraved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
IMPORTANT CABINET WITH TWO BODY IN BLACKENED WOOD CARVED AND ENGRAVED
ORIGIN: FRANCE
PERIOD: 17TH CENTURY
Height: 188 cm
Width: 135 cm
Depth: 53.5 cm
Blackened wood and veneer: rosewood, ebony, pear, mahogany
Framed in oak wood
A real ceremonial piece of furniture, this two-part cabinet opens with two historiated panels and two drawers in the upper part and two leaves and two belt drawers in the lower part.
Richly worked, it offers both inside and outside a floral decoration, finely engraved which contrasts with the importance given to geometric lines. This duality, typical of this type of cabinet, confirms its dating and its origin.
In addition, the gilded metal locks and fittings enhance the sumptuous trait of this piece of furniture and also contribute to its ornamentation.
Furniture of predilection for “enclosing the most precious things” (Furetière, Dictionnaire, 1690) the appearance of cabinets in the 16th century accompanied the development of wunderkammern, these cabinets of curiosities enriched both by the vogue for the antique and by distant expeditions which bring back with them natural wonders and rare testimonies of distant civilisations. The curious, combining fortune and culture, brings together antique medals, rare plants, fossils, or oriental ornaments. This meeting of pieces which embodies much more than their material reality, a subjective evocation of all the riches of the earth and all the knowledge of men, acts in the eyes of its owner like a microcosm of which he is the master and which he enjoys according to his will.
This is how the first cabinets were designed to be transportable, often wooden structures calling for riches only those they housed for a collector who refused to part with them, even temporarily.
In the 17th century, the cabinet gained in technical complexity and luxurious materials until it could no longer be moved itself and became a prized and expensive collector’s item...
Category
17th Century Antique Cabinets
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Pearwood, Rosewood
Rare and Important Portuguese Church Cabinet 18th Century Published
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare Church cabinet
Portuguese 18th century
in painted, carved and gilded wood.
Wardrobe with two doors. Interior with three drawers.
Elevation with frame in carved and gilded wood.
...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Corner Cabinet in Mahogany, 18th Century, Georgian
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant English mahogany corner cabinet from the 18th century
Very good quality corner cupboard which has braced windows. It is his ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Maria Theresia Baroque Cabinet
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A so-called Maria Theresa cabinet (furniture type named after the Austrian empress) or Baroque hall cabinet from the 18th century.
On ball feet standing two-door coniferous corpus...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Late 18th Century French Painted Vaisselier
Located in London, Park Royal
Late provincial 18th century two-part "Meuble Vaisselier"
has been painted in a French grey with white highlights on flowers, foliage and beadings.
This French buffet à deux-corps ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Large 18th Century Swedish Corner Cabinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Exceptional 18th century corner cabinet.
The top section features a simply carved pediment that supports two wonderfully carved diamond decorations to the doors.
To the top are t...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
North European 17th Century Brass Mounted Elm and Walnut Table Cabinet
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
A North European 17th century brass-mounted elm and walnut table cabinet
The pair of doors enclosing a fitted interior of drawers including 'secret...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Walnut
William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare William & Mary period walnut double-dome bureau bookcase / cabinet. Circa 1685.
Of compact size and proportions.
In excellent overall condition with old, waxed, well-patinated surfaces of very good color.
This bureau bookcase, or cabinet, divides into three separate sections (which helps date it to the last quarter of the 17th century). The bold double-dome pediment and cross-grain mouldings are typical of this period, and are repeated in the side returns. The book-matched, hand-cut veneers are well figured throughout, and are contained within herringbone lines.
The bookcase section has candle slides, contains shelves and fitted drawers. Gilded finials are later.
The centre section with a quarter-veneered fall reveals a fitted interior, concealed well and a secret compartment.
The writing section is raised on a three-drawer base with an unusual and boldly-arcaded apron, in turn raised on its apparently original walnut bun feet.
The drawer dividers are faced with cross-grain walnut ‘D’ mouldings.
The brass engraved mounts are correct for period but not original, however the locks and hinges are.
It is unusual to encounter these early bookcases / cabinets constructed in three stages; an indication of a transition taking place from the 17th into the 18th century.
This is a fine, rare and sophisticated piece of late-17th century walnut furniture...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Light Gray 18th Century Period Swedish Two Part Secretary with Carved Pediment
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
18th century period two part wood secretary with a decorative carved pediment. Two carved front doors open to storage, and beneath a fall front door ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Large 18th C. Italian Wood Cabinet w/Upper Glass Display, Fabulously Carved!
Located in Atlanta, GA
A positively gorgeous, large-sized, Italian hand-carved wood cabinet, with upper glass display, from the 18th century. This antique cabinet from Italy features an elaborately carved ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
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, ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Cabinets
Scandinavian Two-Parts Bureau, circa 1790
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Rare Scandinavian two-parts bureau, with amazing secret room behind the mirror, circa 1790
Measures: H. 226 W. 122 D-bottom. 58 D-top. 35 D-open. 95 cm
H. 88.9 W. 48 D-bottom. 22.8...
Category
18th Century Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
END OF 18th - EARLY 19th CENTURY IRON SAFE
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful iron safe from the late 18th century, mounted on an elegant Louis XIV small sideboard in solid walnut wood. This safe is particularly interesting for its construction with ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Steel, Iron
17th Century Italian Tortoiseshell Table Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th century Ebonized case with parcel gilt decoration, iron handles and hinges. Fitted interior with inset tortoiseshell panels surrounded by brass filigree inlaid ebonized wood drawer and door fronts. Faux painted architectural columns on either side of center door which opens to reveal an additional set of small drawers. A rare early cabinet...
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Late 18th Century American Colonial Pine Shaker Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Age: 1750 - 1800
Furniture Style: American Colonial (1640 - 1700)
Overall Dimensions: 47 1/4" high x 48" wide x 17 1/4"
Antique Late 18th Century American Colonial Pine Shaker Cab...
Category
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Painted Cabinet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A painted Swedish Gustavian armoire from the late 1700’s. This solid pine cabinet has its original light gray-blue paint finish that is worn in all the right places. The tall paneled...
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Cabinet with Bone Inlay
Located in New Orleans, LA
Behold this extraordinary cabinet by Fernando Pogliani from Milan that is a layered fantasia of ebony and bone. The front is intricately worked inlay depicting everything from angels...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Bone, Wood
18th Century Italian Iron Floor Safe
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare and imposing 18th-century safe hails from the Turin region of northwestern Italy, and is crafted of reinforced wrought iron designed to be virtually indestructible. Impenet...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Swedish Gustavian 17th Century Faux Bois Cabinet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This Swedish Gustavian faux bois cabinet was made in the 1600’s and makes a statement. This sturdy solid pine cabinet has a faux bois paint finish that has been hand-scraped back to ...
Category
17th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Pine, Paint
French 18th Century Painted & Carved Armoire
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A painted and carved French armoire from the late 1700’s. The cabinet has its original paint finish that is worn in all the right places with whimsical and geographic carved designs....
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rare Two Door Cabinet In Walnut From Italy, Circa 1750
Located in Nashville, TN
Rare Two Door Cabinet In Walnut From Italy, Circa 1750. Heavy model in solid walnut with original hardware and hand carved detail. Superb patina and use.
Category
1750s European Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Bargueño Cabinet 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish Bargueño Cabinet 17th Century
Walnut wood, solid and veneered, as well as partially ebonized and with rich engraved ivory inlays.
Inclined and multi-jointed balusters as su...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Cabinet 18th Century Sweden Period Rococo
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Swedish Cabinet from period rococo ca 1760 Stockholm.
Original hardwares - please see in photo of very original key.
Upper cabinet with two large doors, resting on six s...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Antique Rococo Black Oak Cabinet, Large Swedish Solid 18th Century Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish rococo cabinet from around 1780. The cabinet is made in solid oak with distressed black paint. Made in two parts with the original and functional lock and key. The in...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak
George II Fitted Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
George II fitted cabinet, the cove cornice with ''wall of Troy'' dentil molding above double doors with beautifully faded mahogany panels surrounded by beaded molding with concave c...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Black Painted Display Cabinet Bookcase with Glass Doors, Denmark circa 1770
Located in Round Top, TX
This Danish country pine cupboard may be used as a display cabinet or bookcase. The upper pane glass doors allow for lovely display of any collection held within.
The newer professio...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Country Antique Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th century Dutch Renaissancewarm brown oak two door cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This antique Dutch Renaissance cabinet was crafted in the southern Netherlands at the end of the 18th century, around 1780. It serves as a quintessential example of the furniture cra...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Ebonized Inlaid Collectors Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
A glorious and magnificent 18th Century Italian collectors cabinet architecturally styled with pediment, columns and finials. This extremely fine cabinet features Florentine inlay de...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
A pair of Spanish-colonial Viceregal mother-of-pearl inlaid bureau-cabinets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, 18th century, circa 1720-1760
Each with a moulded giltwood cornice and on a foliate carved giltwood base, possibly later and English. The cabinets, with s...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Cabinets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Teak
18th Century Dutch Cabinet in Stripped Oak with Wrought Iron
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Dutch Cabinet in Stripped Oak with Wrought Iron is a charming artifact from a bygone era, when items of particular value to the lord or lady of the home would be stored ...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Rustic Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early Oak Four Door Cabinet From Italy, Circa 1750
Located in Nashville, TN
Early Oak Four Door Cabinet From Italy, Circa 1750. Rare model with solid oak construction, original hardware and keys.
Category
1750s European Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th Century Dutch Cupboard with Inlay
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Dutch Cupboard with Inlay was crafted by incredibly talented artisans to create the complete serving and storage cabinet for an affluent family. The exterior consists o...
Category
1790s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Dutch 18th Century Oak & Ebonized Armoire
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Dutch armoire made of solid oak from the 1700’s. This armoire has geometric paneling instead of the classic pillowed carvings of the similarly styled Dutch kussenkast...
Category
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Oak Cabinet
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Antique French Provincial chunky oak cabinet or commode with its beautiful old hardware. It is dovetailed and peg jointed. The doors have deep recessed panels held in place with thei...
Category
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Stair Tansu
Located in CARLTON, AU
This chest drawers in the form of a stairway (Kaidan Tansu) during Edo period (H208cm,W60cm, D137.5cm), and could be displayed separately in two parts. Th...
Category
16th Century Japanese Edo Antique Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
18th Century Louis XVI painted Corner Cabinet
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th Century Louis XVI painted Corner Cabinet
The Cabinet comes in two parts with different dimensions.
Color is called La Grey de Trianon.
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Jamming Cupboard
Located in Port Chester, NY
A handsome early French jamming cupbord, originally used for kitchen storage and still in very nice antique condtion. Good interior storage with one center non-adjustable shelf and ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Or Deux Corp
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Or Deux Corp.
This handsome antique French Baroque cabinet has plenty of storage. with two door above three...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Tuscan Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Tuscan Cabinet.
This handsome antique Tuscan cabinet or buffet has two drawers above two cabinet doors below with great original br...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Mid-18th Century Dutch cabinet, C. 1740, Smaller proportions, hand-scraped finis
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Small mid-18th Century Dutch cabinet on chest, hand-scraped to original paint. Arched pediment with carved foliate and urn crest and finely molded cornice above two wavy top paneled ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique English Five Drawer Oak Cabinet With Brass Pulls
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique English oak cabinet with 5 drawers, circa late 18th, early 19th century, with ornate brass hardware and teardrop form pulls. The cabinet with paneled sides, planked board bac...
Category
Late 18th Century English William and Mary Antique Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique French Gray Washed Pickled Finish Double Buffet
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French gray washed pickled finish double buffet confiture cabinet. More recently customized by Antique Treasures Restoration Studio. Lightly sanded and updated gray wash pic...
Category
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
17th Century walnut Vargueno on stand
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 17th Century walnut Vargueno on stand, the rectangular case having the original iron carrying handles either side and strapwork decoration, the front having a shield...
Category
1690s Spanish Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Spanish Vargueño
Located in Dallas, TX
a 17th century Spanish vargueño / traveling cabinet with intricately inlaid top, sides, and small drawers, fruitwood, Italy, 17th century
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Neo Renaissance Tuscan Walnut Hall Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Neo-Renaissance Tuscan walnut hall cabinet, circa early 1800's of European origin. The cabinet with central door concealing fixed shelf storage, flanked by two panels all with inla...
Category
18th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Two-Parts Bureau, circa 1790
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Rare and large Swedish two-parts bureau, circa 1790
Measurements:
H. 223 H-open. 78 W. 130 D. 64 D-top. 38 D-open. 101 cm
H. 87.7 H-open. 30.7 W. 51.1 D. 25.1 D-top. 14.9 D-open....
Category
18th Century Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century Swedish Baroque Cabinet on Cabinet. Original Paint.
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Ca.1750 Swedish baroque cabinet on cabinet with origin paint in the tones of Grey and light red color.
this piece has not been dry scraped but has paint loss through use since it w...
Category
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Pine, Paint
George II Walnut Cabinet on Chest
Located in Flower Mound, TX
A very nice and rare George II walnut cabinet on chest, the top section with mirror paneled door, and banded border concealing three adjustable shelves, the lower section fitted with...
Category
1740s English Georgian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th C. French Beautifully Designed Buffet à Deux-Corps, 8.5 ft Tall
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large French carved and painted wood storage cabinet from the 18th century. This antique buffet à deux-corps from France features a thickly molded center top cornice with subtle ar...
Category
18th Century French Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Chest in Bleached Walnut with Original Hardware
Located in Dallas, TX
Bleached Walnut with Original Hardware
Category
18th Century French Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Rare 17th century South German Renaissance Table cabinet, Augsburg
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare mid-17th century ebony veneered architectural table cabinet of diminutive proportions, circa 1640. Augsuerg.
The moulded ebony veneered cabinet is surmounted with a...
Category
17th Century German Charles II Antique Cabinets
Materials
Ebony
Late 18th Century George III Chinoiserie Cabinet
Located in Charlottesville, VA
So much to love. Red chinoiserie decoration. Lots of compartments.
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Rococo Cabinet
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rococo cabinet made in Sweden, probably made in Stockholm, about 1770. The secondary color has been removed and left the originally color with indigenous textures.
The word Ro...
Category
1770s Swedish Rococo Antique Cabinets
Materials
Pine
A Rare Chinese Chippendale George III cabinet on stand, circa 1760. England
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine and Rare George III Chinoiserie Cabinet on Stand, Circa 1760.
A rare George III cabinet on stand in the Chinese Chippendale manner,...
Category
18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Pine
18th Century Italian Cabinet in Ebony, Ivory, Hard Stone Inlay, Secret Drawers.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
18th Century Italian Cabinet in Ebony, Ivory, Hard Stone Inlay, Secret Drawers.
18th century Italian cabinet in ebony, ivory, hard stone inlay, secret drawers. Lack and restoration ...
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Cabinets
Materials
Stone
Antique Georgian Period Cabinet on Legs
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made antique Georgian period cabinet on legs. This was made in England, it dates from around 1790-1810.
It is of superb quality and has a very useful design. I...
Category
1790s British George III Antique Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Rosewood Table Cabinet (Vargueño or Papelera)
Located in Dallas, TX
an Italian rosewood table cabinet (vargueño or papelera) with brass ornaments and inlaid incised bone decoration, there are eleven drawers (two bo...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Cabinets
Materials
Bone, Rosewood
17th Century Italian Walnut Cabinet
Located in Montreal, QC
17th century Italian walnut buffet-cabinet, probably Tuscan c.1680
Category
1680s Italian Baroque Antique Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Vintage and Antique Cabinets for Sale on 1stDibs
Although traditionally used in the bedroom to store garments that would not be hung in a closet, an antique or vintage cabinet can easily find a purpose in rooms throughout your entire house.
The world's first storage cabinets, reportedly constructed in Renaissance-era Europe, were demonstrative of excellence in carpentry and the work of master carvers. These robust bureaus or sophisticated chests of drawers were typically built from common woods, such as oak or walnut. Although they were fairly uniform in structure and lacked the bright colors of modern-day furniture, case pieces and storage cabinets that date from the 18th century and earlier were often found in the homes of nobility.
Their intricate carvings and various embellishments — adornments made from ivory, ornate lacquer work and, later, glass shelvings — reflect the elegance with which these decorative furnishings were associated. Given its valuable purpose and the beauty of the early furnishings' designs, the storage cabinet is an investment that will never go out of style.
The practical design that defines the earliest storage cabinets has inspired the creation of household must-haves, like minimalist drink trolleys and marble wood bookcases. From hiding outdoor gear in the mudroom to decluttering your kitchen with a tall kitchen pantry cabinet, these versatile furnishings have now become available in enough sizes, styles and colors to accommodate any space. After all, these aren't your run-of-the-mill filing cabinets.
A sophisticated storage cabinet — wood storage cabinets with doors and shelves, for example — can serve as a room divider when necessary, while the right vintage wall unit or floor-to-ceiling cabinetry solutions can seamlessly become part of any space without disrupting the energy of the room. And although you may hide items away in its drawers, bookworms might prefer a storage cabinet with open shelving for displaying favorite books or other media.
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