18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Black
Rare Chinese Kangxi Polychrome Coromandel Lacquer Casket
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare Chinese polychrome Coromandel or ‘Bantam Ware’ lacquer casket or table cabinet, Kangxi period (1661-1722). Circa 1700.
This fine small Chinese export lacquer fitted casket is decorated overall with polychrome incised decoration. Opening with two doors revealing a red interior with fitted drawers and a hinged rising top. In superb, almost entirely original condition, retaining its vivid colours and fine details with courtiers in a pavilion and on horseback amidst foliage and formal palace gardens. The small bun-type feet are historical replacements. Interestingly bearing an antique-script inventory #25 and A I on the base.
Nb. Bantamwork or Coromandel lacquer, not to be confused with ‘japanning’, is the term applied to decoration that is cut into a layer of gesso and then lacquered in colours. Much of the lacquer was transhipped from China through Coromandel in India, or the Dutch colony Batavia, Java.
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Coromandel lacquer or ‘Bantamwork’, with its characteristic incised decoration, was made in Henan province in northern China from the latter part of the Ming dynasty and exported to Europe from the end of the 17th century through the East India Company’s and VOC trading posts on the Coromandel coast of India. The technique consisted in overlaying a base of wood with a series of increasingly fine white clays and fibrous grasses. Over this surface, lacquer was applied and polished before the design was incised and the hollowed out portions filled with colour and gilt and finished with a clear lacquer to protect it.
Although John Stalker and George Parker used the term ‘Bantamwork’, the contemporary layman usually called it ‘cutt-work’, ‘cutt Japan’ or ‘hollow burnt Japan’. Stalker and Parker discuss two types of ‘Bantam-work’ – flat and incised – in their Treatise on Japanning and Varnishing of 1688, noting that it ‘was done in colorus mix’t with a gum water’. They also considered that it was ‘almost obsolete, and out of fashion, out of use and neglected….’ although admitted that ‘it was very pretty, and some are more fond of it, and prefer it to the other…’.
This casket/ table cabinet now on offer is related to one formerly with Malletts and illustrated in A. Bowett, 'English Furniture 1660-1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne', Woodbridge, 2002, p. 150, plates 5:9.
A much larger closely-related Bantam work coffer with rising lid was offered in the ‘Asian Art in Cologne’ sale lot 114 on 11th December 2021. Estimated @ £60,000 – £79,000.
Mme de Pompadour, mistress to King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, was an avid collector and admirer of Chinese Coromandel or Bantam work and was probably largely responsible for the very high prices recorded for such pieces, sometimes 10 times or more the price of ordinary furniture of equivalent quality.
A Coromandel cabinet...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
18th Century Black French Iron Safe, Antique Cassa Forte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large, antique single-door safe or cassa forte made of hand crafted iron with rivets and bands on the surface and palmettes and rocaille decorations on the front, in good condition...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Iron
George III Green-Lacquered Hanging Corner Cabinet
Located in Vista, CA
George III green-lacquered hanging bowfront corner cabinet. 4th quarter 18th century. Fitted with two cupboard doors, each with elabora...
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Late 18th Century German Solid Black Oak Wall Hanging Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This is a beautiful wall-hanging cabinet that was made in Germany in the late 18th century. It was completely made in solid European oak and stained almost black. The cabinet has its...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Antique 18th Century German Baroque Oak Cabinet with Black Panels
Located in Casteren, NL
A very handsome Baroque-style cabinet was made in Germany at the end of the 18th century. It has a detachable base with a drawer over bun feet. Above sits a compartment with two paneled doors flanked by barely twisted...
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German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Early 18th Century Japanned Double Corner Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare chinoiserie standing double corner cabinet, or cupboard.
English, George I period, ca 1720.
Often erroneously referred to as lacquer work, this is in fact japanned. Beautifully decorated with idyllic scenes of rockwork, pagodas, people, trees, birds, water, with bridges and a boat.
This is a lovely and very useful addition to a room - where corners can present furnishing dilemmas - and this is an ideal antique drinks cabinet. These have always been very hard to find, as opposed to the more usual Georgian hanging corner cupboards...
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English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
18th Century Black Lacquer Chinese Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A monumental 18th century black lacquer and cinnabar embellished cabinet. Brass and steel hardware with three drawers at the base. Fitted wide interior shelves.
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
French Early 17th Century Louis XIII Period Walnut Armoire with Geometric Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French early 17th century large scale period Louis XIII walnut armoire with two doors over two drawers, geometric décor and original hardware. With this piece, we are in the middle...
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French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Walnut
18th C. Hand Carved Wood Walnut Panetiere Cupboard Wall mount Cabinet Bread Box
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th century exquisite Louis XV panetiere
Originally used to store French baguettes or long loaves of bread, panetieres were meant to sit on a petrin (dough chest...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Table Cabinet, Mid-17th Century, Flemish Baroque, Ebonized and Tortoishell
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This cabinet was made in Flanders in the mid-17th century as a prestigious item for an affluent member of the professional classes. The significant amount of tortoishell employed dem...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell
French 1790s Louis XV Style Cherry Vaisselier with Baluster Adorned Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French late 18th century Louis XV style cherry two-part vaisselier with original hardware and open shelves over two drawers and two doors. This French buffet à deux-corps features a bonnet-shaped pediment carved with delicate foliage motifs, sitting above an open-shelved upper cabinet. The deep shelves (12 inches) are made of baluster-adorned rails, creating the perfect setting to display beautiful serveware. The lower section comprises two thin drawers, decorated with flower backplated hardware, above two carved doors with shaped recessed panels. This set of double doors opens to reveal two inner shelves. The ensemble is raised on scrolled feet in the front, connected to one another with a beautifully scalloped skirt, carved with a delicate foliage motif in its center. The fluted side posts, echoed on the central beam separating the double doors, are reminiscent of the taste of the Louis XVI era for such motifs. With its clean lines, subtly balanced by the gentle curves of the pediment, skirt and legs, and warm patina of the cherry wood, this French 1790s...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Cherry
George III Black Japanned Lacquer Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, by appointment only
A George III chinoiserie cabinet on stand made using panels of 17th century Japanese lacquer and formed in the traditional manner. Standing on its original...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Leather, Lacquer
Table Cabinet, Early 17th Century, Italian Baroque, Pietra Paesina Mounted Walnu
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This cabinet is one of a small group that were made in the 1620s as taste and fashion veered towards the use of a paesina stone with its characteristic evocative veining which exhibi...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Marble
18th Century Chinese Lacquer Tall Tea Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
A one of a kind late 18th century Chinese, Qing dynasty black lacquer one door, one drawer tall tea table that has beautifully carved designs in the shelving area just above the draw...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Crackled Lacquer Tapered Cabinet, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The essence of traditional Chinese furniture is fully expressed in the simplicity and graceful presence of this 18th century two-door cabinet. Crafted of southern elmwood with tradit...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Anglo-Indian Spice Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
An 18th century Anglo-Indian hardwood multi drawer small apothecary or spice cabinet.
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century German Oakwood Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
18th century cabinet made from oakwood.
Interior shelves are old but not original.
Originates Germany, dating circa 1750.
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Italian Renaissance Walnut Credenza
Located in Essex, MA
With old finish. Rectangular top with molded edge over a frieze with mounted corbels and a false drawer over a pair of cabinet doors with original handles all flanked by mask and flo...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Other
17th Century English Oak Joined Chest or Trunk
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English panel carved coffer or chest (trunk) of oak from the Jacobean period (King James II), featuring an iron-hinged, panel top, mounted t...
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British Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
French Provincial Walnut Flanking Glass & Cabinet Arched Dome Cupboard, C. 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Provincial walnut cupboard with arched dome cornice, flanking upper case glass doors with adjustable interior shelving, lower case flanking doors on the original brass hinges,...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century German 'Nienburger' Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
18th century cabinet made from oakwood.
Originates Germany, Nienburg, dating circa 1750.
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
English Renaissance Walnut Hutch Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style (18/19th Century) walnut hutch cabinet with 2 shelves under a carved pediment top with 2 drawers over 2 diamond carved doors on ...
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British Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
English Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront With Secretary, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany breakfront with carved molded cornice, four upper case glass doors with arched oval mullions, adjustable interior shelving, lower case concealing a slidi...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Augsburg Cabinet, 17th Century, Germany
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Augsburg cabinet, Germany, 17th century
with precise marquetry of birds and animals
diiferent kind of woods.
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century Serpentine Two-Door Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
18th century Serpentine two-door cabinet.
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
18th Century Dutch Kussenkast Wardrobe
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Impressive Dutch "Kussenkast" cabinet, very contemporary in its simplicity, made of oak, veneer and ebony.
Large cornice. Lion head decor. Keyhole concealed behind a central slidin...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Italian 17th century Baroque walnut Credenza or Small Cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Decorative mid-size credenza / cabinet with nice patina. The front withcarved decoration, two small drawers over paneled doors.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Lacquered Gilt Chinoisoire Corner Cabinet
Located in Savannah, GA
English corner cabinet, made circa 1780, in lacquered gilt chinoisoire. Stunningly beautiful lacquered gilt chinoisoire on a black ground. Bracket feet to the base. 13 pane astrical ...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
George I Padouk Dressing Mirror
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular mirror plate with cusped top corners within a conforming incised gilt surround and molded hinged wood frame set between two square spreading supports surmounted by fl...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Glass
1760 Century Dutch Display Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Baroque style is characterized by exaggeration of movement and decoration giving dramatic effect. This German Baroque cabinet has canted corners, a stepped pediment above two arched glass inset doors...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
A Louis XV Walnut Panetiere
Located in Sheffield, MA
From Provence
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Swedish Late 17th Century Period Baroque Cabinet of Ebonized Rosewood
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large size late 17th, early 18th century Swedish period Baroque cabinet of ebonized rosewood. This exquisite Swedish cabinet most likely features a depiction of the Virtue prudence at the crest. This rosewood cabinet is made of two doors with raised geometrical pattern, revealing multiple inner shelves when opened, over two nice sized dovetailed drawers. This period Baroque Swedish cabinet from circa 1690-1730 is raised on oversized ball...
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Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Rosewood
An Italian Walnut & Veneer Credenza
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Italian Walnut & Veneer Credenza
18thcentury & later
The rectangular moulded top above two short panelled drawers with knob handles, and a pair of doors with rosette-car...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Very Rare and Important 16th C. French Renaissance Cabinet or Dressoir, ca. 1580
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau
Located in Kensington, MD
Walnut with verde antico marble inlay, with two wholly carved draped female allegorical figures within arched recesses, and a bas-relief on the central door. Rich and heavily carved...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment Circa 1740
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A handsome early Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase with pedimented top; the bookcase section with fielded panel doors and candle slides, the b...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Tuscan Credenza
Located in Water Mill, NY
18th Century Walnut Tuscan Credenza with original Brasses- Soho Location 212-966-0650
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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