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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
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
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Pine
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.
References:
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
17th Century Spanish Walnut Cabinet
Located in Burton, TX
This 17th century Spanish Cabinet was hand carved from old growth walnut. The piece features a hand carved crown over 4 doors and two draw...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Gray Painted Cabinet
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Two Part Gustavian Cabinet With Five Drawers and Two Top Cabinet Doors, Sweden circa 1770.
18th Century Cabinet in two pieces with wonderful arched cornice and original hardware. ...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Two Door Walnut Cabinet from Italy
Located in Nashville, TN
18th century Two Door Walnut Cabinet From Italy. Solid walnut construction with original hardware and key. Superb patina.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Exceptional Renaissance Cabinet of Bellifontaine Inspiration
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
EXCEPTIONAL RENAISSANCE TWO-BODY CABINET OF BELLIFONTAINE INSPIRATION
ORIGIN: FRANCE, BURGUNDY
PERIOD: SECOND RENAISSANCE, AROUND 1560-1570
Hei...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Mughal Ivory Inlaid Wood Cabinet, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A Mughal ivory inlaid wood Cabinet
Noord-West Indie
17th century
27 x 40,2 x 30 cm
Cites number : 2023/BE00124/CE
Of rectangular form with...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Swedish 18th Century Rococo Secretary
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
18th century Rococo cabinet.
With a decorative carved pediment and two doors opening to storage. Below sits a fall front desk, opening to useful writing or computer space.
With two further small storage drawers...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Pair of Spanish Walnut Nightstands with Marble Top and Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
These elegant, antique bedside tables were created in Spain, circa 1800. Both matching cabinets are made of solid walnut; they have a recessed center carved door flanked by a pair of inlay...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
English Cabinet in Lacquer
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
Charming English cabinet in Lacquer from 18th century.
Rectangular cabinet in lacquered wood in imitation of Japanese lacquers with forest and reside...
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English Anglo-Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century George I Walnut Cabinet on Chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century George I walnut cabinet on chest, circa 1710.
We are pleased to offer this stunning cabinet in the manner of coxed and woster.
...
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English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
High Chest of Drawers Spain in Walnut, 1700
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
High chest of drawers restored Spain around 1700 walnut
Features:
Mid-height model with three drawers
Heavy quality
Cassette fillings
Drawers pronged
Original handles
Very n...
Category
Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Gray Painted Rococo Writing Secretary and Cabinet, Sweden, circa 1760s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Rococo Secretary and Cabinet in hand painted Gustavian Style Gray and Light Blue Interior, circa 1760s.
The base of the cabinet has 3 plus 1 drawers with the original brass ...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Oak Lancashire Cupboard
Located in High Point, NC
18th century oak and mahogany wall cupboard from the Lancashire region of England. The top has a molded edge and sits atop a gorgeous case. The sides are simple, and there are two dr...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Scandinavian Two-Parts Bureau, circa 1770
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Stunning Scandinavian two-parts bureau with richly carved top, original lock and hardware, secret rooms, circa 1770 - 80
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
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...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Exquisite Mahogany Feathered Trumeau, Adorned with Floral Inlays from the 1700s
Located in Barletta, IT
Exquisite mahogany feathered trumeau, richly adorned with polychrome floral inlays typical of Dutch craftsmanship. The lower part is divided into three large drawers and two small dr...
Category
Dutch Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish 18th Century Gustavian Grey and Blue Display Cabinet
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique Swedish Glass-Top Cabinet Made in Two-parts.
The base has a set of 4 drawers and the top display cabinet has two glass doors that is pati...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Pine
18th Pair of Spanish Walnut Nightstands with Marble Top and Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
These elegant, antique bedside tables were created in Spain, circa 1800. Both matching cabinets are made of solid walnut; they have a recessed center carved door flanked by a pair of inlay...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Italian 18th Century Venetian St. Hand Painted Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Italian 18th century Venetian st. hand painted cabinet. The most unique two door two drawer cabinet is rai...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique Bow Front Corner Cabinet, English, Wall Cupboard, Georgian, circa 1770
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bow front corner cabinet. An English, mahogany and oak wall cupboard, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1770.
...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Fine English Georgian Mahogany Breakfront
Located in Bridgeport, CT
1780's. Exquisite later Georgian breakfront with Chinese Chippendale floral carved details in the mullions. The clean classical lines with carved cornice over an alternating fluted a...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
17th Century Ebony Ivory Italian Travel Cabinet
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful 17th century travel cabinet made in marquetry of ivory and ebony. This piece was made in Italy, probably in north of the country, in Lomba...
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Italian Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Ivory, Ebony, Wood
18th Century Walnut Antique Armoire
Located in East Hampton, NY
French Armoire in original condition from the 1700s. It is shy of 9 feet tall. It is roomy enough inside for two shelves and hanging clothing, or for a large TV, or even as a toddlers bed.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Antique Louis XVI Corner Cabinet Walnut Veneer, circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare corner cupboard with beautiful walnut veneer.
2 Doors at the top and 2 doors at the bottom with a drawer in the middle.
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Oak Enfilade
Located in High Point, NC
18th century Oak enfilade from France. The top is banded and has a beveled edge and plate groove toward the back of the top. The top follows down to fabulous two paneled sides and th...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
England Console Pedestal Sideboard in Mahogany, circa 1800
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Pedestal sideboard restored England circa 1800 mahogany console
Features:
Two-door model with drawers, folding compartment, secret drawer and side secret door
Very high quality ...
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George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Country French Buffet a Deux Corps ~ Two Tiered Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Country French buffet a Deux Corps ~ two tiered cabinet represents the state of the art furnishings from the time of the founding of our great nation! Time-honored woodw...
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French Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Renaissance Baroqu Large Flemish Display Cabinet in Oak, 18th Century
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Large Flemish display cabinet restored oak Renaissance Baroque
Features:
Two-door model with 3 shelves, glazed on three sides
High quality
Heavy quality
Ebonized embellishment...
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Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
17th Century Painted Oak Homme Debout Cabinet from Southwest France
Located in Dallas, TX
A Homme debout is a two-bodied cabinet with a drawer separating the sections. This handsome Homme debout from southwest France was hand carved from oak in the 1600s. The period Louis...
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century French Louis XIII Confiturier ~ Cabinet in Stripped Fruitwood
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French Louis XIII Confiturier ~ cabinet in stripped fruitwood has been enjoyed by generations and has been repurposed more than once! In its current form, it features a ...
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French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique 17th Century English Oak Cabinet
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Carved detail borders with on door to top part of cabinet and two doors below, two shelves to bottom, there is carved detail through cabinet, this item has been French Polished
C...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
French Chinoiserie Commode Chest Drawers, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
French walnut decorative commode.
circa 1880
This decorative commode is raised upon typical French shaped legs.
The frieze being of a shaped form.
Featuring 2 doors with Chinese ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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
Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
17th Century Antwerp Cabinet with Painted Panels Attributed to H. Van Balen
Located in PARIS, FR
This precious cabinet is one of the rare emblematic works of the city of Antwerp, produced in 17th century thanks to the collaboration between a painter and a cabinetmaker, and intended to adorn Kunstkammer (private museums) or art cabinets.
Our cabinet is decorated with 13 oil painted panels featuring mythological and allegorical subjects and perfectly reflects the Antwerp pictorial trend of the early 17th century. Definitely in the spirit of the times, where one of the roles of the kunstkammer (the room for which it is intended) is to be able to contemplate the world in all its aspects.
It opens with two doors revealing 10 drawers, 9 of which have painted panels on the front, a central door and an upper compartment, the interior of which is also decorated with a painted panel.
The left door depicts a subject from Roman mythology: Pomona and Vertumnus in the garden. The fruits and vegetables placed at the feet of Pomona evoke the allegory of summer and the abundance of nature.
While on the right door, under the airs of Venus and Love...
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Belgian Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
George I Mulberry Veneered Cabinet
Located in London, GB
An unusual George I 'mulberry' cabinet in the manner of Coxed and Woster. The cross banded and veneered walnut doors reveal a fine fitted interior which is also beautiful veneered, i...
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European George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Antique Georgian Period Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A smart and quite unusual George III period cabinet. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1790-1810 period.
It is of superb quality, wit...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
16th Century Portuguese Wooden Cabinet
Located in High Point, NC
Handsome and dignified, this antique Provincial cabinet combines understated simplicity with a beautiful auburn finish. Made in Portugal in the 16th century, paneled doors unlock wit...
Category
Portuguese Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Rare Portuguese 18th Century Cabinet
Located in Madrid, ES
Portuguese 18th century cabinet
Made of kingwood.
Three drawers simulating four.
Base with profusely decorated skirts with plant motifs, turned legs a...
Category
Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century Rustic Dutch Cupboard ~ Raised Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Ccentury rustic dutch cupboard ~ Raised Cabinet was created by able rural artisans for a distinct purpose, and designed with a charming lack of fancy adornment making it ideal f...
Category
Dutch Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Earliy 18th Century French Louis XIII Fruitwood Homme Debout ~ Bonnetiere
Located in Dallas, TX
Earliy 18th century French Louis XIII Fruitwood Homme Debout ~ Bonnetiere is a timeless reminder of necessity being the mother of invention! Most ...
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French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Louis XIII Walnut Buffet, circa 1730
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular top with molded edge over a long drawer, above a pair of paneled doors carved with diamond-shaped motifs, raised on plinth base.
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Fine and Rare 17th Century Japanese Mulberry Wood Gilt-Lacquer Cabinet on Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
An outstanding and rare, 17th-century Japanese mulberrywood gilt-lacquer cabinet raised on a later stand.
This fine and exceptional two-door, gilt-heightened cabinet - reputedly in mountain mulberry wood...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
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...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
George II Mahogany Corner Cabinet Display Glazed, 1750
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George II Mahogany Glazed Corner Cabinet.
circa 1750
Standing on bracket feet, featuring 2 fielded panel doors on the bottom section, the top section having a pair of astragal glaz...
Category
George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
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...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Walnut
This 18th Century Two-Part Baroque Cabinet Originates from Scandinavia
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
This 18th century two-part Baroque cabinet originates from Scandinavia and retains its original side-handle and hardware.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
English 18th Century Oak Cabinet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This wonderfully carved solid oak cabinet was crafted in the 1700s with style and functionality in mind. Thumbnail molded paneling on the front and sides give it fantastic depth. The...
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English French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood, Oak
Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet, circa 1680
We are pleased to present a rare and important Renaissance Judaica c...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
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...
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English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Walnut Wood Panetière, Bread Safe from Fourques, France, circa 1760
Located in Dallas, TX
Arguably one of the most recognizable pieces of furniture to emerge from the historical French province of Provence, this panetiere “bread safe” was hand-ca...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Louis XVI Secretary in Mahogany Called Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely and rare bonheur du jour Louis XVI in mahogany from the end of the 18th century.
Very beautiful little secretary in mahogany with its...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
17th Century Austrian Folk Painted Cupboard
Located in London, GB
A striking, late 17th century heavily patinated pine cupboard from the alpine region of Styria. Featuring intricately forged iron hardware and remnants of historic folk paintwork, wi...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Italian 17th Century Baroque Period Walnut and Burl Walnut Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 17th century Baroque period Walnut and burl Walnut cabinet. The smaller scale one door twelve drawer table top cabinet is raised by impressive paw feet below a lar...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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
18th Century Petite-Sized French Chest with Its Original Black Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French petite-sized chest with its original marble top from the 18th century. This antique commode from France retains its original marble top which rests atop the carved-wood case...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Pair 18th Century Italian Walnut Bedside Cabinets Tables
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of 18th century central or northern Italian walnut bedside cabinets. In remarkable antique condition, having original back boards and or...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Antique Pair of Italian Cupboards
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Pair of Small Italian Cabinets in a Bleached Walnut,
Tuscany region, 18th century,
each with one drawer and a door,
very fine scul...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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