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Period: 18th Century
18th Century Alpine Baroque Inlaid Small Cabinet Fitted with Drawers
Located in Troy, NY
Charming, small Alpine cabinet, likely Swiss, with geometric inlaid decoration and ebonized moldings, the double doors opening to an interior fitted wit...
Category
Swiss Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood, Pine
George III English Pine Corner Cupboard
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1770.
An English George III pine two tier corner cupboard with swan neck pediment, fitted four shaped shelves enclosed by two pairs of panelled doors...
Category
British Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Antique Dutch Cabinet Crafted from Walnut and Mahogany
Located in Houston, TX
Two piece antique Dutch cabinet crafted from walnut and mahogany and newly restored. This three drawer chest offers up plenty of storage while al...
Category
European Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut, Wood
18th Century Italian Walnut Lombardy Bureau Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A good Lombardy Bureau cabinet of the 18th century
Constructed in a well patinated walnut; rising from scrolled feet, supporting a bombe form base with three inset shaped long dr...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Wood
Large Scriban Showcase In Lacquered Wood, Chinoiserie, Late 18th Early 19th Cent
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large 2-body scriban decorated with golden Chinoiserie on a black lacquered background, with a display window and stylized shelves in the upper part and a sloping desk and a double d...
Category
French Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Unique, Massive Wardrobe from the 2nd Half of the 18th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Unique, Massive Wardrobe from the 2nd Half of the 18th Century
We present you a three-leaf piece of furniture with two drawers in the bottom section ...
Category
European Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
French Antique Oak & Iron Low Buffet Blue & White Patinated 18th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French antique oak and iron low buffet.
Two doors, one shelf in the cabinet.
The interior of the buffet was entirely painted in the same blue color of the exterior.
This sideboard is...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Scandinavian Two-Parts Bureau, circa 1770
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Amazing Scandinavian two-parts bureau, richly carved, circa 1770.
Category
Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Baroque Cabinet with Secretaire, Germany, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Outstanding baroque cabinet with fall top secretaire, South Germany, 1750-1760. Beautiful walnut veneer with exquisite figural and landscape marque...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Walnut
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' (1688), noting that it 'was done in colors 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' (2002) p. 150, plates 5:9.
A much larger yet 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 Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Georgian English Pine Housekeepers Cupboard
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1790
Georgian English Pine Housekeepers Cupboard
Panelled sides, pillar columns, bracket feet and original hardware, signs of past repair.
(2 piece)
Measures: W158 ...
Category
English Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Pine
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
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Pine, Paint
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
An elegant 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form, and lovely rich colour.
George II-period, circa 1740.
The top surmounted by a bold architectural pediment and centred by a brass finial. The two arched panel doors reveal three adjustable shelves which have candle slides below them. Furthermore the bureau section is fitted with a stepped interior. This has two secret compartments, drawers and pigeon holes, and the fall is conventionally supported on two lopers. Lined in the best quality English oak.
The blind doors of this Georgian cabinet have well figured mahogany panels of very good colour which reflect beautifully in the candle light.
The chamfered and arched doors display a further level of sophistication and quality. The beautifully drawn arched pediment is in perfect proportion with the rest of the cabinet/ bookcase.
In excellent condition overall.
Architectural furniture designs on the continent commenced with the arrival of the Renaissance, and they have their origins in Roman and Greek architecture.
Nb. We often refer to antique bookcases / cabinets as ''secretary desks'' in the US.
Bureau bookcases display books, china or silver behind glazed doors, but are described more accurately as bureau cabinets when they are fitted with blind doors.
Further reading, re pediments, etc:
'Illustrated Dictionary...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Early 18th Century Spanish Walnut Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Extremely Interesting Early 18th Century Spanish Walnut Food Cupboard.
Designs of this sort seem to have been produced from the 16th century onwards but this example dates to the...
Category
Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Leather, Lacquer
18th Century French Walnut Monumental Armoire with Single Drawer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th c. French Walnut Monumental Armoire with single drawer. This over-sized Armoire has it's original Hardware and finely carved panels.
Category
French Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Credenza
Located in Essex, MA
Period late 17th / early 18th century French oak credenza cabinet. Paneled cupboard doors with drawers above. Original hinges and hardware. Origina...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Dutch Marquetry Glazed Cabinet
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Dutch Marquetry Glazed Cupboard
An attractive 18th/19th century Dutch marquetry glazed cupboard on wavy stretcher stand; the Dutch added the marquetry in the the 19th century as is u...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neoclassical 18th Century Walnut Demilune Cabinet with Marquetry Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian neoclassical period walnut demi-lune cabinet from the 18th century with yellow marble top. Created in Italy during the 18th century, this demi-lune cabinet features a semi...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th Century French Louis XVI Whitewashed Buffet ~ Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French Louis XVI white washed Buffet ~ Cabinet provides an excellent example of the level of high quality that was attainable by the m...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Collectors Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a pair of paneled doors enclosing adjustable shelves, raised on turned feet and original casters. Provenance; Norman Adams Ltd. Londo...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Renaissance Cabinet with Carrara Marble
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century French Renaissance Cabinet with Carrara Marble will make a great addition to any efficient floor plan! Crafted from solid old-growth chestnut, it features a neoclassica...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Steel
18th Century French Carved Walnut Panetiere
Located in Norwood, NJ
An antique 18th Century French Provincial panetiere, bread safe. Walnut with iron hardware. Features decorative carvings to cornice, door & apron, turned sp...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Iron
French 18th Century Tabernacle Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely mid-18th century French tabernacle display cabinet wonderfully constructed from painted walnut. A wonderful conversation piece to displ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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 Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Large 18th Century Swedish Baroque Alder Root Cabinet
Located in Allerum, SE
Large and unusual 18th century Swedish Baroque alder root veneered cabinet on ball feet, circa 1730, Sweden.
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th C. English Hand-Carved & Painted Buffet Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English carved and painted wood buffet from the 18th century. This antique cabinet from England has been beautifully hand-carved with scroll and foliate designs embellishing the raised panels found along the drawer and door fronts, as well as down each front side post. The case houses a pair of small...
Category
English Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Cabinet Cupboard Corner Swedish Baroque 18th Century Original Paint Green Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Cabinet / Cupboard Corner Swedish baroque, 18th century original paint, Sweden. An absolutely lovely cabinet in a bevelled shape. One cabinet d...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Louis Seize Cabinet, South Germany, late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large two-door Louis Seize cabinet with bevelled corners and profiled and curved cornice. The cabinet stands on moulded ball feet and is veneered i...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Dutch Collector's Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Dutch Collector's Cabinet was designed for the express purpose of keeping a wide variety of numerous collectibles in one case, and features, behind the main cabinet door...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th Century French Neoclassical Buffet a Deux Corps in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French neoclassical buffet a Deux corps in stripped oak is a majestic example of fine French craftsmanship, featuring a boldly ...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th Century Baroque Cabinet with Vitrine, Holland, 1770-1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Beautiful 18th century baroque cabinet with vitrine, Holland 1770-1780, mahogany veneer with exquisite flower and bird marquetry made of y...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
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 Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
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 and beams. Hardware and fittings ...
Category
Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Rare and Important English Cabinet George I in Partridge's Eye 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
George I cabinet with elevation
English, in mahogany and partridge's eye
18th Century.
Top with two interior doors with drawers, door and bins.
Bottom with two drawers and two bi...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Smaller-Sized Cabinet, Richly Carved, w/Top Lift Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian early 18th century small sized cabinet. This exquisite Italian cabinet, trimmed in richly carved moldings throughout, features a lift top and single door centered at it's ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Italian Walnut Rococo Decorative Carved Cuboard, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian walnut Rococo cupboard with a carved molded edge top, decorative incised carvings, upper single drawer and a lower cabinet with the original wooden knobs, original locking me...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Antique farmhouse cupboard German 1749 Rustic Softwood
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Special choice of colors
✓ Solid construction (very heavy)
✓ Used look
Dimensions: W: 142cm H: 185cm D: 66cm
Article: Farmhouse cupboard
Item no.: 890
Epoch: Germany 1749
Materia...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Softwood
Portuguese cabinet, 18th century
Located in Paris, FR
Twelve-drawer cabinet with rounded front and wavy mouldings, turned wooden palissender base
Portuguese work, 18th century
(accidents and missing parts)
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Palisander
Rare Louis XVI Carved Beechwood Biblioteque or Breakfront Cabinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Louis XVI carved beechwood
Biblioteque or breakfront cabinet
18th century
The multi sectional piece with a carved upper section over two shelved and mirrored back corner ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century Mathias Tiberg Masterpiece Cabinet
Located in Ljungby, SE
An extraordinarily beautiful masterpiece in Rococo from 1754, created by Mathias Tiberg (Master Cabinetmaker in Stockholm, 1755-1775). The cabinet is veneered in walnut and burl waln...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Northern German Baroque Cabinet of Walnut and Oak from circa 1730
Located in Lejre, DK
This Northern German Baroque cabinet, crafted from walnut and oak around 1730, exudes timeless elegance and historic charm. Hand-polished by skilled cabinetmakers, it showcases metic...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Peasant cabinet, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Single-door peasant cabinet on baluster feet with beveled corners and profiled cornice. The painting with religious scenes and floral bouquets is heavily patinated.
Category
Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century German Oak Two-Door Cabinet or Wardrobe
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful antique German cabinet that was in the German state of Westphalia circa 1750.
The cabinet has two doors with raised panels and ele...
Category
German Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Chest of Drawers with Wood Inlay and Black Marble Top, 18th Century Swiss
Located in El Monte, CA
This 18th century Swiss chest of drawers is a fine example of high end craftsmanship from that period. The chest features a bombe shape and a stunning black marble top. Drawer fronts...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Marble
18thC French Walnut Bombe Chest Commode
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1750
18thC French walnut bombe chest Commode
Measures: W 133 x D 64 x H 95cm.
Category
Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Two-Part Swedish Bureau, circa 1790
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
This two-part Swedish bureau, made circa 1790 and featuring original hardware and locks, contains various interior drawers.
Measurements:
H. 216 H-open. 76 W. 116 D-open. 92 D-top...
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Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century English Oak Cabinet on Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An 18th Century English Oak Cabinet on Chest with Panelled Detailing.
The upper section has an overhanging cornice, a plain frieze and then three panelled designs, above simpler squ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Armoire, Antique Walnut Armoire Louis XV Style
Located in Miami, FL
Magnificent 18th-century French armoire, a testament to Louis XV craftsmanship. This imposing walnut wardrobe showcases intricate carvings and a distinctive "chapeau gendarme" crown ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Austrian Neoclassical Style Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian neoclassical style oak bookcase cabinet with geometric inlay, gilt egg-and-dart detail, ebonized trim, and Gothic filigree o...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Dutch Oak Pewter Cupboard ca 1700
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful early Pewter cupboard or Plate cabinet dates from around 1700.
Made of solid oak in the Netherlands.
Has a very nice appearance and thick pat...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Orginal Painted Food Cabinet Painted In Grey From 1720s
Located in Lejre, DK
Original painted food cabinet from the 1720s of Spanish origin, grey. Food cabinets were used to store food and protect it from pests in a time when modern refrigerators did not exis...
Category
Spanish Other Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Small Louis XV Marquetry Side Table or Table Chiffonnière
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Small Louis XV Marquetry Side Table or Table Chiffonnière
A small Louis XV transition period side table or commode, a so-called "table chiffonière" with a recta...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Tulipwood
Antique Coin Cabinet
Located in Rome, IT
Antique coin cabinet in ebonized wood with rare semi-precious stones and gilded bronzes, 18th century. Dimensions: 71x122x36cm Good condition - used with ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
A Swedish Late-Baroque Corner Cabinet with Pediment Cornice & Scalloped Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish mid-18th century late Baroque corner cabinet. This Swedish Baroque cabinet, circa 1730-1740, features a pediment cornice, carved cupboard doors and scalloped base. There is...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Wood
A miniature George III mahogany bureau
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A miniature George III mahogany bureau, of rectangular form with a fall front and fitted secretaire interior above two short and three graduated long drawers, raised on bracket feet....
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Black / Ebonized Portuguese 'Contador' Cabinet with Matching Decorative Stand
Located in Madrid, ES
Similar in concept to the Spanish bargueño, the Portuguese "contador" cabinet started out as a small portable chest of drawers used for storing valuable...
Category
Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Walnut Rococo Decorative Carved Barley Twist Step Back Cuboard, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian walnut Rococo cupboard with a carved molded edge top, carved corner plinths with flanking barley twist columns, four centered drawers with wood knobs, and terminating on the ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Cabinets
Materials
Iron
