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Cupboards For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Louis XVI
Mid 19th Century Burr Oak Buffet Cupboard
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality, mid 19th century, Victorian burr oak buffet with very attractive carved decoration and moulded panels to upstand, over squared corner supports and further tier, with ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

French Provincial Oak Wall Hanging Cupboard
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A rare mid 19th century french oak wall hanging cupboard, of unusual design and real charm, with arched panelled door alonside three panelled drawer...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Louis XVI Style Commode Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Buffet Sideboard Inlay
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Louis XVI Style Commode Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Buffet Sideboard. Marble top two part French cabinet Curved beveled glass vitrine. Outstanding inlay work. C.1920s piece in mint...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Cupboards

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Walnut

Lovely Antique Victorian Hardwood Hand Painted Cupboard or Library Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very well made solid mahogany hand painted cupboard with library bookcase top A very well made circa 1880 piece of English country house furniture. This can be used as a kitchen pot cupboard or as a library bookcase with cupboard...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Hardwood

Grand 19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut China Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 19th century French Louis XVI walnut China buffet is a stunning testament to the majesty of masterworks of the cabinetmaker's art that emanated from France during the period! M...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Brass

Antique Howard & Son's Berners Street Hardwood Linen Press Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Howard & Son’s Berners street late Victorian light mahogany linen press A very well made and collectable piece, produced by...
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Hardwood

19th century Victorian Walnut Server Sideboard with Marble Top
Located in Savannah, GA
Lovely Victorian walnut server or sideboard with beveled marble top. Two drawers, one divided for silverware. Two doors below with divided shelf. Nice petite size suitable for dining...
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1880s American High Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Cabinet or Small Cupboard with Marble Top, Bronze Gallery
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Louis XVI Style versatile cabinet or small cubboard with marble top and bronze gallery. Rectangular white marble top with rounded corners surrounded by a bronze pierced gallery. The ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Cupboards

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Floral Marquetry Side Cabinets with Marble Tops
Located in London, GB
Constructed in kingwood, with gilt bronze mounts; rising from bracket feet, the cabinets, a true left and right pair, have central doors dressed with well executed floral marquetry p...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Simple Mountain Cupboard
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A good 19th century Pyrinee cupboard. Beautiful in its simplicity. Sturdy and ready to use.
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Early 19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Softwood

French 19th Century Mahogany Wardrobe, Library or Custom Clothing Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
French cabinet in the Louis XVI style, circa 1880, of important dimensions made with very fine quality mahogany. The two shallowest side sections measure 14 1/4" deep inside and the ...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Mahogany

French Bronze and Leather Desk Cartioner
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French bronze and leather desk Cartioner, hardwood and Kingwood with bronze gallery, the lower case fitted with four 6" x 4" H x 9" D boxes, and two centre 12" x 4" H x 9" D boxes.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Cupboards

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Bronze

French Vitrine / cupboard in antique Louis XVI Style beech hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
French cabinet in Louis Seize style Solid beech, gilded. Rectangular, three-sided, faceted beveled, one-door body on conical legs. The door is partially provided with wickerwork. The front, corners and sides are decorated with carved...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Cupboards

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Beech

Exhibition Quality Antique Victorian Italian Carved Walnut Pair Side Cupboards
Located in Suffolk, GB
Magnificent exhibition quality antique Victorian Italian profusely carved solid walnut pair of side cupboards having superior quality figured walnut tops with a carved edge above a p...
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19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

Antique Serving Table, Victorian Carved Oak Console Table, France, 1890
Located in Miami, FL
Antique serving table, Victorian carved walnut console table or hall table, antique furniture, France, 1890 . Finish carved panel back with plat...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

18th Century Country French Painted Buffet a Deux Corps
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Country French painted buffet a Deux Corps is a wonderfully preserved historically significant piece that is destined to enthrall your family for several more generation...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Louis XVI Style Demilune Buffet in Two Parts, Sideboard or Dry Bar, After Linke
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 20th century (circa 1900) Louis XVI style demilune / half moon "buffet à deux corps" or "buffet in two parts," closely following a design by François Linke. This finely-crafted...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Cupboards

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Brass, Bronze

Late 19th Century Ipswitch Oak Server
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century English oak server from the Ipswitch region of England. The top has a beveled edge over a molded edge, and follows down to paneled sides and two paneled doors in th...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

French Display Cabinet, France, 1880
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, 1930. Very good condition. Origin: France Material: Walnut Year: 1880 Dimensions: height 182 cm, width 100 cm, depth 40 cm.
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

Rare Pair of Gillows Lancaster English Oak Antique Victorian Bookcase Cupboards
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning near pair of original Victorian heavily hand carved oak library bookcase cabinets made by the world famous firm of Gillows of Lancaster & London If you are in the market for the finest pair of English library bookcases...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

English 19th Century Decorative Painted Chapel Cupboard
Located in Staffordshire, GB
English 19th century decorative painted chapel cupboard circa 1860. The 3 Gothic arc panels, painted with a dark green ground and the flanking arches have faded gilding and quite a faint quatrefoil design, reminiscent of Pugin. The stand out central panel is beautifully painted with Lilies and a ribbon which reads "Glorious St Joseph Died For Us" Has its original brass door latch...
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1860s British Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Pine

Austria Louis XVI Armoire from, circa 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
The two-door armoire or wardrobe has a cherry wood veneer with walnut fluting. Pierce-carved crown with dentil molding. Canted corners adorned with emerald green Egyptian caryatid pi...
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Late 18th Century Austrian Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Cherry, Walnut

Paul Sormani 'French' Lacquer Louis XVI Style Chinoiseri Wood Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Chinoiserie wood cabinet with ormolu mounts and a fitted marble top by Paul Sormani (French, 1817-1877) rectangular two-door cabinet, gilded and lacquer painted panels Measures: H...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Lacquer

Very Rare Victorian Tambour Door Cupboard Bookcase on Bank Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare Victorian tambour door cupboard and bank of drawers I have never seen another cupboard like this, tambour drawers are almost alwa...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Hardwood

Burmese Hand Carved Peacock Sewing Table Cupboard Chest Open Top, circa 1880
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original circa 1880 Burmese hand carved sewing side table or little chest with lovely peacock design A very good lookin...
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1880s Burmese Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Wood

19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful antique early 19th century Victorian bookcase, masterfully crafted in rich solid mahogany, circa 1850. This bookcase featu...
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Mahogany

Mid-Victorian Kingwood Serpentine Cabinet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A mid-Victorian kingwood serpentine cabinet, English in the French style, the shaped top with burr-walnut half veneers within kingwood banding and b...
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1860s British Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Brass

20th Century, Louis XVI Style Meuble D'appui Credenza Sideboard
By Joseph Stöckel
Located in Berlin, DE
Credenza / Meuble d'Appui after Joseph Stockel and Guillaume Benneman in the style of Louis XVI. Easily modified model according to a design by Joseph S...
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20th Century Louis XVI Cupboards

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Marble, Bronze

1840 Italain Venetian Cabinet on Stand Polychrome Painted & Lion Heads Carvings
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime circa 1840 Italian Venetian Polychrome painted cabinet on stand with Lion head carved silver l...
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1840s Italian Early Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 Where to begin, this cabinet is stamped to the rear “Fabrique De Meubles Pauly & Cie Venise. Pauly & Cie” who were a world famous glass foundry and later equally famous furniture manufacturer. Their grotto furniture has an immense following across the world. This piece was most likely retailed through them as it was made by Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim who is a fellow venetian There is one other known example of his works which is very similar, it is currently retailing for no less than £900,000 however it is accompanied by a few other pieces from a drawing room suite. The suite came from Palazzo Papadopoli, a Renaissance palace on the Grand Canal in Venice built for the Coccini family by Giovanni de Grigi around 1560. I will include some further history below on both Pauly CIE ET and Moses Michelangelo Guggenheium On to the armoire, it is clearly the most ornate tour de force of carving you will ever see, I’m thankful it has managed to survive so long without being broken up by salvagers looking to reclaim the sculptures. You can see in the carving elements of Pauly’s inspiration in the form of shells. You also have Putti’s riding dolphins and so on. We have fully treated it as there were various signs of old worm, it’s then been cleaned waxed and polished. One of the hidden hinges has been replaced, otherwise it is in near perfect condition for the age. The insides houses three wood shelves Dimensions Height 255.5cm top to bottom, without the removable top carving 211cm Width 170cm arm to arm of the chaps on the outside, 172cm at the top, 166cm at the bottom Depth 63cm top, 55cm middle, 59cm bottom Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim Leading expert of decorative arts in late 19th century Venice, Michelangelo Guggenheim (1831-1910) also was one of the greatest antiquarians and a modern furniture producer in the “City of Water”. His collections stored in the Balbi Palace on the Grand Canal were an outstanding sight, that art amateurs would recommend. At the age of 20, he founds a "Stabilimento d’arti decorative e industriali" which purpose is the industrial creation of objects bearing an artistic force. The furniture that made him worldwide famous re-imagines ancient styles, freeing their aesthetic powers to serve modern imagination. Often in walnut, his pieces of furniture sent to World Fairs impress people by the finesse of their sculptures. A prized designer as well, he reorganizes princely interiors in the same spirit. His most famous work is the Palazzo Papadopoli's design about 1874, where he unfolds the vocabulary of several periods. He conceives there a richly furnished Neo-Renaissance Cabinet that relived the Italian golden age. For the exceptional result he is awarded the Gold Medal of merit for science and arts by Ludwig II of Bavaria. Pauly & Cie Venise Since its foundation (1866), Pauly & C. has stood for elegance, creativity and Venetian luxury. The ancient Roman technique known as “murrine”, which today is the symbol of Murano glass, was reproduced for the first time in its workshops and was presented to the world at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878. In 150 years of business Pauly & C. has produced unique works for royal palaces, public buildings, private villas and has served an international client base that includes some of the most prominent names from the world of culture and art, figures from the world of industry and finance, politicians and nobility. Pauly & C. - C.V.M. (compagnia Venezia Murano) works are currently held in many private collections and exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums in the world. In the last years of activity, Pauly has been active with three distinct brands: • Pauly & C. CVM, the time-honoured company that produces classic objects, recreating old designs and collections and offering modern reinterpretations of them. • Pauly Glass Factory, which continues its association with artists and designers to produce artistic works with modern lines. • MVM Interior operates throughout the world with architects, interior designers and design studios for the creation of prestigious personalized projects History Compagnia di Venezia e Murano C.V.M. began as Salviati &C. in London in 1866 under the direction of Vicenza attorney Antonio Salviati and with the backing of two British men: archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and antiquarian Sir William Drake. The company was dedicated to using ancient techniques and utilized master glassblowers in its efforts to do so. It called in specialists from other fields like goldsmithing and engraving to ensure authenticity and employed artist Giuseppe Devers to teach the techniques of enamelling and heat-applied glass gilding to company artisans. Archaeologist Layard was particularly interested in the mosaic glass techniques of Roman and pre-Roman artists, and he spent years personally overseeing the work of the company's technicians and glassblowers in attempting to revive those techniques. In 1872, the company was successful, managing to replicate the type of glass commonly known as "murrina". The company was renamed Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company Limited in 1872, and, in 1877, Layard purchased Salviati's interest so that Salviati could pursue other interests. The company quickly earned a reputation for quality original glass art and reproductions as well as its many mural mosaics in Great Britain and elsewhere in Europe. In 1878, the murrine produced by Compagnia di Venezia e Murano was included in its exhibit at the International Exhibition in Paris, which was the chief attraction in Italian glass. In its observations of the display, the United States Commission to the Paris exposition commented not only on "Roman murrine glass", but also particularly on the mural glass mosaics, the "perfection of which" had "engaged the earnest attention of the company." Mosaics produced by the company during the time period are still in existence in diverse areas such as Gonville and Caius...
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19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

Hunt Cupboard Oak, Bar Cabinet
Located in Toronto, CA
An oak hunt cupboard crafted in oak. This piece was recently restored. With lots of storage it would lend itself to dining room storage or it would make ...
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20th Century Canadian Victorian Cupboards

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Oak

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze, Hardwood & Marble Corner Cupboards
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Louis XVI style mahogany and walnut marquetry inlaid corner cabinets with gilt metal fittings and solid marble top A very go...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Marble

Sturdy 19th Century Pitch Pine 2-Door Cupboard
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Sturdy 19th century pitch pine 2-door cupboard This roomy cupboard is made throughout in beautiful pitch pine it has paneled doors, moulded top and it stands on a neat plinth  ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Pine

19th Century Ormolu and Specimen Wood Pedestal after Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener, E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
A Pedestal by E. Kahn of Paris After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener Constructed in the Neo-Classical manner in fine specimen woods and high quality ormolu work; the incurved base, ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

18th Century Unique Louis Seize Classicism Hallway Cupboard circa 1790 Oak
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique Louis Seize hall cabinet-wardrobe from 1790 solid oak upright rectangular two-door body with profile-framed fields in the middle of each door a carved Amphora. Architectura...
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18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Lovely Hand Carved Solid Oak Dutch Cupboard Ornate Detailing Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original early 19th century hand carved Dutch cupboard A very good looking and well made piece, ornately carved and nicely detaile...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Lovely Anglo Burmese 19th Century Hand Carved Sideboard with Drawers & Cupboards
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning 19th century Anglo Burmese hand carved sideboard with drawers and cupboards A highly decorative and w...
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19th Century East Asian Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Wood

Floral Marquetry Two-Door Cabinet with Carrera Marble Top
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century floral marquetry two-door cabinet with Carrera marble top and gilt bronze mounts, French, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

19th century American Victorian Walnut Cupboard
Located in Savannah, GA
Very ornate walnut cupboard with three shelves with glass doors on the upper case. On top, the cornice features a reticulated crown with carve...
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1850s American High Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Brass

18th Century Louis XVI Armoire Carved Walnut, South Germany, 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This original 18th century Louis XVI armoire, which was made in South Germany around 1780, stands out for its finely carved walnut details. Festoons and flowers decorate the two door...
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1770s German Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

Antique Dresser, English, Oak, Victorian, Country Kitchen, Sideboard, circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dresser. An English, oak, Victorian country kitchen sideboard dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1870. Good color to the oak...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Wilhelminian antique Style Cupboard with Small Green Glass, circa 1880 oak
Located in Berlin, DE
Here we offer you a truly incredible Wilhelminian cabinet with the finest epoch-style styling features. Massive oak manufactured circa 1900 impresses among other things by its car...
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19th Century German Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Very Large, Vintage Dresser, Victorian Taste, Ash, Kitchen Cabinet, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a very large, vintage dresser in the Victorian taste. A handmade, ash, kitchen cabinet of country house proportions, at over 12 feet wide and standing more than 8 feet tall a...
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20th Century English Victorian Cupboards

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Ash

French Salon Vitrine in Antique Louis XVI Classicist Style Hand crafted
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood colored hand painted. Oval one- drawered combered and four-sided glassed body on high, brass-painted four edged legs, ending in sabots. Border and cornicing with fine...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Cupboards

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Beech

19th Century English Display Case in Mahogany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Commercial display case with mahogany siding from 1870s England. A row of five rectangular glass-lidded compartments makes a unique opportunity for the d...
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1870s English Late Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Mahogany

Victorian Walnut Library Cabinet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This walnut cabinet has a shaped, stepped top above a central glazed door enclosing four Moroccan leather drawers with cedar linings. Flanked by eight smaller disguised drawers, the ...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

Antique 18th Century dresser
Located in Antwerp, BE
Solid oak cabinet - meuble deux corps, France, circa 1780 real minimalistic type of antique furniture suits well in an antique inspired or e...
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Early 18th Century European Early Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Oak

Louis XVI Green Armoire
Located in Washington, DC
A beautifully painted grey, Louis XVI armoire from either times Provence or Auvergne, French, late 18th century.
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Wood

Early Victorian Goncalo Alves Chiffonier
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
J0 Very unusual Goncalo Alves tall chiffonier, having mirrored back with 3 shelves, carved up-stand and shaped supports over stunning top with secret fri...
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1850s English Early Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Wood

Louis XVI Armoire, Lake Constance Region, 1770-80
Located in Belmont, MA
Exceptional Louis XVI Armoire, Lake Constance region, Germany 1770-1780, cherry wood with finely carved decorations. In very good refinished condition. ...
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1770s German Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Cherry

English Elm Corner Cupboard
Located in Woodbury, CT
English elm corner cupboard with ebonized recessed panel frames, single drawer, plinth base. Overall, a nice, "country elegant" look with chamfered sides a...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Elm, Pine

French Rosewood Demi Lune Parquetry Inlay Cabinet, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful rosewood Demi Lune style cabinet. Grey and white marble top, above three drawers and having two side cabinet doors, all standing on tape...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Kingwood, Rosewood

19th Century Italian Sideboard Credenza, display cabinet , Walnut wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1880s very important Italian credenza sideboard con display cabinet , in walnut , with gendarme hat, classic of the time. This furniture has become very rare and precious. Measures...
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1820s Italian Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Walnut

English Walnut and Marquetry Davenport Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Constructed in Circassian walnut, with line and marquetry inlays; rising from turned oblate bun feet; the lower section housing a hinged door with fretwork panelling, opening to reveal four lemonwood faced graduated drawers with inset turned knobs; the writing compartment braced by foliate spandrels above and below, the slide opening to reveal an easel support writing slope with inset tooled leather and a pen and ink tray...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Walnut, Leather

Buffet A Deux Corps
Located in Washington, DC
Louis XVI painted greyish/green buffet a deux corps
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

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Wood, Paint

18th Century Chestnut Cupboard from Basque Region, France
Located in New York, NY
A treasure discovered in the South of France, this 18th-century Basque cupboard caught our eyes with its unique hand-carved chestnut panels. A remarkable piece that is both primitive...
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18th Century French Late Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Chestnut

English Painted Housekeepers Cupboard
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Large English antique painted pine housekeepers cupboard. Great storage. 1850. Reference: 7819 Dimensions 82 inches (208 cms) wide 21.5 inches (55 cms) deep 95 inches (241 c...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cupboards

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Pine

Painted Italian 18th Century Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Painted 18th century Italian cupboard. The cupboard retains its original paintwork, has a moulded cornice above a pair of doors. Featu...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Cupboards

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage, New and Antique Cupboards

In any kitchen, dining room or other area of your home, antique and vintage cupboards can help you organize your space as well as support your endeavors to show off your prized collectibles and decorative objects.

Cupboards have long been staples in interior design as reliable and versatile case pieces, which have been a vital part of the home for centuries. Cupboards appeared in the Middle Ages and by the 17th century had eclipsed the chest in popularity as a piece of furniture for storage. New techniques in woodworking allowed furniture manufacturers to build pieces that were more complex than simple chests.

Early cupboards were often tall and were typically used to store linens. By the 18th century, there was more variety in the available shapes and sizes, with some pieces combining a chest of drawers with a tall cabinet.

Cupboards became large and heavy as their importance as furniture grew, frequently making them the biggest piece in a home. They could involve decorative elements like columns and cornices. Over the years, more features were added by furniture makers, such as glass panels for displaying items like porcelain ware.

Besides keeping the room tidy, a cupboard can set the tone through its size. Antique and vintage cupboards are built to last, and, with centuries of design choices, these structures are easy to match with existing furniture.

On 1stDibs, find a range of options for your home including new and custom cupboards, mid-century modern cupboards and original creations, like the weave quilt cupboards by Jim Rose. Contemporary cupboards with unexpected shapes and colors can add an element of surprise to a room. They also provide versatile storage while creating a modern effect.

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