Kingwood Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted Kingwood and mahogany marquetry Encoigneurs, corner cabinets or vitrines, attributed to Paul Sormani. The upper section with molded cornice and shell cresting and enclosed by a bowed glazed panel door, the lower section surmounted by a marble top of arc-en-arbalète outline above two frieze drawers and cupboards below enclosed by tambour shutters, raised on short cabriole legs ending in foliate sabots, lock plates engraved 'Sormani PARIS.' Circa: Paris, 1875. Height: 90 1/2 inches (230 cm). Width: 44 inches (112 cm). Depth: 29 inches (74 cm). Sormani, Paul (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...

1920's French Louis XV Style Marble Top Kingwood Inlaid Dresser Chest Commode Dimensions : 50" Wide X 23.5" Deep X 38" Tall This marble top dresser was made in the 1920's era in th...

An Absolutely gorgeous late 19th Century Lombard Italian Rococo style Marquetry Kingwood, Tulipwood and Satinwood Bombé Commode in great antique condition. Three drawers with Frenc...

A very fine and well-proportioned 19th century French Louis XV style ladies desk. The case is veneered with marquetry decoration and embelli...

This lovely cabinet has a top with inset Sevres Style porcelain plaque painted with birds, over a case with bronze mounted single door with a faux three drawer façade. The case and l...

With inset serpentine blu turquin marble top over two conforming drawers. Tapered legs.

Delaitre Louis, Parisian cabinetmaker received master on November 19, 1738. Exceptional chest of drawers from the Louis XV period ...

This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary desk has a kingwood veneer with a gorgeous mar...

This is an extraordinary bronze mounted kingwood and bronze mounted sideboard or server. The piece features breathtaking jewelery quality bronze casting and a Sevres style plaque wit...

​Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style French Inlaid Marble Top Dresser Chest Commode Dimensions : 47.5" Wide X 35.5" Tall X 21.25" Deep This go...

Antique Louis XVI style bonheur du jour desk. Fine kingwood parquetry inlay. Gilt bronze mounts. Figured marble top. Circa 1850. Please, contact Joseph Dasta Antiques for shipping op...

A gorgeous pair of French Louis XV style lingerie chests or tall beside chests France, Circa 1920s Beautiful kingwood and burl wood, with floral inlaid marquetry, beveled pink Ital...

Rococo style gilt bronze and Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet French, 19th Century Height 194cm, width 120cm, depth 50cm This large and exquisite vitrine cabinet is a true statement pi...

Superb quality antique Victorian French kingwood display cabinet, having a serpentine shaped glazed top with quality ornate ormolu mounts above a hand pained door opening to reveal a...

Enveloped in sumptuous parquetry and doré bronze, this majestic Louis XIV inspired French linen press displays the characteristics of superior craftsmanship and luxurious design seen in the creations of the iconic Françios Linke. Crafted of sumptuous kingwood, the glorious parquetry door opens to reveal six compartments used to store linens, such as those for the bedroom or even the dining table. The masterful woodwork is flawlessly balanced by intricate doré bronze mounts in the form of Neoclassical floral swags, garlands, plumes and acanthus scrolls. The delicately spiraled doré bronze feet give the cabinet a sense of lightness and balance. Enhanced by a beautiful rouge marble top, this elegant linen press is an excellent example of late 19th century French furniture...

Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Demilune Commode with Green Marble Top A finely crafted and visually striking Louis XV style commode of demilune form, dating to the late 20th or early...

Circa 1860, superb quality large Victorian inlaid burr walnut credenza. The shaped top is in figured mirror-matched burr walnut with kingwood and boxwood inlay over an ormolu mount...

Indulge in the timeless allure of this exquisite 18th century French Louis XV Bombe Commode, a true embodiment of opulence and sophistication. Elevated on gracefully curved legs ado...

A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, in manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The u...

Rouge marble top commode/chest of drawers having three drawers. Intricate floral marquetry inlay in Satinwood and tulipwood. Bronze mounts on front corner and at center bottom. Sabo...

This Napoleon III Demi Lune cabinet is of exquisite quality. The half moon shaped cabinet has two doors and one central drawer. It has a very pretty kingwood veneer with a gorgeous...

Louis XVI style Ormolu mounted kingwood Vitrine, Paris, circa 1900, Beautiful quality, with lift top beveled glass top, the case fitted with fo...

A mid-Victorian kingwood serpentine cabinet, English in the French style, the shaped top with burr-walnut half veneers within kingwood banding and b...

This gorgeous Louis XV Secretary desk dates back to around 1750-60 and was made in France. The secretaire de dame has a kingwood veneer and a v...

A Very Fine and Palatial French 19th Century Transition Louis XIV-XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Two-Door Vitrine Cabinet, the arched top surmounted with gilt-bronze moldings a...

Stunning Identical Pair of French Single Drawer Kingwood Writing Desks or Side Tables of oval form and unusual small proportions of outstanding quality, last quarter of the Nineteent...

Chiostro is a tribute to Italy's immense architectural heritage. The design is a hybrid of classic and contemporary, and is characterised by rigorous lines embellished by an inlay th...

A very fine kingwood kidney- shaped desk (bureau a rognon) with original tooled leather surface, crisply mounted in gilt bronze and on cabriole legs . signed in the gilt bronze surround T.W. Muller. T W Muller was a Viennese cabinet...

Kingwood and marquetry commode, in Louis XVI transitional style, of serpentine bombe form, fitted three drawers above a shaped apron and tall angular splayed legs, inlaid with panels...

Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood and Brass Inlay Vitrine, retailed by Hampton & Sons, Pal Mall East, London, the three quarter gallery above the glazed door, enclosing thr...

Sn4193 A XIXth century tulipwood and rosewood vitrine, having glazed door with parquetry inlaid panel enclosing 3 shelves and flanked by concave glass sides, all with fine quality or...

Fine Gillows, Walnut & Kingwood inlaid fitted drawer cabinet on stand circa 1920s Square cube shaped cabinet with single door, with, Silver plated etched, Escutcheon, Hinges, & corne...

LOUIS XVI STYLE PARQUETRY-INLAID ORMOLU MOUNTED ONE-DOOR ARMOIRE Paris, France circa 1880 lock stamped "B & P Paris", back of one mount stamped "L.P." Item # 403BDA14P This exquisite Louis XVI style armoire is a picture of the high precision cabinetwork the French ébénistes of the 19th century were capable of producing. Crafted in Paris in the last years of the 19th century, the cabinet is finished on the top with an original marble top shaped to conform to the cabinet profile. This is raised by a thin crown of egg-and-dart molding over a repeating greek-key border executed in solid brass. The front door is a brilliant display of parquetry inlay work, an extraordinarily complicated arrangement that comes together flawlessly: the kingwood veneer ground is set diagonally while being bookmatched down the center to create symmetry - a form that is more fully developed in the sides of the case where these diagonal veneers are set into rectilinear and square panels for greater effect. This surrounds a rosewood and stringer-inlaid border encasing a latticework of rosewood astragals over squared lighter hue woods. The application of the veneers is so convincingly executed - note the curves of the rosewood inlays where the grain of the wood twists to create spirals that appear to layer upon one another. In the center of the door is a large ormolu mount of a Neoclassical urn with bacchus masks on either side raised over a pierced footer embellished by foliage. This door opens using only a key, as there is no knob or pull hardware to allow access to the space. The interior is a very spacious and simple arrangement that allows clothing to be hung while valuables and smalls are stored in the cupboard at the top. No keys are presently available for the door or the interior cupboard, but if locking the armoire is important than having keys fabricated is never terribly difficult and can be done by our shop upon request. The lock is marked on the inside by the fabricator "B & P Paris", while one fo the rosette mounts on the corners of the cabinet is marked "L.P." A magnificent example of Parisian craftsmanship from the late 19th century, this is a very fine armoire of ideal dimensions for both function and aesthetically. Unlike so many armoires and wardrobes...

A fine diminutive Louis XV three-drawer commode with Breche d’Alep marble conforming top in shades of pink and grey with molded edge and notched corners, surmounting a case with two ...

Very beautiful Louis XV chest of drawers in marquetry of violet wood treated in frieze, opening with four drawers in three rows and presenting a very rich ornamentation of gilded and...

French Louis XV style (circa 1880) transitional style gilt bronze mounted kingwood & satinwood 3 drawer commode with floral inlaid design and a fleur de peche...

Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood, Marquetry, and Green Marble Top Bombe Commode, 20th century, the molded marble top above three long drawers on cabriole legs and sabot fee...

Classic French Art Deco cabinet, circa 1925, by MAURICE DUFRENE in purpleheart, kingwood, and ebony. Marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. The interior is in maple burl....

An important French mid-19th century gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, satiné and parquetry bombé commode after the model by Charles Cressent attributed to Maison Millet, Paris the serpentine Brocatelle Violette d'Espagne marble top above two long drawers centred by a flaming urn, flanked to each side by a child holding oak branches and headed by courting doves, the front angles with a bust of a boy and a girl each holding a dove, each bombé side with intertwined oak branches, on oak tree trunk supports and foliate-cast feet. The original model for the present commode dates from the 1730s and is the work of Charles Cressent (maître in 1720; d. 1768). Entering the collection of the Dukes of Hamilton after the French revolution, the commode was sold at the celebrated Hamilton Palace sale (lot 1806) in 1882. It was purchased by Ferdinand Rothschild and is now in the collection at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This impressive Régence style commode is reminiscent of the work of François Linke, however none of the mounts appear to be stamped or recorded in his oeuvre. Maison Millet was an active client of François Linke and it is believed that this commode with its distinctive high quality mounts and construction are characteristic of the production of this celebrated Parisian cabinet maker. Maison Millet was established by Théodore Millet in 1853, and continued until 1902 from premises at 11, Rue Jacques-Coeur, Paris before relocating to 23, Boulevard Beaumarchais. Maison Millet was a highly regarded furniture company that was described as producing 'meuble et bronze d'art, genre ancien et moderne'. The firm won several awards in the series of exhibitions in London and Paris, such as the gold Medal in the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. In 1902 Maison Millet was authorised by the director of the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette's celebrated Grand Cabinet à bijoux. Literature: Sir Anthony Blunt...

A good quality late 19th Century French Verne Martin vitrine, having bombe shaped front and side glazing, hand painted panels depicting rural scenes and lovers courting. Gilded ormol...

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PRESENTING a GORGEOUS late 19th Century French Louis XVI STyle Cabinet in the Manner of Grohe Freres. From circa 1880. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Ormolu mounts...

Magnificent antique English Secretaire cabinet with satinwood, hare wood, tulipwood, and kingwood marquetry, of monumental form, in two parts. The upper section with molded cresting ...

The M501 Credenza, designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini in 1960, is a symbol of elegance and functionality. This extraordinary piece, made of rosewood, is characterized by its...

French Regence style bronze mounted marble top cabinet.

Exceptional French cabinet with floral and foliate marquetry inlay with gilt bronze mounts. two doors open at the front and interior has one shelf. Sides are shaped and floral mar...

18th century Louis XVI Cylinder Top Secretaire, Paris 1780. The secretaire stands out for its elaborate kingwood and satinwood marquetry. The inside is embellished with several dra...

An antique French Louis XVI style chest offers shaped marble top over kingwood chest having bookmatched sides, single drawer over zinc lined cabinet over th...

This exceptional French Louis XV secretary, crafted around 1770, is a stunning example of 18th-century craftsmanship. Featuring breathtaking ...

A fine commode in the Louis XV manner after a model by Jacques Dubois By Maison Rogié of Paris. Constructed in book-matched kingwood veneers, inlaid with floral motifs, and richly decorated with fine ormolu mounts; of bombe serpentine...

A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted, Mahogany and Tulipwood Marquetry Side Cabinet/Secretaire in the style of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender s...

A fine 19th century French Louis XV kingwood and marquetry marble top commode. In the manner of Linke Fine fire gilt bronze dore mounts. Breche ...

Antique French Marble Top Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Sevres Cabinet, Circa 1870.

This French Louis XV secretary desk dates back to around 1760 and comes from Paris. This exquisite piece stands out for its beautiful kingwood ...

Very fine late Georgian inlaid mahogany and bronze mounted chiffonier, having three tier waterfall bookshelf top supported by bronze columns, over ...

A fine French 19th-20th century kingwood and tulipwood marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door display cabinet with a red-velvet backing and bowed glass panels surmounted with acanthus and floral gilt-bronze mounts in the style of Léon Messagé (French, 1842-1901), the serpentine shaped front door with an ornate marquetry and ink colored panel depicting wreaths, ribbons and tied acantus leaves, all raised on four cabriolet legs ending with gilt-bronze paw-feet, Paris, circa 1900. Linke was born on 17 June 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinet maker, Neumann, which he completed in 1877. Linke’s work book or Arbeits-Buch records that he was in Vienna from July 1872 to October 1873 at the time of the International Exhibition held there in 1873. He subsequently travelled to Prague, Budapest & Weimar before finally arriving in Paris in 1875. It is documented that he obtained employment with an unknown German cabinetmaker in Paris, and stylistic similarities, photographs and geographical proximity have led some to suggest that Emmanuel Zwiener was the most likely candidate. After a period back in his home town of Pankratz, he returned once and for all to Paris in 1877. In 1878 Paris hosted the third great International Exhibition, a remarkable success for a country ravaged by war only seven years earlier. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. By 1889 another World’s Fair, as they were often referred to in America, took place in Paris. Monsieur Eiffel erected what has become the most iconic building in Paris for the exhibition and the atmosphere of wealth and confidence may well have encouraged Linke to think that he could contribute an important part to the next great exhibition. As early as 1892 this was decreed to take place at the end of the century, in an attempt to pre-empt Berlin from staging the last great show of the century. In 1892, Victor Champier (fr) one of the commissioners for the 1900 Paris Fair had appealed, “Create in the manner of the masters, do not copy what they have made”. It was an appeal against mere reproduction and Linke rose to this challenge in an unparalleled way with his unique display that was to include the Grand Bureau. Determined to outshine the competition at the Exhibition, Linke had set about creating the most ambitious pieces he could envisage, and more extravagant than had ever been displayed before. The items he exhibited marked a transition from the historicist interpretation of Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, an interpretation that was the mainstay of his nearest rivals, to something startlingly new and vital in its immediacy. [6] Together with Léon Messagé he developed a new style for the 1900 Exhibition that paid homage to the Louis XV rococo in the fluidity of its approach, but an approach fused with the lively flowing lines of the contemporary and progressive 'art nouveau'. The Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's stand: "The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed". Linke's stand would have appeared refreshingly new to contemporary onlookers, the traditional designs of the eighteenth century melting seamlessly into an exuberant naturalism. The 'Revue' described Linke's style as 'entièrement nouveaux' and noted "This opinion is universally accepted. Linke's stand is the biggest show in the history of art furniture in the year 1900". It is perhaps the most extraordinary and remarkable aspect of Linke’s personal history that he produced such expensive and luxurious furniture of exquisite quality for the 1900 exhibition without any commission or any potential buyer in mind. [9] At a time when other more established furniture businesses such as those of Beurdeley and Dasson were closing down, he made a huge investment in his stand and the furniture he supplied for it. Linke recognised that to move his business forward he needed to appeal to a more International clientele and the new emerging rich who were at this time amassing fortunes on an unprecedented scale. For this reason he gambled everything he had on his display for the 1900 exhibition. Had this not succeeded he would almost certainly have succumbed to bankruptcy. Linke’s notebook records visitors to his stand from England, Europe, the Americas, Egypt and Japan and including; the King of Sweden, three visits from the King of Belgium, Prince Radziwill, the Prince d’Arenberg, the Comte Alberic du Chastel, Miss Anna May Gould, the American heiress, distinguished furniture makers and the President of France Emile Loubet. This risky endeavour was a resounding success, and with his reputation established, La Maison Linke became the pre-eminent furniture house until outset of the Second World War. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented was never to be repeated. His showrooms expanded into prestigious premises in Paris, in the Place Vendôme as well as the Faubourg St. Antoine where his workshop had been established. He embarked on many important commissions in the years up to the outbreak of the First World War, making and designing furniture for leading international industrialists and bankers. After the 1914-1918 World War, Linke undertook the extraordinary commission to furnish the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria for King Fuad of Egypt, possibly the largest single furniture commission ever conceived, eclipsing even Versailles. Linke flourished and remained active until the middle years of the 1930s and died in 1946 Léon Messagé (1842-1901) was a French sculptor, best known for his sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet...

Pair of French Louis XV style (mid-19th Century) kingwood veneered serpentine shaped commodes with 2 front doors and a brown marble top with gilt bronze trim feet and escutcheons (PR...

Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Bookcase, late 19th century, the upper section with two glazed doors enclosing shelves, flanked by canted angles, on a conforming cupboard fitt...

With a thick serpentine breche de alep marble top over a conforming case with two conforming drawers with bronze handles raised on cabriole legs with sabot feet. From a Bellevue Avenue Newport Rhode Island estate.

This is a very elegant 20th century chest of drawers. French in origin and made from kingwood with rosewood inlay. The heavy bronze handles and decoration are of high quality and sui...