1880s Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Charming sideboard of Henri II style carved in light wood. One discovers a great work of the wood taking again the forms of the Renaissance. Numerous architectural decorations such a...

his is a beautiful faux bamboo cupboard! Of French make, this piece has all the typical charm of that style. Lovely glow and patina in the wood, and the hand carved diamond detailing...

in the style of the Baroque this armadio features a serpentine shaped front with flared sides, the case is constructed of walnut with burl walnut veneers, the interior fitted with co...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely handmade in England circa 1880 burr walnut and brown leather twin pedestal partner desk A good looking and well made desk, the timbe...

Italian nightstands 19th century in solid blond walnut, polished to wax. Measure in cm: H 83, W 46, D 36.

19th Century Dutch Colonial Neoclassical Raised Buffet ~ Cabinet is an interesting variation on the buffet ~ server concept. The design puts the entire contents of the cabinet withi...

Buffet from France from the Directoire period. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily walnut. There are two dovetailed drawers at the top with wood pulls. Below, tw...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice antique, made in Hungry, hand painted and antiqued sideboard or wash stand cupboard in pine A good looking and well made piece t...

This 19th Century French faux bamboo book case is an uncommon find. The shading of this item makes it particularly appealing and easy to mix alongside other wood tones to add variety...

You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire side cabinet or sideboard Crafted from mahogany with original gilt mounts Mounts include pharaoh heads to either side and acanthus leaf motif...

A stunning example of 19th-century craftsmanship from Minas Gerais, this painted armoire exudes rustic charm and historical significance. The piece features a striking combination of...

A sensational and extremely hight quality french 19th Napoleon third period Ebony ,and bronze cabinet a hauteur d appui inlaid with brass, marble top the boulle cabinet have an i...

This is a lovely English 2 over 2 pine chest! This piece dates to the 19th century and has lovely patina. The wood has a warm glow, that is accented perfectly by the darker stained k...

A Charming Single Wardrobe Compactum in Ash and Bur Walnut A Golden Ash and Bur Walnut Arts and Crafts Compactum, this is a beautiful and very useful piece. On one side there is a single width lined...

​19th Century Tiger Oak Figural Carved Curio China Display Cabinet Attr RJ Horner Dimensions : 67.5" Tall X 53" Wide X 20" Deep This gorgeous tiger oak cabinet was made in NYC in t...

A fine quality 19th Century Louis XV style Marquetry inlaid bureau de dame, having wonderfully detailed scenes to the drawer fronts and cylinder, the sides and reverse having foliate...

Late 19th century console in hand-carved solid walnut with two drawers in original natural color. Umbertine style, with intermediate shelf. The carvings are all done manually. In anc...

This is an absolutely stunning English bamboo shelve from the late 19th century. Showing a beautiful hand painted Japanned finish which refers to a decorative technique that originat...

Carved Art Nouveau Walnut Side Board or Buffet  The buffet has a slightly bow fronted counter top with a raised gallery, below this there are two drawers and an under tier over 2 d...

Rare pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted curved shape vitrines attributed to J.E Zwiener. Glazed on all sides, they open with two doors framed by gilded and chiseled Rocaille style foliated bronze mounts. Resting on four cabriole legs ending with lion’s paws, the whole is covered by a « brèche de Benou » marble top. This model was probably designed by L. Messagé. Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener was born in Germany in 1849. In 1880 he sets up his extensive workshops in rue de la Roquette in Paris where he creates many original pieces of furniture. He imitated practically every style, ranging from ‘’Boulle’’ to Louis XVI and including extraordinary personal interpretations of the Louis XV ‘’exuberant’’ style. He participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibition, held in Paris, and was awarded the gold medal for his remarkable copy of that most famous piece of furniture, Louis XV’s desk. The catalogue of the exhibition included a wonderful elegy qualifying the work as perfect : « No criticism what-so-ever could be made ». As that other famous cabinet-maker François Linke, Zwiener had most of his bronzes modelled by Léon Messagé whose work was considered as being of the best possible quality. Léon Messagé is a renowned designer and sculptor who integrated in his ornaments related to the Rocaille asymmetry, new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. But even though, Messagé found inspiration with these 18th century artists, such as Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, he didn’t simply copy their work and showed great originality, even extravagance, with some designs contained in "Cahier des dessins et croquis style Louis XV". He realized numerous sketches on grey paper before the execution of a reduced or life sized model of his ornaments, made of wax or terra-cotta. From 1885, Léon Messagé started working with important Parisian cabinet...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Pitch Pine library bookcase with vintage circa 1950's mid century painted finish A very good looking well made and decorative piece of English country furniture. It can be used as a library bookcase or as a kitchen dining cabinet for plates...

Cómoda inglesa victoriana Circa 1.870, realizada en madera de caoba, con 4 cajones y pomos redondeados.

A small French gilt and carved wood wall mounted shelf circa 1880.

19th Century Louis XV-Style Stripped Oak Buffet from Liège, Belgium Circa 1880 Dimensions: Height: 116 cm (45.7 in) × Width: 183 cm (72 in) × Depth: 54 cm (21.3 in) A beautifully c...

French Empire Bureau Plat desk circa 1880 in the Directoire manner Top quality mahogany with a finally tooled leather top Five drawers and round graduated legs are embellished with o...

19th century Country French cherrywood marble top commode combines the best of all worlds! Exuding a somewhat rustic look thanks to the natural beauty of the solid aged cherry wood, it features refined embellishments in the form of finely cast bronze pulls and key guards, and lastly the carefree elegance of a beveled marble top. The casework is of a tailored design, with simple raised panels on each side and a scrolled apron in front. The drawers were cut with an arbalette form, named after a quiver of arrows, and consist of a pair of full width drawers combined with an upper tier of two smaller sized units. Each drawer is fitted with pulls cast...

Luxurious & romantic French Renaissance revival Wall cabinet / small cabinet , richly carved & decorated with brass. Very nice craftsmanship with impressive carvings. When opened...

Sheraton Revival mahogany writing desk. This desk was made by the well renowned company ''maple and co'' Circa 1880 The desk is raised upon tapered legs with original brass castors. ...

We are delighted to this very rare and extremely good looking French 19th century mahogany with marble top and brass gallery rail Semainier lingerie chest...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Italian inlaid Rosewood with Boxwood accents Victorian circa 1880 small corner cupboard with origi...

19th century mahogany revolving bookstand / bookcase, the moulded edge top and bottom section supported by a central turned column with va...

Large cabinet of polished mahogany and walnut decorated with intarsia, drawers at the bottom and doors with internal shelf from around the year 1880. Measurements in cm: H:170 W:105 ...

Mahogany Sheraton Revival Corner Cabinet. Circa 1880 The Corner Cabinet is Raised upon Bracket feet. Both the Lower Door and Upper Door are of an Astragal Form. The Corner Cabinet Fe...

Antique chest of drawers from around 1880. Origin: France Wood: oak Dimensions: height 104 cm / width 133 cm / depth 56 cm

A Fine Pair of Cabinets by Henry Dasson Constructed in amaranth and amboyna, and dressed with high quality ormolu bronze mounts, and Verdun Breccia marble platforms; rising from ta...

19th Century French Louis XIV Two-Tiered Bookcase ~ China Buffet is a magnificent example of fine furniture craftsmanship melded with timeless style! Utilizing hand-select quarter-s...

Black forest pair of hanging corner shelves, hand carved in Switzerland between 1860 and 1890. The black forest hanging corner shelves are quite unusual with their original intricate carving. Black Forest Furniture...

Antique sideboard from around 1880, France. Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height 224 cm / width 95 cm / depth 53 cm

The entryway cabinet, crafted from rich mahogany, stands as a testament to the elegance and craftsmanship of the late 19th century. Dating back to aro...

Louvered-door cabinet in walnut, circa 1900.

Sideboard in carved walnut with revolving mirror, original Tuscan, two doors, two drawers with gray veined marble. Period: circa 1880 Measurements: 102 x 55 x (86 + 115) H tot. 201. ...

An antique corner chest of drawers from around 1880, Northern Europe. The piece of furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height 149 cm / w...

This bow front sideboard is raised upon tapered legs with spade feet. Having an arrangement of 2 oak lined drawers and 1 cupboard. The drawers and cupboard having boxwood line inla...

Bookcase from France made of solid wood construction that has been finished with an original green paint. The front of the bookcase is adorned with hand carved columns and a frieze o...

A lovely antique Victorian burr walnut Wellington chest of drawers. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1860-1880’s. It is of very good quality, it is slim yet with p...

Circa 1880 19thC French Faux Bamboo Apprentice Fruitwood Commode with Carrara Marble Top sku 944 W31 x D22 x H51 cm

An exceptional elm wood Korean chest with hand forged iron work mounts. The original finish with beautiful grain with dovetailed corners. The front drop lid opens showing a large sto...

A Japanese style carved wood cabinet, with a painted decor imitating Japanese lacquer, ornamented with flowers, birds and butterflies. Opening onto two drawers and a paper filer, the upright-secretary door is also fitted with red velvet. Surmounted by a drawer and asymmetrical shelves, composed in the Japanese « zen » spirit, the cabinet stands on four legs joined by an engraved stretcher. The great influence of the Far-East, through China and Japan, in the second half of the 19th century French art could be found first in painting and soon after in decorative arts and furniture as well. Following the Franco-English military campaign led in 1860 against the Imperial army in China, the French troops of Napoleon III brought back from the Summer Palace, a part of the Chinese Imperial court treasure, which will make up the famous Chinese Museum of Empress Eugénie at the Fontainebleau Palace. The French artists won’t be long to take inspiration from those exotic and sumptuous objects for their creations, as they used to do in the 18th century, when the best French cabinet-makers adapted the Chinese lacquers on the luxurious royal chests. But the influence of Japan, at the Meiji period (1868-1912), came also very quickly to France, thanks to the opening of the country in the middle of the 19th century, as well as the development of traveling and the amazing Universal Exhibitions, in which Japan participated for the first time in 1867 in Paris. Then many Japanese objects and prints were imported to France and to all Europe, and for which some collectors spent already fortunes. With Manet and Impressionists generation, the passion for Japanese art, more than a simple taste for an exotic style, was still in fashion until the turn of the 19th century. It provoked not only a craze among the French aristocratic families as well as the wealthy Paris high society, wishing renew their mansion inner decoration, but turned also to a real revolutionary movement among the “avant-garde” artists. Those artists, whoever they were, painters, cabinet-makers or designers of ceramic, bronze and crystal objects, adapted then those techniques and naturalistic motifs unknown until this time. Christofle, very famous since 1867 as a silversmith, was also one of the leaders among the inventors of Japanism. He knew how to use Japanese elements to his own splendid works made in silver or “cloisonné” enameled bronze. During the 1878 Paris Universal Exhibition, Christofle presented with great success his life-sized bronze Japanese ladies torcheres, executed by the renowned sculptor Guillemin. Another famous company to be mentioned, is “L’Escalier de Cristal”, producing art objects and furniture, all of high standard quality and innovating much with their Japanese decor. Highly remarked during the Universal Exhibitions, “L’Escalier de Cristal” collaborated with the greatest artists, such Gallé and Rousseau for glass- and ceramic wares, and the cabinet-makers Lièvre and Viardot, whom made furniture including sometimes authentic Japanese elements. In 1872, Alfred Perret and Ernest Vibert opened in Paris, at 33 rue du Quatre-Septembre a store that offered “natural bamboo furniture and cane seats” and all kinds of textile fittings for furniture. This furniture used for winter gardens and terraces of mansions knew then a resounding success. They developed their business around 1884 with their Japanese style furniture, very close to that executed by Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906). In 1886, the company appearing in the category of “Chinoiserie and Japoneries” offered, in addition to furniture and seating creation, works of art and inlaid furniture directly imported from the Far East ; an activity that expanded rapidly. Their exotic fantasy furniture presented at the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1889 and 1900, rewarded them two silver medals. In 1894, the company was listed under the name “Perret et Vibert”, headed by the son of Alfred Perret and Ernest Vibert. The same year, they redesigned their store on rue du Quatre-Septembre, creating ten new show-rooms, showing complete furniture sets of Japanese and Chinese style inspiration. It was not until 1895, that the company was finally named “La Maison des Bambous” and organized then in their shops an “exhibition of country furniture and seats for castles and villas”, which was visited by Empress Eugenie to furnish her villa Cyrnos at Cap Martin. She actually was a regular customer of the “Maison des Bambous” as she bought repeatedly furniture. In October of the same year, the king of Greece...

French chest of drawers with two drawers. Produced in France around 1880. made of walnut wood and marble top. Decorated with brass handles and floral inlay. Very good condition. Wo...

Rare pedestal table / bookcase in Japanese / Chinese / Asian style. Richly carved : top decorated with a dragon, openwork swivel shelves and tripod base carved with clawed legs. Ar...

A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood ornately carved two-door vitrine display cabinet of serpentine form with foliate and shell carvings, surrounding ...

19th Century Italian two-door buffet/sideboard from a villa in Florence. All original metalwork including lock and key. With some minor restoration and signs of historic woodworm. We...

A wonderful antique French walnut marble top bedside cabinet, dating from around the 1880-1900 period. It is of superb quality and it is a very use...

French Gothic Pine Reading Stand, Greeting Station, Greeter An Original French Reading stand, this Gothic piece would make a great Front of House Oak Greeter The Stand has 8 arched ...

Spruce sideboard from the late 1800s, with sliding interior shelves. Romagnola (Italy). Epoch : nineteenth century To be restored, never touched. Measurements: L. cm 128 - D. cm 76 ...

19th Century Dutch colonial trunk was hand-crafted from seasoned, old-growth white oak to last for centuries! A neoclassical architecture was employed, including Doric capitals atop ...

Late XIX Century Chest of Drawers in Baroque Style, Germany, 1890 Walnut with burl wood, A chest of drawers standing on spherical legs and in a beautiful form with a wavy front. Pin...

Fine quality French Boulle style pier or side cabinet Ormulo mounts including intricate cherubim caryatid mounts to the side and grotesque masks Features classic Boulle style inlay w...

Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its original condition from many years ago. Sim...

This 19th century Louis Philippe chest is stunning. The French do such an amazing job with veneer and the front of this chest is no exception . Brilliant black Marble and amazing ori...