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Period: Late 19th Century
Rare Matched Pair of Louis XVI Style Wall Vitrines by Zwiener, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual matched pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted wall vitrines by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener.
French, circa 1890.
Signed ‘E. Zwiener’ to the base of the bro...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th c. Mahogany Globe-Wernicke 4 Stack Lawyer's Bookcase c.1890-1899
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A late 19th c. modular 4 stack lawyer's bookcase with brass knobs, brass plated metal straps and glass doors that open and slide in from the top. Original wavy glass in each s...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Marble Top Inlaid Mahogany Cabinet or Dry Bar
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French mahogany cabinet in Louis XVI style with geometric patterns on both front and sides. The top surface is made ...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble
$1,158 Sale Price
50% Off
Large Korean Head Side Chest Morijang Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely crafted Korean Morijang chest dated to the late 19th century toward the end of Joseon Dynasty. "Morijang" was traditionally used to keep house valuables such as jewelries an...
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Korean Other Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Victorian Cross-Banded & Inlaid Walnut Cabinet
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian ormolu mounted cross-banded and inlaid walnut cabinet, the breakfront centred by a quarter veneer panelled door enclosing two shelves with velvet lining, flanked by glazed ...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Original 1890 Army & Navy C.S.L Stamped Campaign Chest of Drawers Including Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare solid mahogany with brass trim Army & Navy C.S.L stamped officers Campaign chest of drawers with drop front Birds Eye Maple desk...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Fine 19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Armoire by Mercier
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted armoire by Mercier Freres. Fine quality with interior beachwood with cabinets and shelving.
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Fine Chinese Scholars' Display Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant display cabinet from the late 19th century exemplifies the perfection of line and proportion that makes classical Chinese furniture so timeless. The tall cabinet has a r...
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Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Elm
19th c. Venetian Painted Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fantastic Italian Venetian Painted secretary/cabinet. This piece has a wonderful color palette but I believe that was done in the early 20th...
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Italian Directoire Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Outstanding 19th Century French Rosewood Ormolu Bronze Mounting Vitrine Curio
Located in Roslyn, NY
This beautiful Classic is an early 1900s French rosewood vitrine with beautiful bronze ormolu-mounted details. There are two glass shelves in the top portion with a wonderful mirrore...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
$19,500 Sale Price
21% Off
French Napoleon III, Style Boulle Cabinet circa 1890 with Marquetry, Inlay
Located in Houston, TX
Boulle marquetry inlay is very well done with excellent construction.
The cabinet opens with two doors opening to one shelf inside.
The decoration is comprised of tortoise and bras...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bentwood
$6,650 Sale Price
30% Off
French Louis Philippe Drop Front Secretary, late 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
Experience the timeless allure of a Louis Philippe secretary, resplendent in mahogany veneer and a black stone top. This exquisite piece of 19th-century craftsmanship boasts a drop f...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand Painted Chest or Floor Trunk
Located in Praha, CZ
Wooden hand painted chest with folk pattern. Saved from an old mill in the former Czechoslovakia.
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Czech Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Victorian Dickens Desk Walnut Writing Table 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Burr Walnut ''Dickens'' Desk.1
This ''Dickens'' desk having an arrangement of 9 mahogany lined drawers.
Circa 1870
The centre drawer being of a faux example.
The drawer ret...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Substantial American Victorian Dresser & Beveled Mirror
Located in Fulton, CA
A substantial, over-sized American Victorian dresser with large beveled mirror. Beautiful ribbon cut and cross cut mahogany construction. Heavy and large solid brass drawer pulls. Ci...
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American Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swedish Whitewashed Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Swedish Whitewashed Bookcase features a stately, tailored architecture that makes it incredibly versatile in a wide variety of decor styles. Hand-crafted from old-growt...
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Swedish Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Provincial Hand-Carved Walnut Sideboard
Located in Sofia, BG
A 19th century French hand-carved two-door sideboard. The doors open to reveal two adjustable shelves for storage. Offered in excellent condition with two original working keys a good item for any traditional kitchen...
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French French Provincial Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$3,440 Sale Price
40% Off
STUNNING ANTiQUE VICTORIAN 1880 SATIN BIRCH HOLLAND & SON'S CHEST OF DRAWERS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very fine, highly collectable Satin Birch two over three chest of drawers made by the legendary firm of Holland & Son's
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price.
These drawers are super decorative and look expensive and important in any setting, when the light catches them just right they glow! The timber is Satin Birch which is warm and golden, they are stamped on the top left drawer Holland & Son's and all the locks are signed with the Royal Warrant
Condition wise, they have been cleaned waxed and polished all over, there is some light timber losses to the back left, general patina marks all over and one of the middle drawers has some chisel indentations / cuts, otherwise they are in very fine order indeed
Dimensions
Height:- 98cm
Width:- 107cm
Depth:- 58cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask.
The English firm of Holland & Sons (1803–1942) became from 1843 one of the largest and most successful cabinet makers, and a rival to Gillows of Lancaster and London.
The company's labelled Day books are now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum Archive of Art and Design where they present a virtual "who's who" of nineteenth century society.
The company was established in 1803 by Stephen Taprell and William Holland, a relation of the architect Henry Holland. Always on the leading edge of fashion, Holland & Sons employed some of England's foremost designers and participated in all of the International Exhibitions of 1851, 1855, 1862, 1867, 1872 and 1878. Holland and Sons also participated in many of the leading international exhibitions including London in 1862, Vienna in 1873 and Paris in 1867 and 1872.
After a brief period in which the company was known as Taprell, Holland & Son c.1835-43, William Holland gained sole command after the senior partner Taprell's retirement. From 1843 onwards they were known as Holland and Sons. The relationship between builder and cabinet maker is similar to another leading Victorian firm, Trollope and Sons. Their earliest known commission was to furnish the Athenaeum Club, London, 1824- 1838. They also worked alongside the prestigious firm of Thomas Dowbiggin at Osborne House, and eventually took over their premises and business at 23 Mount Street, London in 1851 and 1853 respectively.
In 1851, when the company was based in Mount Street and employed 351 people, they won a prize at the Great Exhibition for a bookcase. By then, after being granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom) early in the reign of Queen Victoria, they had already taken a leading part in the decoration and furnishing of Osborne House, Sandringham House, Balmoral Castle, Windsor Castle and the apartments of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Birch
French Victorian Walnut Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian walnut bookcase cabinet with 3 doors and bronze trim with banded inlay.
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted marquetry meuble d’appui
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French ormolu-mounted marquetry meuble d'appui circa 1880. Marquetry in the manner of of earlier furniture maker Joseph Cremer.
Eared rectangular white marble top sits ...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Regency Painted Bookcases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Regence-style cream painted and gilt trimmed bookcase cabinets with 2 glass front doors with gilt pilaster column sides above 2 lower doo...
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French Regency Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gold Leaf
$42,000 / set
Low Sideboard In Solid Walnut, Louis-philippe Style, Late 19th Century
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
Antique French Louis-Philippe Walnut Buffet with Shaped Drawer, Loire Valley, Late 19th Century A beautiful French Louis-Philippe walnut buffet from the Loire Valley, dating from the...
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French Louis Philippe Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Pine Secretary, circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Pine secretary or "bureau" from Sweden from the latter 1800's.
Standing 4' tall, this secretary has 3 traditional large lower drawers with brass pulls and upper desk section.
The des...
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Swedish Country Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
19th-Century Portuguese Cabinet on Stand – Exquisite National Style
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
19th-Century Portuguese Cabinet on Stand – Exquisite National Style
A remarkable 19th-century Portuguese cabinet on stand, crafted in the National Portuguese style from jacaranda and...
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Portuguese Other Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame by Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Montreal, QC
This parquetry desk has the attributes one would expect when bearing the name to one of Paris leading retailers of objet deluxe. It is bombe...gently swelling and raised on cabriole legs. It is applied with oval porcelain panels which we have not dismounted but are to Sevres standard. It extensively mounted with bronze chutes sabots and moldings of various sorts. Including a bronze pierced plaque with the monogram of the owner. It is in a small way, highly evocative of 19th century Paris at its best.
This company flourished between the consulate and 1867 when it closed. It enjoyed Royal patronage and was certainly a leading supplier of luxury goods of the highest quality.
Maison Giroux, the famous curiosity and luxury goods shop, was situated at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The business was founded in 1799 by Francis Simon Alphonse Giroux, cabinetmaker and official restorer of Notre Dame. “Maison Alphonse Giroux” also known as “Giroux & Cie” specialized in producing ornate objects d’art and technically sophisticated furniture. Patronized by various members of the French Royal Family, including Louis XVIII, Charles X, Henri...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
China Closet Biedermeier
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
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...
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Polish Biedermeier Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Birch
$3,191
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Serpentine Display Armoire ~ Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Serpentine Display Armoire ~ Bookcase is an amazing example of expert craftsmanship and design! The casework features serpentine sides, a boldly ...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Chest of Drawers with rich wood grain, Late Biedermeier
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a spectacular Antique chest of drawers or commode. It features 4 large drawers and brass hardware. This piece is done in wood, with veneer featuring ric...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Walnut Canterbury
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a Canterbury or bookcase or 3-stage display or server made in England, circa 1870. The piece is made of Kashmir walnut (the finest cut of Burr Walnut). There is a pierced bra...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Burl
English Bamboo Open Bookcase with Seagrass Accents
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English bamboo bookcase from the Aesthetic Movement period, circa 1870-1910, featuring open shelving - with original seagrass accents to the top, sides, and shelves - and a to...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo, Seagrass, Wood
Aesthetic Movement Walnut Cabinet of Architectural Form with Carved Decoration.
Located in London, GB
An English Aesthetic Movement walnut cabinet of architectural form with carved floral decoration to the upper and lower cupboard doors with stylized brass ring pull handles to the do...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Beech Shelves or Étagère
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Small open bookcase made of beechwood from Germany. In very good condition.
The shelf can be unscrewed by hand without tools and can be easily sh...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Beech
$1,359 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Aesthetic Movement Carved Cherry Faceted & Mirrored Corner Cabinet c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique aesthetic movement corner cabinet offers cherry construction in faceted form with carved foliate frieze surmounting cast with single beveled glass door opening to shelved ...
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American Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
An Arts & Crafts Craftsman made simple Oak Dresser with Decorative Shaped Top
Located in London, GB
An excellent quality Arts and Crafts two-door oak dresser with a decorative shaped top, cascading upper shelves, and a sweeping arched apron on four square legs united by side stretc...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
An Important 19th Century French Henry Dasson Commode in the Louis XVI Style Aft
By Henry Dasson
Located in Benington, Herts
An Important French Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Commode in the Louis XVI Style by Henry Dasson (1825-1896) after the design in 1788 for the Kings Cabinet at Saint-Cloud by ebeniste Adam...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Pair of English Neoclassical Style Burl Walnut Figural Ormolu Commodes. C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English neoclassical style three-drawer commodes with a carved molded edge top, mahogany string inlays, figural ormolu filigree mounts with the...
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English Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cylinder Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A palatial scale mahogany cylinder desk in the Louis XVI style; the superstructure with rectangular galleried bleu turquin marble top over four frieze drawers, the paneled cylinder f...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet is a marvelous example of the furniture maker's craft! Stately, tailored lines are framed by bold molding above and below, just...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1 of 2 Antique Victorian Dwarf Open Library Bookcases with Two Shelves Per Side
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 2 large dwarf open library bookcases circa 1880 in English oak
As mentioned this is one of two, the other is 60cm wider than this one and is listed under my other items, it is not included in this sale
This is a worker day factory used industrial library...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
$1,524 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian, Tuscany, Walnut 4-Door Notary's Cabinet, 3rd quarter 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a cornice top above a conforming case with four doors each with separate glass windows, framed by shaped pilasters at front sides and center, the interior with shelving, raise...
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Italian Baroque Revival Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Superb Quality Quarter Sawn Oak Serpentine Glass American Victorian Vitrine
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very beautiful and original American Victorian solid oak china cabinet or vitrine. Measures 77.5 tall x 53 wide x 21 deep. Dates to the 1880s era and is American.
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American Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Herts Brothers Edwardian Bronze & Satinwood Inlay Mahogany Chest Dresser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Herts Brothers Edwardian Bronze & Satinwood Inlay Mahogany Chest Dresser. Item features brass and satinwood floral scrollwork inlay, brass/bronze capped feet, rolling casters...
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Unknown Edwardian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Swedish Pine Secretaire with Fall-Front Desk Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 19th Century Swedish secretaire with fall-front desk top.
This style of desk was very popular in the 18th and 19th century in Sweden.
It offers an ingenious array of storage pos...
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Swedish Directoire Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Antique Pair French Ormolu Marble Kingwood Rosewood Marquetry Desks Side Tables
Located in Dublin, Ireland
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...
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th-C. Louis XV Style French Pine Cabinet / Bookcase / Armoire W/ Ticking
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a French pine cabinet with ooodles of charm! It has Louis XV styling and is carved pine with chicken wire doors. The doors are lined with French ticking in a burlap and red s...
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French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Fabric, Pine
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Bookcase represents a stately expression of classical style that truly defies time itself! A multi-tiered crown overlooks the bonnet carved with Greek wave...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Walnut crossbanded Queen Ann sideboard
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut Queen Ann style sideboard. The shaped cross-banded top with concaved ends. To the freeze fitted with two short and one long drawer. Over double cupboard doors flanking two dra...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Late Qing Dynasty Ebonized and Partial Gilt Decorated Packing Trunk
Located in Germantown, MD
Chinese Late Qing Dynasty Ebonized and Partial Gilt Decorated Packing Trunk / Storage chest with handles. Sides and top decorated.
Measures 27" in width, 16" in depth and 18" in hei...
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Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood, Giltwood
French Louis XV Commode Later Gray Paint, 19th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
This captivating French 19th-century Louis XV commode is adorned with timeless elegance and exquisite craftsmanship. This remarkable piece features a graceful silhouette with three s...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand Painted Gansu Tibetan Cabinet
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This late 19th-century hand-painted Gansu Tibetan cupboard features a front adorned with intricate depictions of mystic flowers and dragons complemented by decorative patterns throug...
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Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$2,641 Sale Price
35% Off
Rare 19th Century English 'Eclipse' Patented Telescopic Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 19C English Eclipse Patented Telescopic Desk.
Made of oak in the Rococo Style in Great Britain, circa 1880.
Fully marked as “The Eclipse“, Brand’s ...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Bamboo and Rosewood Armoire
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bamboo single glass door armoire cabinet with pediment top and rush veneer under bamboo trim with open side shelves and small rose...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Rosewood
French Antique Bamboo & Lacquer Cabinet Attr. To Perret Vibert, 1890-1900
By Perret Vibert & J. Rainfray
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This a wonderful example of French Art[Nouveau furniture.
This French Antique Bamboo & Lacquer Cabinet is Attributed to Perret Vibert, the famous cabinetmaker from the Art Nouveau pe...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Japanese Style Cabinet-Secretary Att. to Perret & Vibert, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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French Japonisme Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Wall Mounted Monel Cabinet from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A long wall mounted cabinet with five sets of double doors, made of solid monel (nickeled brass) for Bamberger's Department Store. Manufactured in ...
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North American Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Nickel
English Oak Dresser Base with Two Drawers and Lower Shelf, circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome English oak dresser base from circa 1880, showcasing a clean, practical form enhanced by traditional detailing. Measuring 60 inches wide by 16 inches deep and standing 34....
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English Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Revival Pair of Inlaid Mahogany Cellarettes Cupboards Cabinets
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Late 19th Century Georgian Revival Inlaid Mahogany Cellarettes (Pair)
This fine quality pair of inlaid mahogany cellarettes, crafted in the late 19th century, features exquisite details and are both stamped by the renowned maker Gillows.
Features:
One cellarette includes a galvanized liner for white wine, while the other is designed for red wine without a liner.
Solid quality pieces with no loose joints and no signs of woodworm.
Dimensions:
Overall maximum dimensions: 55cmW x 41cmD x 64cmH
Internal galvanized bucket...
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Georgian Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$2,840 Sale Price / set
30% Off
French gilt and carved wood wall mounted corbel shelf circa 1880
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A small French gilt and carved wood wall mounted shelf circa 1880.
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French Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Giltwood
Colonial style chest of drawers model 500 by Bodafors, Sweden, 1890s
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Great chest of drawers, model No 500, produced by Bodafors, Sweden, during the 1890s.
Made with bamboo imitation in cut beech, five drawers with fronts covered with Japanese straw m...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Straw, Beech
Large Pine Belle Époque Bookcase or Buffet from Bohemia, c. 1880
Located in Miami, FL
From Sudetenland or present-day Czech Republic, an exceptionally handsome and well-crafted pine bookcase or cupboard with beautifully articulated carvings. Offers carved, arched and glazed upper cabinet doors over two convex and fluted drawers...
Category
Czech Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine
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