Shelves
16
to
3
12
4
16
16
16
1,065
775
239
88
88
88
79
50
44
40
33
33
25
10
9
8
7
1
13
3
3
2
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
13
4
4
4
4
9
7
7
7
7
1
Shelves For Sale
Style: Empire
Style: Qing
IMPORTANT PAIR OF EMPIRE SHELVES Napoleon III 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PAIR OF EMPIRE SHELVES Napoleon III 19th century
French, 19th century 19th century,
clad in rosewood wood,
with three shelves,
gilded carvings.
Small defects.
Dim.: 1...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Wood
Antique Empire Bookcase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary antique empire bookcase in great condition completed and restored by our professional craftsmen team. This elegant piece is th...
Category
Early 1900s French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Brass
19th Century Bamboo Lacquered Hall Table Shelf
Located in New York, NY
19th century hall table also called Half Table. Bamboo construction with embossed paper lacquered to the wooden flats that make up the shelfs and walls. Chinoiserie style painting to...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Paper, Bamboo, Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Style Walnut Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at 44.5 inches in height, this tall late nineteenth century French Empire style walnut console table features columns at the front corners and a Saint Anne marble top. A sin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Marble
Austrian Empire Style Console and Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish Empire style wall hung console and mirror date to the 19th century and were acquired in Austria. The piece is fabricated in mahogany with bronze doré mounts.
Note: Pi...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Bronze
Provincial Chinese Collector's Shelf, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial collector's shelf features three open compartments enclosed by a decorative frame carved with abstract floral motifs. Dated to the late 19th century, the shelf once s...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Elm
Original Antique Empire Library / Shelve / Vitrine, circa 1860-1880 Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Empire Biblithek, circa 1860s-1880s from an Empire room
Mahogany with beautiful empire figures, cast bronze.
Very rare to get today.
3 glass doors, interior with glass shelves, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Chinese Raised Panel Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
19th century raised panel Chinese cabinet. Very auspicious (favorable) black and red raised panel cabinet. Raised panels decorate the face of the doors. T...
Category
1870s Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Cypress
Pair of Petite Chinese Collector's Shelves
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th century, these petite collector's shelves are seamlessly constructed with clean lines and open sides. Once the centerpiece of a scholar’s studio, these open s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
Antique 1810 France Cast Iron Bookcase Shelves Flowers
Located in Munich, DE
Charming and elegant shelves made out of cast iron. The front of this slim piece of furniture and the struts are decorated with flowers.
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Iron
Pair of Empire Étagères
Located in New York, NY
Rouge Royal marble tops with two toned mahogany (the mahogany originally bleached to create this contrast) and brass mouldings.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lacquered Scholars' Shelf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This striking red and black lacquer bookcase once stood in the center of a traditional Chinese scholars' studio, displaying a collection of books, scrolls, and treasured objects. The...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Elm
French Empire Style 19th Century Mahogany Etagere
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany etagere with bronze trim and shaped back rail above shelves with lyre form sides.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Bronze
Fine Bamboo & Black Lacquer Corner Stands
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined and elegant bamboo corner stand, four black lacquer shelves with rounded front, lattice fret work railing. Selling pair or single, $2600...
Category
1890s Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Chinese Scholars' Display Shelf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Collecting was a popular pastime for well-to-do Ming and Qing dynasty gentleman, and a shelf like this one would have been an ideal place to display jades, curios, porcelain, and col...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Elm
Unusual Empire Style Bookcase, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Quirky and unusual Empire style breakfront bookcase, the wood painted with a faux bois trompe l'oeil, and decorated with plaster moldings painted gold....
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Related Items
Victorian Antique Howard & Son's Revolving Library Bookcase Side End Wine Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this really very nice and highly collectable Howard & Son’s Berner street Library revolving bookcase table
I have never seen one of these made ...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Shelves
Materials
Walnut
H 28.35 in W 28.35 in D 28.55 in
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...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Shelves
Materials
Beech
Campaign Style Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of Campaign office bookcases, each with four pigeonholes, eight shelf sections and one drawer with brass fittings. The original Victorian.
Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Shelves
Materials
Wood
Adnet Style Saddle Stitched Leather Cantilevered Wall Console
Located in Hanover, MA
A wall console wrapped in saddle leather supported by two L shaped brackets with a top stitch detail in the manner of Jacques Adnet. One drawer with a piece of leather serving as the...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Leather
Antique Edwardian Open Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A superb antique Edwardian open breakfront bookcase. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1900-1910 period.
It is of extremely fine ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Shelves
Materials
Wood
Straits Chinese Carved Hardwood Bamboo Inlay Display Stand, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable straits Chinese (also known as Peranakan or Nyonya) carved hardwood and bamboo inlaid and embellished table-form stand, originally for dis...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Qing Shelves
Materials
Hardwood, Bamboo, Lacquer
Practical Size Solid Oak Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcase with Beveled Glass
Located in Lisse, NL
For those who are looking for a small and practical cabinet.
This handcrafted and slim cabinet dates from the turn of the century and it can be used for all kinds of purposes. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Shelves
Materials
Glass, Oak
Free Shipping
H 47.25 in W 15.75 in D 7.5 in
Swedish Modern, Multifunctional Shelves in Solid Pine, Late 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
In the year 1877, the Swedish Royal library moved into a newly constructed building in Humlegården, Stockholm. The Architect was Gustaf Dahl.
On the top 3 floors of the original building, in the book storage areas, these wooden shelves were placed on iron holders built into the house walls.
During the 1990s the building was renovated and they were supposed to be thrown away, and if it hadn´t been for a carpenter working with the renovations, they would surely be gone for now.
Instead they are now a preserved piece of history.
These Swedish Modern wall shelves...
Category
1870s Swedish Brutalist Antique Shelves
Materials
Pine
H 4.73 in W 31.5 in D 11.82 in
Antique English Bookcase Display Shelf Cabinet Barley Twist Oak C. 1920s
Located in Tyler, TX
Beautiful antique English oak barley twist bookcase or display shelf/cabinet ~~c. 1920s.
Perfect for displaying your favorite antique books o...
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Shelves
Materials
Oak
H 49.5 in W 52 in D 14.75 in
Pair of Late 20th Century Mahogany Hanging Wall Shelves
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Late 20th Century Mahogany Hanging Wall Shelves in very good Condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Chinese Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Chinese altar table in stained and lacquered elm with carved side decoration and two drawers with original hardware.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Elm
Qing Dynasty Chinese 19th Century Distressed Brown Lacquer Console Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period brown lacquer altar console table from the 19th century with original distressed patina and horse hoof legs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period in the 19th century, this altar console table features a narrow rectangular top with central board, sitting above a simple apron. Presenting its nicely weathered, original brown lacquer, this altar console table is raised on four slender legs with horse hoofed extremities. We review all of our pieces and address issues we may find before they leave for your home; however, this is an antique piece, and as such it will keep its character and some imperfections, which is the quintessence of antique and vintage furniture...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Wood
Previously Available Items
Chinese Scholars' Scroll Shelf, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century bookcase once stood in a Qing-dynasty scholars' studio, piled high with books and painted scrolls. Considered a status symbol, books were given pride of place...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
Low Chinese Bookcase with Lattice Shelf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This low bookcase dates to the mid- to late-19th century and would have been used to display books, floral arrangements, and precious objects. Constructed with mortise-and-tenon join...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Scholars Scroll Shelves, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These early 20th century bookcases once stood in a Qing-dynasty scholars' studio, piled high with books and painted scrolls. Considered a status symbol, books were given pride of pla...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
Vintage Open Library Bookcase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant vintage Empire-style bookcase is hand-crafted out of wood covered in beautiful burled veneers and features a golden brown and ebonized color combination with a lacquered...
Category
1980s Belgian Empire Vintage Shelves
Materials
Wood, Plywood, Burl, Lacquer
Chinese Three Drawer Collector's Shelf, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this provincial collector's shelf once stood in an office or home studio, displaying a curated collection of precious objects such as porcelains, bron...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shelves
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Scholar's Shelves, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th century, these upright display shelves are constructed with lightweight frames, open sides, and low slatted railings enclosing each shelf. The pair's clean li...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
Chinese Spindleback Studio Shelf, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century bookcase once stood as the centerpiece of a Qing dynasty scholars' studio. Considered a status symbol, books were given pride of place on impressive shelves s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
French Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Metal Three-Shelf Tiered Table in Empire Style
Located in London, GB
French cloisonné enamel and gilt metal three-shelf tiered table in Empire style
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 90cm, diameter 36cm
This small Empire style shelved ci...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Metal, Enamel
H 35.44 in Dm 14.18 in
Pair of Chinese Scholars' Shelves, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th century, this pair of two-drawer collector's shelves is seamlessly constructed with clean lines and open sides. Rounded edges soften the angular frame and reference the bent bamboo furniture...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Walnut
French Empire Style Mahogany Etagere Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Unique French Empire style gilt bronze mounted mahogany étagère.
Early 19th century.
The étagère is surmounted by a gilt bronze finial, above graduated flamed mahogany shaft on a...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Shelves
Materials
Bronze
Provincial Chinese Shanxi Staircase
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand early 20th century staircase was originally used to access the loft in a traditional courtyard home in China's Shanxi province. Utilizing mortise-and-tenon joinery methods...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
Rider Cabinet Étagère
Located in New York, NY
Parisian flair. Our rider étagère is an updated take on French Empire style. Glossy black lacquer with antiqued brass accents and cast brass horse finials create a regal vibe. The fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Empire Shelves
Materials
Brass
Antique, New and Vintage Shelves
From valuable historical memorabilia to rare architectural models to priceless family photos, there’s no shortage of collectibles and curiosities worthy of adorning your home. Why not take the time to find the ideal antique, new or vintage shelves for your treasured trinkets?
For every space and object, there’s sure to be a wall-mounted or sturdy floor solution that matches your shelving needs on 1stDibs. And while shelves should technically stick out from your wall, they shouldn’t from the rest of your decor.
Because you can find shelves made with a wide variety of materials today, everything from teak to brass, your shelving can seamlessly support your existing color scheme and design style. An arrangement of shelves from floor to ceiling can turn your wall into a proud storage space for displaying artwork, decorative objects and books. Options abound with regard to shelving for the latter, as furniture designers know that literature creates an inviting atmosphere in any room, and one of the simplest ways to integrate books into an interior design is with the right shelves or bookcase.
Elegant shelving is a must for a happy home office or library, but a sharp shelving system can freshen up virtually any room in your home. Proudly display your vintage dinner plates and other tableware with open shelving in the kitchen or tuck away linens in big baskets on shelves in your bathroom if you’re navigating life without a proper linen closet.
On 1stDibs, find a wide range of shelves that includes everything from mid-century modern floating shelves to decorative Chinese shelves dating from the 18th century to contemporary statement-making structures that are as provocative as they are convenient.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
White Lacquer Office Cabinet
Wall Shelves And Desk
Wall Unit Desk
Wall Desk Units
Pair Of Metal Shelves
Chrome Etagere Glass Shelves
Wall System Teak
Vintage Teak Wall System
Large Storage Wall Units
All Unit Century Modern Wall Unit
Metal Shelving Units
Glass Case Milo
French Etagere Shelves
Mid Century Desk And Storage Unit
Brass Shelving Glass
Etagere Mahogany
Mahogany Etagere
Glass And Brass Shelving