Belle Époque Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

This handsome antique French travel trunk was crafted in Paris in the late 19th century and bears its original brass retailer’s plaque reading "Articles de Voyage – Ruel Jeune, Paris...

Very elegant desk, writing table, with slant drop front, with the beautiful carved decors in Classic figures all around the piece and saber legs. When opened we find the writing area...

This narrow console has an Italianesque feel, due to the stylized paint which is old but not original to this pine sideboard from Hungary. Lovely marbleized earthtones, flowers, and ...

Belle Epoque French Walnut Serpentine Armoire from Paris ca.1900 is an exhilarating example of the finest Old World craftsmanship by a noted maker ~ Maison Lalande Devouge Raus & Cie...

A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke François Linke The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by a laurel wreath and crossed acanthus branches, above a central large door at top by a lyre on drapery-covered plinth, flanked by scrolling acanthus, with a smaller door to each side hung with floral swags and with central oval plate, the divides cast with a slender flower-filled vase, the interior with adjustable shelves and drawers to the bottom, on shaped foliate-cast plinth and acanthus-capped tapering feet. Inscribed F. Linke to the top right bronze mount and stamped “C LINKE” on the back of the locks. Linke was born in Pankraz in Bohemia and was celebrated by the French as one of the greatest ébénistes of meubles de style at the turn of the century. He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna for two years. Linke arrived in Paris in 1875, and by 1881 he had established his own small workshop at 170 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. Taking 18th century styles as his starting point and adapting earlier styles to contemporary taste, Linke produced fine quality furniture, steadily expanding his business during the next 20 years. He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. He continued to use international fairs as a means of exploring new markets, exhibiting at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...

original condition as found, cleaned

A lovely buffet in oak with a mirrored top over a cabinet with two drawers and two doors. Mirror frame has a split-pediment top with turned center finial and is flanked by fluted col...

In original condition with a beautiful patina of age. Solid and compact.

A Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Transitional Style Marquetry Cabinet by Durand Gervais-Maximilien-Eugene Durand The Brèche d' Alep marble top above two long inlai...

An Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Commode By Henry Dasson Henry Dasson A marble top above a frieze set with three drawers with pierced laurel decoration and ribbon tied foliate wreaths, over three garland-hung cupboard doors each with shelves, flanked by concave corners fitted with a freestanding baluster form column, the sides similarly decorated and standing on toupie feet. Signed Henry Dasson 1879 to the bronze mount on the side and stamped Henry Dasson 1879 twice to the back of the carcass. After the very famous 18th century model by Martin Carlin. Henry Dasson was considered one of the finest makers of gilt bronze mounted furniture in the nineteenth Century. He established a workshop at 106 rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris, and specialised in the production of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI style furniture using the very finest ormolu mounts with the highest quality mercury gilding. In 1871, Dasson purchase Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen business and remaining stock. Dasson exhibited at the 1878 and 1889 Paris Exhibition. He displayed Louis XV and XVI styles as well as pieces of his own modified eighteenth century design. The exhibits in 1878 included a table entirely in gilt bronze, purchased by Lord Dudley. Martin Carlin (ca 1730 – 1785) was a Parisian ébéniste, born at Freiburg, who was received master at Paris in 1766. Carlin worked at first in the shop of Jean-François Oeben, whose sister he married. He set up independently in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, an unfashionable quarter of Paris, where few of his wealthy clientele would have penetrated. Carlin sold his works exclusively to marchands-merciers such as Simon-Philippe Poirier and his partner Dominique Daguerre, who acted as decorator-designers. It was only through these entrepreneurs that Carlin could acquire the Sèvres porcelain plaques that decorate many of his pieces. His earliest such pieces are datable by the marks on their porcelain to 1766; they followed designs supplied by the dealer Poirier. Although Martin Carlin made some larger pieces— secrétaires à abattant (drop-front secretary desks), tables, and commodes— he is best known for refined small furnishings...

American gilded age ebonized step back credenza with burled amboyna panels and finely articulated ormolu bronze doré mounts in the manner of NY cabinet makers Ringuet-Leprince, Marcotte and Co. The exquisite doré mounts and the European half mortise bayonet lock were imported from France. This was a typical manufacturing practice during the American Gilded Age as designers and cabinet makers like Leon...

A large French baker's rack or boulangerie display stand of wrought iron with decorative brass trim and finials, featuring scrolled dividing panels and three levels of shelves. Dim...

An Interesting Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Parquetry Vitrine The breakfront marble top above a scrolled frie...

A spectacular and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Epoque Period Ebony, Coromandel, Ormolu and Portoro marble cabinet. This exceptional Commode A Porte (commod...

A Unique and Palatial Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XIV Style Cabinet By François Linke François Linke – Index Number 490 The rare Baixas Breccia marble top above a b...

Gervais Durand was an exceptional furniture maker of the later 19th century, known especially for his reproductions of 18th Century works, but also responsible for some strikingly or...

A handsome & spacious Gründerzeit pedestal desk in pine. Germany, circa 1880. Base offers a pull-out writing surface with brown-leather top with gold tooling around edge, a long drawer above kneehole and storage cabinets at either side. Top cabinet section of desk has four small drawers flanking a keyed storage...

This is a monumental piece made by the capability of Italian Master artisans of the 21st century. We can find in this important chest of drawers the antique technics of realization about processing wood, bronze and painting. The bronze details are lost wax casting and then gilded 24K...

A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style 'Belle Époque' Ormolu Mounted and Kingwood Parquetry Single-Door Bombé Vitrine Display Cabinet, by Alexandre Hugnet (French, active la...

A Very Special and Palatial Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satine Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke François Linke – Index Numbe...

Attractive pitchpin bar counter with marble top, accompanied by its pitchpin glasses shelf. The back of the counter features a large shelf and a drawer. It is adorned with the manufa...

A Very Nice Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode By Haentges Freres Haentges Freres A marble top above a bronze frieze, with one long drawer decorated with...

A mid-late 19th century monumental Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted ebony, red tortoiseshell and designed brass Boulle style cabinet and mirror Each Boulle style marquetry panel wit...

A French Louis XV Style 'Belle Époque' Vitrine Cabinet Giltwood Carved Vitrine. The three panel curio cabinet, the center one with bowed-front glass, with twin side-doors and carved ...

A Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Demilune Vitrines By Paul Sormani Paul Sormani Each with balustrade galleries and raised on spiral decorat...

A very fine French Belle Époque 19th-20th century Louis XV style superb quality ormolu-mounted kingwood bombé commode with a Brêche d'Alep marble top, attributed to François Linke an...

A Stunning Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Hand-cut Floral Marquetry Cabinet By François Linke François Linke Brèche d’Alep serpentine fronted marble top, abov...

An Excellent Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Commode/Server By Henry Dasson Henry Dasson – After Benneman and Stockel The demi-lune grey and white mar...

A Fantastic Pair of Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Inlaid Marquetry and Parquetry Commodes Each finely made commode with a shaped marble top over three short and two long dresser drawers...

Beautiful Italian bar cabinet made in the 1960s from beechwood fineered with mahogany. Inlaid with leaf shaped decorations. Vintage drinks cabinet...

A Great Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine By François Linke François Linke. The rectangular paneled top with three-quarter gallery, above a conf...

An Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Chest of Drawers By François Linke François Linke Surmounted by a Brèche d’Alep marble top above a pair of short drawers, a...

An Excellent Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Parquetry Vitrine The breakfront marble top above a scrolle...

A fine and rare pair of late 19th century French mahogany and gilt bronze mounted mounted by F. Linke. The locks signed . Original Breche D' Alep marble tops. ( Pictured in the 19th ...

A Fine and Grand Late 19th Century Transitional Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine/Bookcase By Paul Sormani Paul Sormani A long marble top above a bronze frieze with two glass cente...

A very fine late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted Louis XV style Vernis Martin cabinet. By Joseph Zwiener. The central section finely decorated door panel displaying an allegorical 'Vernis Martin' scene, within a gilt bronze banded frame. With finely cast acanthus and figurative gilt bronze mounts. Stamped ‘NZ’ for Zwiener on the back of the escutcheons and reverse of the bronze mask to the base. Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the 19th century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modelling in his own interpretations of the 18th century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and 'Vernis Martin' panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a Gold Medal for what the jury reported as 'dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s'est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.' Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener's departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II, he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his "Z" initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...

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...

A superb Belle Époque-style breakfast buffet, crafted around 1900 in solid mahogany and adorned with finely crafted gilt bronzes. This stately piece is distinguished by its generous...

A fine and rare late 19th century French Louis XV marble top and gilt bronze Chiffonier by Francois Linke. Signed Francois Linke in script in the wood and the locks are stamped CT LI...

A rare late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted cartonnier or secretaire By Antoine Krieger The upper section containing seven deep tooled leather veneer drawers, abov...

This elegant antique French travel trunk was crafted in Paris, France circa 1890 and reflects the solid, utilitarian craftsmanship of late 19th century trunk-making, elevated by refi...

Colorfully Painted large 19th century French Buffet. The doors are beautifully decorated and there is a pair of unique corner doors.This piece has the original hardware and original shelving and would fit into any setting. It certainly would be wonderful in a French Provincial Kitchen...

A Fantastic Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode By Pretot A marble top above a frieze applied with scrolling-vine mounts and fronted by tw...

A Rare Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Dressing Table The top lifts to reveal a beautifully fitted and inlaid interior with swing out panels and beveled mirror....

A stunning example of refined French elegance, sophistication, and rich luxurious warmth. Born in France in the mid-20th century, the finely hand-crafted mahogany étagère features ...

A Fine Late 19th Century Transitional Style Gilt Bronze and Lacquer Vitrine Cabinet The large gilt bronze and all glass single door vitrine above a fine two door lacquered cabinet ...

A Rare and Very Special Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Two Tier Kidney Shaped Bureau By François Linke François Linke The upper case with shaped top, surmount...

A Special Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre By François Linke François Linke – Index no. 393 The upper section with a s...

A Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Sèvres Style Dressing Table This wonderful and rare table is mounted by over twenty three individual porcelain plaques de...

A very fine 19th century French Belle Epoque mahogany and gilt bronze mounted display cabinet. Original marble top.

A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Buffet/Server By François Linke François Linke Surmounted by a long, heavy marble top above three center drawers and tw...

A Superb Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Bureau à Cylindre Possibly François Linke for Maison Krieger In the manner of Adam Weisweiler, Possibly by François Linke for Maison Krieger Cajou, platane trellis-parquetry, ébène and buis stringings, the rounded corner marble top above three small drawers, the cylinder front opening to a gilt-tooled leather lined writing slide and five small drawers, the frieze fitted with three drawers, the central drawer, with spring-loaded secret release, is decorated with an ormolu relief plaque which depicts a group of putti at play, the two side drawers with hidden key...

A Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Coramandel Lacquer Cabinet By Maison Forest By Maison Forest A fine marble top above a single bronze mounted drawe...

A Special Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant The shaped marble top above a long center frieze drawer with a large central bronze plaque of putti at play, the beautiful parquetry drop-down door centered with an elliptical gilt bronze panel depicting ”A Sacrifice to Love”, a classically dressed woman presenting an infant to Cupid, who stands on a pedestal, the plaque has ribbon tied flowers, the inside centered with a mirror surrounded by drawers and pigeonholes, the fall-front itself provides a black leather writing surface, the bottom doors opening to two more drawers and a shelf, the sides decorated with similar parquetry designs. This piece is a copy of the 18th century Secretaire by Jean-Henri Riesener which is presently in the Wallace Collection...

An Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Vernis Martin, Marquetry and Parquetry Cabinet By Beurdeley Louis Auguste Alfred Beurdeley The serpentine shape...

An exceptional and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Mahogany, Kingwood, Tulipwood, burl wood, ormolu and white Carrara marble cabinet possibly by Ma...

A Lovely Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Table By François Linke François Linke The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled by ...

A Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cabinet By François Linke François Linke – Index no. 1108 Surmounted with a Brèche d’ Alep marble top, above a frie...

An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Mahogany, ormolu and Sarrancolin marble buffet, signed ‘Haentges Frères...

These refined display cabinets, or vitrines, are perfect for elegantly complimenting the display of trinkets without outshining them. The cabinets are crafted in rectangular form fro...