Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
Spanish Renaissance 1680s Walnut Spice Cabinet with Foliage Carved Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Renaissance walnut spice cabinet from circa 1680 with abundant foliage carved décor. This captivating Spanish Renaissance walnut spice cabinet, dating to circa 1680, enchan...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Renaissance buffet cabinet France 19th century antique
Located in Berlin, DE
We are offering a beautiful Renaissance buffet cabinet from France for sale.
Unfortunately, the lower doors can no longer be locked.
Condition: Good used condition with age-related ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
17th Century French Renaissance Hand-Carved Front Section of a Built in Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful carved Renaissance front section was a part of a built in cabinet.
The carvings are typical for Bretagne area in France and it can be ...
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Mid-17th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Antique Gothic Renaissance Revival Walnut Rouge Marble Buffet Sideboard Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Renaissance / Gothic Revival cabinet / sideboard / buffet / bar / server. Made of walnut featuring Rouge marble top with paneled backsplash over two drawers and lower...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
NVIN0518 Vintage Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
A Vintage Mahogany Secretary Desk brought to you by Niagara Furniture. This desk is impressive in both it’s design and scale. Made of beautifully grained mahogany and mahogany veneer...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
17th Century Italian Carved Walnut Credenza
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th century Italian Carved Walnut Credenza. Credenza is beautifully crafted featuring intricate woodwork with decorative carvings of mythological creatures and foliage along the doo...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Antique French Renaissance Revival Walnut Buffet Cabinet Cupboard Hutch 94"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Renaissance / Henry II style walnut buffet a deux corps / vaisselier / cupboard / cabinet / hutch featuring Neoclassical carved figural / acanthus / floral theme. The...
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Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Unique Antique 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Bargueño in Solid Chestnut Wood
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is an exceptional Spanish Renaissance bargueño, crafted in the mid 19th century, from solid chestnut wood. This masterpiece, with its warm brown color, exudes timeless ...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Antique French Renaissance Revival Oak Carved Hunt Bookcase Display Cabinet 97"
Located in Dayton, OH
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Renaissance Revival Hunt Cabinet. Hand carved from oak with a large upper display portion that opens to three adjustable shelves. Door frames are neatly carved and flanked by meticulously carved outer stiles with figural ringed lion spandrels over a fruit and foliate motif. Crown is centered by a shell and scrolled foliate cartouche set between acanthus motif and French medallions.
The base of the cabinet has two hand dovetailed drawers with figural carved gargoyle...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Oak
Antique mid 18th century Dutch Renaissance solid oak single door cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
Introducing an exceptional antique Dutch cabinet that epitomizes 18th-century craftsmanship. Dating back to around 1750, this meticulously crafte...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Steel
17th Century French Leather Coffer with Nailhead Detail
Located in Houston, TX
17th century French leather coffer, chest or trunk with nailhead detail from burgundy on newer wooden base.
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Swiss Chest richly carved, Riedmatten family, framed by two Holy conversations
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
SWISS CHEST RICHLY CARVED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE RIEDMATTEN FAMILY FRAMED BY TWO HOLY CONVERSATIONS
ORIGIN : SWITZERLAND, VALAIS CANTON
PERIOD : END OF 16th CENTURY – EARLY 17...
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16th Century Swiss Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood, Walnut
18th Century Italian Carved Walnut Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare 18th century Italian walnut chest / credenza, Renaissance Period, neoclassical influenced, having two elaborately carved figural statue c...
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18th Century Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
18th Century Renaissance Palladio Dining Room Set in blackening wood of walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Monumental and important Renaissance Palladio dining room set all in solid hand-carved walnut from a Palladian Palace in Vicenza of a Venetian patrician family.
The back of the showcase was rebuilt again at the end of the 800 first 900 with the application of damask fabric
The table can be extended up to 4-6 meters
The large sideboard and the display cabinet are in the process of conservative restoration and have therefore been disassembled, as seen from the last photos.
Measures in cm:
Sideboard H 240 x L 315 x D 70
Display cabinet H 240 x L 230 x D 60
Table H 78 L x 230 x D 140 Extendable to 4-6 meters
Notes:
The architectural design of Andrea Palladio...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Pine, Walnut
16th Century Italian Renaissance Cabinet in walnut with rich carvings
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Italy / 16th Century / Cabinet / walnut / Renaissance / Antique
Rare 16th Century Italian Renaissance cabinet in walnut with hand carved decorations of 3 heads and floral patterns f...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Antique Dutch Renaissance Portal Cabinet in Solid Oak, 18th Century
Located in Casteren, NL
This rare Dutch cabinet is made of the finest oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age”
This cabinet is made in t...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Italian Renaissance Style Art Deco MidCentury Carved Walnut Burl Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Renaissance style drinks dry bar cabinet with beautiful carved walnut wood, slant central door and nicely shaped bottom pedestal stand. The piece has all around ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Antique 17th Century Carved Oak Dutch Renaissance Maids Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
This solid oak carved chest was made in the Netherlands during the Renaissance period.
It was made in the finest quality oak and high quality carving. The carvings are deep and met...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Iron
Renaissance Spanish Buffet with Two Doors, Three Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish Renaissance buffet was sculpted from dense, old-growth oak with glorious full relief depictions. Set upon a brilliantly...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
16th Century Venetian Renaissance Cedar Wood Cassone
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A large 16th century Venetian cedar. wood Cassone is an exquisite example of the craftsmanship characteristic of the Italian Renaissance period, featuring beautifully detailed scenes dating to circa 1550-1580.
Made from cedar wood, the chest has a deep, rich patina. Cedar wood was prized during the Renaissance for its durability and resistance to decay, making it an ideal choice for fine furniture intended to last for generations.
In Renaissance Venice, cassoni were a standard part of a bride's dowry among the nobility and wealthy merchant classes. Venice was a thriving trade hub with a population of about 150,000 in the mid-16th century, and the upper classes commissioned these chests .
The decoration of the chest is particularly breathtaking. Its surface features intricate figural panels that depict various scenes, which include historical, mythological, and symbolic representations. Among these are 16th century knights, chariots, mythical beasts, and lions. The designs are expertly silhouetted against a recessed ground, giving a three-dimensional quality that enhances their visual impact.
The use of punch-work, a decorative technique involving the stamping of the wood with a mesh-like pattern, adds texture and depth to the surfaces. This technique is indicative of the meticulous attention to detail for which artisans in Italy were known during this period.
Overall, this Venetian Cassone...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Iron
Pair of Antique Italian Painted Chests or Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of 19th Century Italian three drawer chests or commodes handcrafted in hardwoods on a bow front bombay form paint decorated in a renaissance style with decoupage figu...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Hardwood, Paint
Antique French Corner Cabinet Cupboard Storage with Drawer Key Oak TALL 19th C
Located in Tyler, TX
SUPERB Carved Antique French Oak Corner Cabinet with Drawer and Key~~TALL~~c. 1890s-1900
Carved door with upper drawer and key~~two...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Renaissance Cabinet from Burgundy or Lyon Region
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Renaissance cabinet from Burgundy Or Lyon Region
Origin : Burgundy Or Lyon, France
Period : Second Half 16th Century, C. 1580
Height : 209cm
Length : 184cm
Depth : 71cm
Good condition
Walnut wood, original keys and keyholes
Around the middle of the 16th century the conception and ornamentation of French furniture evolves. The start of major building projects, such as the castle of Fontainebleau, gives artists a new impulse. Inventive and rich formulas are developed there, before spreading to all of Europe thanks to engravings and printed leaflets. Furthermore, Italian artists working on such construction sites bring French artists and patrons a renewed taste for the Antique.
Regarding the art of furnitures, the most complex scenes and figures are drawn from illustrated books, ornament and emblem compendiums and engraving compilations. Rather than copying those images the artisans feed their inspiration and decline the motifs in numerous variations.
The ornamental grammar marks a return to the Antique : palm leaf, acanthus, egg-and-dart, greek, scroll, fluted pilaster… It is in Primaticcio’s and Il Rosso’s stuccos made around 1540-1550 that we have to look for the origin of leather cut-outs, masks, chimaeras, harpies, sheathed figures, fruit and flower garlands that soon enrich every pieces of French furniture.
The structure of the pieces of furniture also evolve thanks to the re discovery of Antique architectures, rigorously used as a model.
This cabinet presents an imposing structure and a rich and original decor exemplifying the production of the late 16th century, infused with Italian, Antique and Fontainebleau influences.
It stands on a moulded base ornate with palm leaves. It opens with four door-leaves and two drawers in the belt. Six whimsical terms divide the facade.
The lower body is horizontally divided by three sheathed female terms. The two standing on the lateral posts are topped with fruits while the body is covered by acanthus leaves carved with precision, belted at the waist. The term standing on the central door-jamb is crowned with laurel leaves and is draped in the Antique fashion. A wincing mask hides the key hole.
The two door-leaves are centred by a beautiful mask carved in a strong relief. They wear stylised feathered headdress and are set on draperies. Straps, leather scrolls, acanthus leaves and a shell are spread around the masks. The recessed panels are secured in frames ornate with acanthus leaves.
The belt is flanked by two large mouldings enriched with variations of acanthus leaves. The drawers are carved with choux bourguignons and palm leaf motifs minutely executed. The consoles between each drawer bear tormented wincing masks, showing horns as if they were fauns or imps.
The upper body is framed by two male terms characterised by a strong and nervous musculature, their manhood hidden by drapes secured thanks to a winged lion head. The term on the left appears to be younger and is wincing while the one on the right has a beard. The central female term brings contrast with her youth and sensuality. As it is the case on the lower body, the key hole is hidden behind the mouth of a faun’s mask placed on the drapes barely covering the intimacy of the caryatid.
The panels of the upper body present an idealised architecture comprising pilasters and sinuous broken pediments. The pilasters are flanked by two satyrs with goat legs. In the centre appears an important lion mask.
The terms of the upper body support the cornice. The entablature carries palm leaves and roses alternating as well as an egg-and-dart frieze. The cornice is adorned with acanthus motifs.
On the sides, the carving is executed flat. A central rose is surrounded by scrolls, flowers and choux bourguignons.
We can admire the variety of the elements employed. The artist vary with great genius many different ornamental motifs : palm leaf, egg-and-dart, laurel leaf, roses, scrolls … But the artist went even further as each profile and each face is individualised and presents different features. You can take a look at the faces of the satyrs flanking the upper body’s panels. The talent of the artist is undeniable.
It makes no doubt the patron who commissioned this cabinet was an aesthete looking for the greatest quality.
The artist who authored this cabinet had a great mastery of composition both in the general design and in the individual panels. They probably drew inspiration from engravings and drawings made especially for the making of this piece of furniture or not. They seem to be familiar with the style of Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Indeed, we can find in Du Cerceau’s engravings the same juxtapositions of leather cut-outs, masks and fruits. The terms and caryatids used on the facade could very well be inspired by his work as well. The cabinet-maker was also undoubtedly observant of Hugues Sambin, the most famous cabinet-maker and sculptor in the Burgundy of the time. Like Du Cerceau, Sambin left an important ensemble of models particularly useful for the design of cabinets. His publication De l’Oeuvre de la diversité des termes dont on use en architecture (1572) was an essential book for every artisan.
All the motifs testify of the artisan’s high knowledge of forms as well as the precision of their tools : super imposition of ornamental elements, foliages, architectural cut-outs, flat and high reliefs alternating, palm leaves inscribed in circular spaces, wincing faces. It is also a testimony of the artisan’s familiarity with Italian and Fontainebleau productions.
Because of the proficiency of the cabinet-maker in so many different models, this cabinet truly is a master-piece authored by the hand of an authentic master.
The generous carvings executed with great rigour and virtuosity evoke an origin close to Burgundy and Lyon workshops. This cabinet was made by a master of the region during the Second French Renaissance.
Literature
BOCCADOR Jacqueline, Le mobilier français du Moyen-Âge à la Renaissance, Édition d’art Morelle Mayot, 1996
BOS Agnès (dir.), Mobilier du Moyen âge et de la Renaissance, La collection du musée du Louvre, Louvre éditions...
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16th Century Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Renaissance Palace Wardrobe with Perspectival Views
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A rare carved walnut wardrobe opening with four door-leaves and two drawers in the lower part. The doors bear architectural views in low reliefs, fluted pilasters and Ionic capitals.
Upper Body
Two door-leaves with carved architectural perspectives open the wardrobe framed by three fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals.
Each door-leaf depict two semi-circular arcades whose cornice and base shows a central vanishing point. Likewise the pavement’s lines act for the artisan as a way to create depth. The vaulting instead leads us to think the vanishing point has to be situated where the handle is, between the two complementaries reliefs.
The elegant moulded belt hides an internal secret space, accessible through a moveable plank in the upper body.
Lower Body
Two door-leaves identical to those of the upper body framed by three fluted pilasters with Doric capitals. The base of the wardrobe opens with two large drawers.
The sides also bear panels depicting architectural perspectives. The external pilasters share their Ionic capital with the facade’s pilasters. Thus we can observe on the wardrobe’s sides the capital’s lateral parts with the elegant volute specific to the Ionic order.
This palace wardrobe is topped by an overlapping cornice standing on three consoles for the facade and two consoles on each sides. Placed right above the pilasters each console are adorned by fully expanded leaves.
During the 15th century a major interest for architecture and perspective studies arises and influences patrons tastes. The work of great theorists such as Leon Battista Alberti...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
16th Century French Carved Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare carved Renaissance cabinet
Period : 2nd half 16th century, ca. 1570
Origin : France, Burgundy or Languedoc
This cabinet embody the produ...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Henkel Harris Bachelors Chest of Drawers
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a vintage Henkel Harris Bachelors Chest of Drawers in very good condition.
Simple yet sophisticated this beautiful...
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1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Antique 17th Century Carved Oak Dutch Renaissance Maids Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
This solid oak carved chest was made in the Netherlands during the Renaissance period.
It was made in the finest quality oak and high quality carving. The carvings are deep and met...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Iron
17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Cabinet, original lock & key, original back
Located in Brooklyn, NY
17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Cabinet, original lock & key, original back (very good antique condition, never touched)
H: 73.5 D: 22.5 W: 80.75 ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet, circa 1680
We are pleased to present a rare and important Renaissance Judaica c...
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17th Century German Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
Antique 17th Century Dutch Oak and Ebony Two-Door Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
Antique 17th Century Dutch oak and ebony two-door Renaissance cabinet.
This extraordinary cupboard is made of the finest quarter-sawn oak...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ebony, Oak
17th Century Dutch Renaissance Oak and Ebony Inlay Four-Door Cabinet Dated 1660
Located in Casteren, NL
This extraordinary cabinet is made of the finest watered oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age”
It is a four-door cab...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Steel
Walnut carved wooden case, bone inlays, Italy, 17th century
Located in Brescia, IT
Description
Rectangular in shape, it bears facade, sides, and lid characterized by decoration with geometric inserts to create stylized floral motifs made of bone; front feet with fe...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Late 19th Century French Henri II Style Hand Carved Walnut Buffet Deux Corps
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Henri II style walnut buffet deux corps features a hand carved cherub with wings at the crown. With solid paneled...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Gothic Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Dragon Griffin Sideboard Buffet Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gothic Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Dragon Griffin Sideboard Buffet Cabinet. Item features two-part construction with ornate carvings throughout including dragons/griffins and f...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Very Rare and Important 16th C. French Renaissance Cabinet or Dressoir, ca. 1580
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Walnut with verde antico marble inlay, with two wholly carved draped female allegorical figures within arched recesses, and a bas-relief on the central door. Rich and heavily carved...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak, Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Art Deco MidCentury Carved Walnut Burl Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Renaissance style drinks dry bar cabinet with beautiful carved walnut wood, slant central door and nicely shaped bottom pedestal stand. The piece has all around ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Councill Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a vintage Councill Sideboard in excellent, condition with the top have recently been French polished to give it a straight from the showroom look.
Simple yet ...
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1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
16th Century Period Renaissance Tuscan Walnut Credenzino
Located in Vero Beach, FL
16th Century Period Renaissance Tuscan Walnut Credenzino
Italian 16th/17th century Renaissance walnut small Credenza with a rectangular top above a single drawer centered over a s...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Vintage Williams Kimp Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Williams Kimp Sideboard in excellent condition, with the top have recently been French polished to give it a straight from the showroom look.
Simple...
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1980s American Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Antique French Carved Oak Hunt Server Sideboard Barley Twist Renaissance c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from France~
~Stunning antique French server/sideboard with opulent hand carved details that are seldom found on a server~
~Large size and three open shelves make this piece excellent for a dining room, den, kitchen, and yes, some clients use them for home office organization...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Hickory Chair Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a vintage Hickory Chair Sideboard in excellent condition with the topd having been recently French Polished to give it ...
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1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Vintage Oak Globe Wernicke Bookcase
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture; a Vintage Oak Globe Wernicke Bookcase – the perfect addition to any home or office space! Crafted from high-quality American oak, this bookcase is about 100 y...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Antique French Renaissance Flower Carved Walnut China Cabinet Radio Bar Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Flower Carved Walnut China Cabinet Radio Bar Cabinet. Item features wonderful relief carved flowers throughout, shapely ca...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Antique 18th century Dutch Renaissancewarm brown oak two door cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This antique Dutch Renaissance cabinet was crafted in the southern Netherlands at the end of the 18th century, around 1780. It serves as a quintessential example of the furniture cra...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Mahogany Writing Table Green Leather
Located in Annville, PA
An elegant Mahogany Writing Table Green Leather by Niagara Furniture which is a perfect fit for use either at home or in the offic...
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2010s Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Leather, Mahogany
Vintage Oak Globe Wernicke Bookcase
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture; a Vintage Oak Globe Wernicke Bookcase – the perfect addition to any home or office space! Crafted from high-quality American oak, this bookcase is about 100 y...
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1970s North American Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Mahogany
Antique 17th-century Dutch Renaissance Portal Cupboard in Solid Oak
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is an exceptional Dutch cupboard made of the finest European summer oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age”
This cabinet is made in the Provence of Utrecht, circa 1680. The arched doors are typical for this province and this type of cabinet is also known as “Utrechtse Poortkast”. The cabinet stands on bun feet and is with handsomely carved patterns and ebony veneer inlaid panels. The carving depicts elements that represent prosperity and Classic ornaments as is common in Dutch Renaissance furniture...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Steel
Important 16th Century Renaissance Florentine Drop Front Desk Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
An Italian Florentine Renaissance Carved Burl Walnut Fall-Front Writing Cabinet, Circa 1560, 16th century
From the Davanzatti Palace Museum in Florence
Height: 59 inches x 36 inches ...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Single-Door Cabinet in Solid Oak
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant single-door cabinet was made in the Southern part of the Netherlands in the late 17th century. It was made in the best quality quarter-sawn oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age”. The piece is of exceptional quality and was made completely in watered oak...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Steel
Antique French Renaissance Deeply Carved Walnut Hunt Cupboard, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Renaissance deeply carved walnut court cupboard with gallery, scroll, gadroon, pyramidal, foliate and nut decoration, 19th century
Measures: 87" H x 56.25" W x 22" D....
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
16th Century Cabinet with Knights Carving from Avignon Workshops 'France'
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Collection Jean Thuile
Around the mid-sixteenth century French furnishing evolves in its conception and ornamentation. The start of major archi...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
French Carved Walnut Double Trunk Buffet - Renaissance circa 1600 - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
From a Norman manor house of the 16th century this very nice double trunk with four-door buffet decorated with inlaid hearts for the upper part and geometric motifs in the lower part...
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
This Mahogany Secretary Desk from Niagara Furniture has all the outstanding qualities of an antique original. Made of select mahogany solids and maho...
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2010s Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Renaissance Cabinet Server Carved Oak Bookcase Sideboard c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Renaissance Cabinet Server Carved Oak Bookcase Sideboard c1880.
Direct from France, a stunning antique French cabinet with opulent hand carvings that create quite a s...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Oak
19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Large Sideboard
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Impressive antique 19th century Italian Renaissance style large sideboard. Made entirely of carved walnut wood. The carving work is spectacular made by a great master of wood. We ask...
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1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Rare and Important German Renaissance Chest
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oakwood
Original lock and key
This beautiful and robust chest stands on square feet ending in flattened buns. The base presents plain mouldings. The facade is divided in four panel...
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16th Century German Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood, Walnut
16th Century French Renaissance Chest in Carved Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
Whereas many pieces of furniture during the Italian Renaissance were heavily painted or inlaid with decorative motifs, French examples utilized hand-sculpted elements as the predomin...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood, Oak
Mahogany Two Door Bookcase
Located in Annville, PA
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2010s Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Mahogany
Antique 17th Century Dutch of Flemisch Honey Color Oak Rennaisance Cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
This fantastic two-piece 17th-century oak cupboard was made in Antwerp, Flanders, circa 1680. It consists of two pieces, a lower and an upper cabinet. The lower cabinet can be used w...
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1680s Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Mahogany Secretary Desk from Niagara Furniture. This reproduction slant front writing desk has all the outstanding qualities of an antique origina...
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Glass, Mahogany
Country Estate Four Drawer File
Located in Annville, PA
A highly functional and decorative piece this Country Estate Four Drawer File cabinet from Niagara Furniture is made with fine quality burled wood. The top of the cabinet is covered ...
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2010s Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Leather, Wood
Unique Antique 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Bargueño in Solid Chestnut Wood
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is an exceptional Spanish Renaissance bargueño, crafted in the mid 19th century, from solid chestnut wood. This masterpiece, with its warm brown color, exudes timeless ...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
18th Century Dutch Renaissance Oak Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful late 18th century cabinet in the best quality solid oak. This is a typical 'kussenkast' or pillow cabinet. Pillow refers to the shape of the...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Antique 18th century Dutch Renaissancewarm brown oak two door cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This antique Dutch Renaissance cabinet was crafted in the southern Netherlands at the end of the 18th century, around 1780. It serves as a quintessential example of the furniture cra...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
Custom Built Mahogany Demi Lune Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
The absolute highest quality piece of cabinet making is exemplified in this Custom Built Mahogany Demi Lune Sideboard. From the recently French polished top to the base of this cabin...
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1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
Vintage Giemme Bar Cabinet
Located in Annville, PA
The Vintage Giemme Bar Cabinet was produced in Italy and is brought to you now by Niagara Furniture. The bar cabinet has a lot of great features that combine to make it a show stoppe...
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1980s Vintage Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
16th Century Flemish Oak Strong Box Trunk with Iron Strapwork
Located in Dallas, TX
The beautifully carved front façade is not the only impressive element of this oak strongbox trunk; the interior is reinforced with an iron strapwork “cage”, strengthening the alread...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Metal, Iron
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Figural Carved Writing Desk 52"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Neo-Renaissance Revival writing desk. Made of walnut featuring Neoclassical styling with high relief figural carvings of cher...
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Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Small Bookcase
Located in Annville, PA
This petite sized Small Bookcase from Niagara Furniture features good vertical storage in a narrow space. The simple yet elegant design makes it useful...
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Mahogany
Antique French Bookcase Cabinet Carved Oak Black Forest Renaissance Glass
Located in Shreveport, LA
Superb 19th century Antique French Dark Oak “Hunt Cabinet”, Bookcase, Vitrine or Display Cabinet!
Direct from France, and one of several exquisite glass door bookcase/cabinets from...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Glass, Oak
Antique 17th Century Dutch Oak and Ebony Two-Door Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
Antique 17th Century Dutch oak and ebony two-door Renaissance cabinet.
This extraordinary cupboard is made of the finest quarter-sawn oak...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ebony, Oak
Exceptionel Bookcase Forming Desk, by G. Grohé, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional neo Renaissance bookcase forming desk. This monumental piece consists in a lower part forming drop-front desk supported by two pillars with drawers. The lateral parts each open with a moulded door. The bookcase occupies the upper part, opening by four windows...
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1860s French Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Important Renaissance Cabinet from Lyon 'France' with a Decor of Perspectives
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
As soon as 1540 France's second Renaissance is in the making, intimately linked to the rediscovery of the Antique world. The development of the printing and engraving industry allows the spread of artworks and models in many cities and countries. The Italian influence can be perceived in every artistic field. While the French king entrust the most talented Italian artists with major projects such as Il Rosso or Primaticcio in Fontainebleau, French artists also travel to Italy to form themselves to this new style. In Italy they get acquainted with the work of Leo Battista Alberti the first to theorize perspective (De Pictura, 1435-36) and architecture (De re oedificatoria, 1541). Those two publications would have a revolutionary impact on arts.
Furniture is marked by the work of the most famous Italian architects of the time as well as French architects. Indeed Philibert de l'Orme competes with Alberti and by the end of his life publishes several treaties including one devoted to a theory of architecture (1567). Unfortunately he would not live to complete the second volume. In this treaty he expresses his interest for mathematical norms applied to architecture, copied from the Antique. His journeys in Italy allowed him to accumulate the most sophisticated references. Jean Bullant, another architect of great talent also theorizes his practice. He establishes rules characterizing Greco-Roman art staying faithful to Vitruvius.
Following this new inspiration the structure of furniture evolves. From then on appear columns, capitals, cornices, friezes and architraves. The ornamentation uses this inspiration as well with egg-and-dart, palm leaf and rose adorning the most beautiful pieces.
In Lyon, crossroad where meet merchants from everywhere those new experiments are welcomed. Lyon florishing printing industry allows the spreading of models and treaties essential to the artist's work. Thus the first publication of Vitruvius' De Architectura in France would be printed in Lyon in 1532.
Artists from Lyon rediscover and familiarize themselves with the Antique knowledge very early. They adopt those new ideas and use them in their own creations. Lyon cabinet-makers re interpret Antique architecture and Italian Renaissance palaces to give their pieces a pure and harmonious architectural structure. Grooved pilasters are particularly favored. They are topped by capitals of diverse orders always respecting the sequencing with simpler ones for the lower levels and the richest ones on the higher levels. As for the ornamentation, one of the great distinctiveness of Lyon workshops remains the architectural perspective illusions, drawing inspiration from Tuscany.
True masterpiece of the Second French Renaissance this important cabinet illustrates Lyon workshops' taste for fine Italian architecture inspired by Antiquity. An architectural perspective of great quality is treated in symmetry on each panel.
This two-bodied cabinet without recess stands on four rectangular feet. The base comprises a molding, a palm leaf frieze and is bordered by a braid.
The lower body is divided by three grooved pilasters with Tuscan capitals framing two door-leaves. The two panels are encircled by a moudled frame with palm leaves. They are finely carved with a decor of fantasized architecture depicting an Italian Renaissance palace erected symmetrically on each side of a grooved pilaster. On the ground floor a door opens through a stilted arch while the stories are opened with mullioned windows, dormers and occuli. Two large pegged-boss cladded pillars support the entablature enriched by a palm leaf frieze upon which stands an arch whose coffered intrados is centred by a rose. Behind this arch a pyramid appears, standing in front of a second facade with a window topped by a broken curvilinear pediment under a cul-de-four with a shell.
The checker flooring gives depth to the low-reliefs creating vanishing points structuring the panels and guiding the eye of the observer.
A thin laurel braid highlights the belt of the cabinet where are located two drawers. Their facades are adorned by palm leaves in hoops.
The upper body is encircled with palm leaves. The same ternary division as in the lower body appears. However, the pilasters are topped by Ionic capitals with volutes and egg-and-dart. The door-leaves are framed with flowers. On the panels the artist has designed another architectural decor. On the foreground open two arches on top of grooved pilasters with rectangular capitals adorned with palm leaves. The arches are enriched with braids and the coffered intrados bears a decor of roses. The spandrels also bear a flower decor. In the background another arcature hosts a fluted grooved column topped with double basket acanthus capital, characteristic of Corinthian order. The triangular pediment is interrupted by a choux bourguignon.
A large cornice crowns the cabinet. It stands on pilasters and forms an entablature comprising a palm leaf frieze and an egg-and-dart, triglyph and palm leaf cornice.
The cabinet's sides have also been carefully considered. The lower body's panels are enriched with an arch rising above a broken pediment portico hosting a twisted column. Flowers garnish the spandrels. An architectural facade completes the decor. The upper body's panels present two arches supported by a facade opened with dormers and mullioned windows as well as cartouches (one bears the inscription 1580 dating the cabinet) suggesting the interior of an Italian Renaissance palace, confirmed by the chandeliers. The flooring leads our gaze to a second arch with a broken curvilinear pediment where stands a flower vase. This arch opens onto a perspective of another facade along a road.
Inside the cabinet, on the lower body door-leaves appear two designs. On the right door is depicted a Crucifixion. Saint Mary and Saint John flank the Christ on the cross. In the bottom part is inscribed « Dure uiator abis nihil haec spectacula curas / Pendenti cum sis unica cura Deo. / Tota suo moriente dolet natura Magistro. / Nil qui solus eras caussa dolenda doles. ». The signature [Christoff Swartz Monachiensis pinx[it] / Ioa[nnes] Sadeler sculp[it]] tells us it was made by Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after Christoph Schwartz (1548-1592). This engraving belongs to an ensemble depicting the Passion of Christ Johan Sadeler executed in 1589 after an altar piece painted by Christoph Schwartz for the private chapel of Renée of Loraine, wife of Duke William V of Bavaria. This altar piece made of nine copper panels has been destroyed during the 19th century. The Crucifixion panel once in the centre of the altar piece is the only one that survived and is today kept in Munich's Alte Pinakothek.
On the left door appears Saint Francis receiving the stigmata. The inscription says : « Signastidomine Servum Tuum. Franciscum. Signis Redemptionis Nostrae ».
This Renaissance cabinet with an architectural decor appearing as much in the structure faithful to Antique rules...
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16th Century European Antique Renaissance Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
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