Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Period: 19th Century
Early 19th century inlaid walnut Rococo bombe chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century inlaid walnut bombe commode circa 1790.
Fine quality Swedish rococo revival commode with the typical bombe shape of bulging out in the middle and curving in at the base...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
Antique Library Display Vitrine Cabinet Dutch 18th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful 18th century Dutch rococo period Book cabinet ,Vitrine in original patina? Cabinet for a plate display or bookcase with a antique original hand rolled glass front, with bea...
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Early 1800s English Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
$7,899 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Rococo Floral & Butterfly Painted Chest of Drawers, Mid 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Italian Rococo polychrome painted chest of drawers with faux marble top - hand painted in cream and blue with scrolls, flowers and butterflies - solid pine wood construction ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Softwood, Paint
19th Century Rococo-Style Bombe Commode in Walnut w/ Parcel Gilt & Marble
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely Rococo style chest with bombe front in walnut, with black marble top and parcel-gilt details, offering three drawers, Denmark, circa mid- late 1800s.
Measures: 28" wide...
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Late 19th Century Danish Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Belgian Black Marble
Circa 1880 French Marble Top 3-Drawer Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 French Marble Top 3-Drawer Commode. Handsome serpentine form with rouge de fer marble top, in the Rococo taste. Parquetry veneers of kingwood & mahogany. Bronze mounts & h...
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1880s French Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
18th Century Swedish Rococo Slant Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Rococo slant front desk. Front opens to reveal a large work surface, ten pull out drawers, seven cubbies and two pull out document holders. A sliding cover at the base open...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass, Iron
Early Dutch Bombé Marquetry Display Cabinet for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Restoration required. Dutch marquetry cabinet, large angular form with shaped cornice with a floral basket marquetry panel over double glazed d...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Chest of drawers with intarsia and marble top, France, circa 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
French chest of drawers with two drawers. Produced in France around 1880. made of walnut wood and marble top. Decorated with brass handles and floral inlay.
Very good condition.
Wo...
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1880s French Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
Dutch Rococo Style Satinwood Marquetry Burl Mahogany Commode/Dresser
Located in Fort Washington, MD
This is a Dutch Rococo style commode, featuring intricate satinwood marquetry on a burl mahogany background. The commode has a serpentine front, ornate with floral and foliage inlays...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood, Burl
Exceptional Singerie-Themed Rosewood Commode in thes style of Zwiener
Located in New York, NY
Maker: Style of Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Date: Late 19th Century
Dimension: 39(H) x 62(W) x 24(D) inches
Inspired by Charles Cressent, this darling rosewood commode showcases the increasingly favored theme of hilarious monkey antics. Named "commode aux enfants balançant un singe," the style is beloved by many. One is showcased in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, and another located within the Linsky Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; two reside in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, and another is part of the collection at the Louvre.
Singerie — from the French for "Monkey Trick" — is a genre of art in which monkeys are depicted apeing human behaviour. Adorned with cast gilt bronze, the commode features a delightful scene on its front and sides where two children playfully swing a monkey on a rope amidst a lavish display of cast acanthus leaves. The central monkey ornament...
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Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Venetian Rococo Style Walnut Secretary Lacquered by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic late 19th century Italian secretaire cabinet or bookcase made in the Venetian Rococo taste. Crafted from walnut the two-part case features a speckled lacquer finish centered by a cartouche shaped window with a painted bust by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The bureau cabinet has a bombe shaped dresser base with a drop front diminutive writing table. The drop front has two storage drawers and a small pigeon hole storage above. Below the desk are two small drawers and two large storage drawers with rocaille patinated brass pulls. The dresser is supported by small cabriole legs with scrolled feet. The dresser is surmounted by a bookcase with a painted door depicting a nobleman holding a chicken. The painting is painted on board titled "Venezia" and signed by Yeager with a fictitious date of 1725. The door opens to a three-shelf bookcase. The case is topped with a pediment having a cartouche shaped window and corniced top. The entire secretary is speckled with a mustard yellow tone over a taupe background. This whimsical cabinet...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$14,000 Sale Price
22% Off
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Hutch
Located in Portland, OR
Absolutely Stunning! This French antique hutch is tres magnifique. The lovely carved embellishments and sweet cabriole legs supporting the top giv...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Small Rococo-Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Greding, DE
Charming hand-painted chest of drawers in the Louis XV style, featuring a serpentine front, scalloped apron, and elegantly curved legs. The newly applied beige finish is adorned with...
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19th Century European Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Brass
Yellow Bombay Chest of Three Drawers with Marble Top, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the bombay curves and saber feet turning gently outwards that draws one to this charming small chest of three drawers.
While the painted finish is old, it is likely not origina...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble
Rococo chest of drawers In Walnut, Danish Design from 1880s
Located in Lejre, DK
Bring an antique elegance into your home with this rococo bombé-shaped walnut dresser of Danish origin, dating to around the 1880s. This chest of drawers represents an era of opulent...
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1880s Danish Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
$3,612 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XV Style Bureau Desk
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
This magnificent bureau desk, likely made in mid-19th century England, showcases exceptional craftsmanship and opulent materials. The desk features finely executed gilt bronze ormolu...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
19th Century, Italian Louis XV style Veneered Wood chest of drawers
Located in IT
19th Century, Italian Louis XV style Veneered Wood chest of drawers
This chest of drawers was made in Genoa in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the characteristic style ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Important 19th Century French Mirror Console with Italian Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Important 19th century French mirror console with marble
Measures :console: 145cm x 90cm high
Mirror measures: 192cm x 130cm
In total, the c...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Italian Rococo Style Serpentine Front Walnut Two-Drawer Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Small Italian (Venice area) Rococo style Serpentine shaped commode, Walnut with thick Radica Veneer and inlay with deep, rich color. Two drawers with ornate, heavy cast brass pulls. ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Trumeau Mid-19th Century, Northern Italy
Located in Vicenza, VI
Trumeau datable to about 1860, from northern Italy.
The cabinet in question is entirely veneered in walnut and burl walnut, filleted in Fine woods, with a fir back and interior. T...
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1860s Italian Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood, Walnut
FRENCH PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
FRENCH PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS 19th century
in carved and gilded wood.
Upholstered seats.
small defects.
Dim.: 71 x 69 x 53 cm
good conditions
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
$4,214 / set
Continental Painted Bombe-Form Chest of Drawers
Located in Stamford, CT
An early period Continental brick and faux-marble painted pine bombe-form commode or chest of drawers. Restorations.
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Early 19th Century European Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
19th Century Pair of Gilted Turin Cabinets
Located in Marseille, FR
Pair of gilted and lacquered Turin cabinets from the beginning of the 19th century. Coming from a small Genoese palace, this false pair of cabinets (a few centimeters differentiate t...
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1820s Italian Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Frideric Rococo Style Display Case/Vitrine, circa 1850 Walnut
Located in Berlin, DE
Frideric Rococo Style display case circa 1850-1870 walnut
Magnificent Frideric Rococo Style display case circa 1850-1870
Massive walnut, finely carved and set. High-rectangular, one...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Rococo Style Handcrafted Two-Drawer Chest, Italy, 19th Century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Two-drawer chest in Italian Rococo style, made of linden and oak wood, handcrafted, polychromed in green with gold leaf edges, and topped with rosso sardo marble, with bronze handles...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Rococo case pieces and storage cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo case pieces and storage cabinets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage case pieces and storage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo case pieces and storage cabinets made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original case pieces and storage cabinets, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Coduri of Lyon, France, Hobbs & Co., and Ira Yeager. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for case pieces and storage cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $808 and tops out at $69,164 while the average work can sell for $6,995.
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