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Technique: Gilt
Important Louis XVI Style Commode by F. Linke, France, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Linke
Important Louis XVI style commode with a central domed projection, in amaranth and satin veneer, with concave sides, and richly decorated with chiseled and gilded br...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Rococo style gilt bronze and Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet
French, 19th Century
Height 194cm, width 120cm, depth 50cm
This large and exquisite vitrine cabinet is a true statement pi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Marquetry Bombe Commode
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century Louis XV style rococo marquetry bombe commode with Sienna Marble top, floral and leaf marquetry, gilt bronze ormolu, two drawers and keys.
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Siena Marble, Metal
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Antique Lacquered Gilded Bookcase, Carved Columns & Friezes, 19th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient large lacquered and gilded bookcase, hand-carved with columns and rich gilded friezes, built entirely by hand in the middle of the 19th century for an important building in n...
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19th Century Italian Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Continental Walnut Semainier with Dog Motif Drawer Pulls
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Continental walnut semainier or seven drawer tall chest, each drawer with a decorative dog motif scrolled gilt drawer pull, all supported by short cabriole front ...
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19th Century French Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Spanish Drinks Stand, Wine Cooler Stand or Planter, Gilt Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wought gilt iron leafed planter or bottle stand standing on a tripod base. Manufactured at the Mid-Century Modern period, Spain, 1950-1960.
This eyecatching handcrafted iron stand features a leafed top standing on a tripod base with scroll endings. The top allows to place a plant, a set of bottles, candles or an ice bucket.
Beautiful to be placed alone or as a set with other gilt iron stands, gueridon tables or planters.
It can be used as a planter, bottle stand / bar corner and champagne cooler stand...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf, Iron
EARLY 19th CENTURY EMPIRE BLOND WALNUT SIDEBOARD
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant sideboard in solid blond walnut, finely carved. The linear design of the sideboard is enriched by two half lateral columns, ending with gilded bronze capitals that give a tou...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine and well-proportioned 19th century French Louis XV style ladies desk. The case is veneered with marquetry decoration and embelli...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Dorothy Draper Viennese Chest in Black Lacquer with Gilt Trim and Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Chest or Dresser, designed by Dorothy Draper for Henredon's Viennese Line, American, circa 1950s. This chest has recently been completely restored in black lacquer and gold l...
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1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Rare pastiglia marriage chest - North of Italy, First half of 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare pastiglia marriage chest
North of Italy, Liguria or Piemonte
First half of 15th century
wood, gesso, partly gilded, form molded and painted
67 x 156 x 63 cm
Provenance :
Pri...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gesso, Wood
19th Century Bombe Marquetry Secrétaire à Abattant, Marble Top and Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
19th century bombe marquetry secrétaire à abattant, marble top and bronze mounts.
Offered for sale is a late 19th century Louis XV styl...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Tole Toleware gilt Metal Leaf and Rope Coatrack Italy, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic Hollywood Regency Style coat rack 1960s gilt metal. Gold colored metal wall coat rack.
Exuberantly decorated with branches, leaves and ropes.
An object in itself on the wall....
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Putti Wall Brackets
Located in Milano, MI
A charming pair of Italian winged putti wall brackets, exquisitely carved and gilded, with shell form tops coming from a Milanese private collection, of Italian origin.
Good age r...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
Fine and Beautiful 19th C Empire Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Library Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and beautiful Empire mahogany and gilt bronze decorated Empire library viewing cabinet. All original with fine gilt bronze pawed feet. Adjustable shelves, hand pegged.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
A French Louis XV Style Belle Époque Ormolu Mounted Vitrine, by Alexandre Hugnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Neoclassical Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Commodes
Located in London, GB
Pair of Neoclassical style malachite and gilt bronze commodes
French, 20th century
Measures: Height 87cm, width 84cm, depth 38cm
This superb p...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century English Queen Anne Chinoiserie Chest on Stand
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an elegant English black lacquered English Queen Anne cabinet chest on Stand decorated overall with gilt chinoiseries. This case piece was originally a traveling secretary...
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Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Tole Toleware Gilded Wrought Iron Coat Stand, Koegl Germany 1960s
By Koegl
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful German Midcentury gilt wrought iron and metal coat stand or hat rack in the style of Hans Kögl, circa 1960s or older. The coat stand which has a width of about 22 inches ...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted four-door vitrine, with two central bombé glass doors and single bombé glass doors on each side, the fluted mahogany...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Set of One Vanity Desk, One Chair, Two Nightstands and One Wardrobe
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of one vanity desk, one chair, two nightstands and one wardrobe in gilt bronze, marble, porcelain and wood. France, late 19th century.
Dimensions of the vanity desk: 203 cm he...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Red Lacqured Chinese Cabinet with Gilt Decoration
Located in Dallas, TX
A very decorative red and black lacqured 19th century cabinet from Shanxi China. This cabinet has gilded decoration depicting mountain, foliage and temples with people as well as but...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Russian Style Polychromed Lacquer Dry Bar /Tauntless with 2 crystal Decanters
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Russian Style Polychromed Lacquer Dry Bar/Tauntless with 2 Crystal Decanters, European, Circa 1950s
This stunning Russian-style polychromed lacquer dry bar, dating from the 1950s, i...
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20th Century European Renaissance Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Crystal
Romeo Rega Vitrine, Italy, 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Romeo Rega rectangular vitrine with three smoked glass tops supported by a brass frame with chrome accents.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Chrome, Brass
1920s Mirrored Baroque Venetian Credenza Chippendale, in Walnut, Maple Inlay
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century, large Venetian Baroque Chippendale style sideboard with golden mirror. Dark original glass top with elegant golden perimeter decorations. Solid wood structure wit...
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Glass, Burl, Walnut
Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Walnut Commodes
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Northern Italian (late 18th Century) Neo-classical walnut and marquetry inlaid gilt bronze mounted commodes with 3 drawers (in the manner of GIUSEPPE MAGGIOLINI) (PRICED AS P...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Impressive French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Gilt Bronze Mounted Server Commode
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted "Marie Antoinette Style" Medallion Server Commode, after a model by Benneman & Stökel, The gilt-bronze panels after a model ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Brown 7 Drawers Gilt Brass Cabinet Napoleon III Boulle 19th
Located in Paris, FR
Unique, Beautiful and rare Week Drawers Cabinet,
elegant small chest of drawers in wood marquetry in frieze, ebony, amaranth fillets and Greek ebony on the drawers. Marquetry on the...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique Napoleonic French Empire Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Wine Cabinet Armoire 1810
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality French Empire Napoleonic period Mahogany & parcel gilt wine cabinet/armoire, circa 1810.
Made of the finest mahogany this cabinet has the shape of a secretaire ab...
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1810s French Empire Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Regency Style Leather Wrapped Davenport Desk, Atrib. Maitland-Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Regency Style Leather Wrapped Davenport Desk, Atrib. Maitland-Smith
Late 20th century
A stunning Regency-style leather-wrapped Davenport desk, attributed to Maitland-Smith, was ma...
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Late 20th Century Regency Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass
A Pair of French Chinoiserie Lacquered & Gilt Marble Top 2-Drawer Commodes
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Rare Pair of French Chinoiserie Lacquered & Gilt Marble Top 2-Drawer Commodes, Attributed to Jansen. These exquisite pieces showcase a scalloped predominantly white varie...
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Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-17th century / early-18th century, fall front bureau with gilded Chinoiserie Japanning & faux tortoishell ground.
“Before Japan was made in England, the imitation of tortoise-shell was much in request for cabinets, tables and the like“. John Stalker and George Parker, a treatise on Japanning and varnishing (originally published in 1668), Alec Tiranti, 1998, p. 75.
- This bureau is decorated in one of the most fashionable styles of the Baroque period, Chinese lacquer with gilded decoration and tortoiseshell imitation ground and would have been a statement piece within the interior.
- The colours, which have become muted from atmospheric conditions over time, are still striking and colourful evoking warm and richness.
- It has come from a private collection where it has reputedly been for many generations which explains why it is in such original condition retaining the original hinges, lock and catches.
- Pieces of imitation tortoishell with gilded lacquer decoration are rare, the last piece I handled was a chest of drawers about 20 years ago.
- Tortoishell furniture was only affordable by royalty and the elite and the height of fashion in the 17th century, as was producing things that were not what they seemed. One of the oldest examples of faux material from the Baroque period is at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen where, in 1667, the royal bed...
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17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
French Mahogany Marble Top Ormolu Chest of Drawers. Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
French mahogany marble top chest with graduated book matched drawers, original gilt floral ormolu mounts, and terminating on rounded block feet. Early 19th Century
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1810s French Louis Philippe Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
20th Century Royal Francois Link chest of drawers, oak with gilt bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
FRENCH CHEST OF DRAWERS DESIGN AFTER FRANÇOIS LINKE & LÉON MESSAGÉ
Finely chased, gilded fittings. Solid beech wood top panel mottled marble top above a pair of doors concealed by a laurel, seaweed and cane back water cascade down bowl and a dolphin amidst seaweed, applied with delicate scroll frames and stained floral lattice marquetry in the upper corners and on each lower corner with a floral ray.
This grandiose and opulent commode is Linke's second version (bis) of his famous 'Commode coquille: Coquetterie et Modestie', index number 559. The original model was linked to index number 553, 'Commode Louis XV Figaro (Scène du Barbier de Séville) , and together the two commodes formed an integral and important part of Linke's gold-medal-winning stand at the Paris Exposition of 1900, where they flanked his most monumental work, the Grande Bibliothèque. The 559 chest of drawers was delivered to Elias Meyer in London in September 1909 and after his death in 1925 it was sold on to King Fouad...
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20th Century French Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Italian Renaissance Era Brass Mounted Walnut Table Cabinet Wall Cupboard
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and unusual antique Italian walnut table-top cabinet (now also wall hanging cupboard), 17th century and later elements, with handsome warm rich dark patina and interesting pro...
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17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Iron
Important 19th Century Charles Cressant Influenced Commode
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An important French mid-19th century gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, satiné and parquetry bombé commode after the model by Charles Cressent
attributed to Maison Millet, Paris
the serpentine Brocatelle Violette d'Espagne marble top above two long drawers centred by a flaming urn, flanked to each side by a child holding oak branches and headed by courting doves, the front angles with a bust of a boy and a girl each holding a dove, each bombé side with intertwined oak branches, on oak tree trunk supports and foliate-cast feet.
The original model for the present commode dates from the 1730s and is the work of Charles Cressent (maître in 1720; d. 1768). Entering the collection of the Dukes of Hamilton after the French revolution, the commode was sold at the celebrated Hamilton Palace sale (lot 1806) in 1882. It was purchased by Ferdinand Rothschild and is now in the collection at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.
This impressive Régence style commode is reminiscent of the work of François Linke, however none of the mounts appear to be stamped or recorded in his oeuvre. Maison Millet was an active client of François Linke and it is believed that this commode with its distinctive high quality mounts and construction are characteristic of the production of this celebrated Parisian cabinet maker.
Maison Millet was established by Théodore Millet in 1853, and continued until 1902 from premises at 11, Rue Jacques-Coeur, Paris before relocating to 23, Boulevard Beaumarchais. Maison Millet was a highly regarded furniture company that was described as producing 'meuble et bronze d'art, genre ancien et moderne'. The firm won several awards in the series of exhibitions in London and Paris, such as the gold Medal in the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle. In 1902 Maison Millet was authorised by the director of the Palais de Versailles to replicate Marie-Antoinette's celebrated Grand Cabinet à bijoux.
Literature:
Sir Anthony Blunt...
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19th Century Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Henry Link Furniture Ornate and Partial Gilt Dresser with Wall Mirror
By Henry Link
Located in Germantown, MD
Henry Link Furniture Ornate and Partial Gilt Dresser with Wall Mirror plated by Lenoir.
Measures 62" in width, 18" in depth and 31.5" in height. Mirror 41.5W x 37" in height.
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Late 20th Century American Modern Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This extraordinary French commode, crafted in the Boulle style during the 19th century Napoleon III period, is a masterful display of opulence and intricate craftsmanship.
The commo...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lam Lee Memphis Style Silver and Gold Leaf Dresser Lingerie Chest
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Equally beautiful as anything hanging in the Guggenheim and deserved the respect. Exquisitely crafted by Lam Lee. Covered from head to toe in a mix of gold leaf, silver leaf and hand painted lacquer designs. The faux coral wood pulls are so convincingly organic that you have to touch them to believe it's not actually shell. Deep drawers on metal glides are interior lined in black velvet. It's not easy to categorize this look, so we sent a pic to the scientists at NASA (not really), they crunched some numbers and here's the completely arguable composition breakdown.
50% Memphis
20% Neo deco...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Louis XV Style Marble Top Chinese Lacquered Commode
Located in Lisbon, PT
Chinese lacquer commode, chased and gilded bronze with Aleppo breccia marble top, with a frame of plain black Martin veneer.
Beautiful ornamentation of finely chiseled and gilded bro...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Biedermeier Armoire, Cherry Veneer, Brass, Full Columns, Austria circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful original Biedermeier armoire or wardrobe from Austria around 1820.
Cherry wood veneered.
Ebonized full columns with corinthian capitals in old gilding.
Original brass fitt...
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1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gold, Brass, Iron
Maison Gouffé Paris French Transitional Louis XV XVI Secrétaire Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and stunning fine quality French Transitional Tulipwood, Kingwood, ormolu, Brocatelle Violette secrétaire bookcase by renowned Parisian cabinetmaker Maison Gouffé. circa 1925
...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-Century Chippendale Solid Independance Mahogany Narrow Bookcase
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid-Century Chippendale style refinished Solid Independance Mahogany Narrow Bookcase
Measures 18.25" in width, 13.5" in depth and 50" tall.
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Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany
Gilt Metal Flowers Decorated Italian Pyramid Shape Display Shelves Etagere Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Gilt metal flowers decorated Italian pyramid shape display shelves etagere table.
4 Tier etagere decorative accent shelf display unit.
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20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Metal
French Buffet Cabinet, Louis XVI Style Ebonized with Marble Top
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French buffet cabinet, Louis XVI style, ebonized with marble top, early 20th century. In the spirit of Hollywood Regency and Maison Jansen.
T...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Art Deco Eleven Piece Carved Inlaid Burled Walnut/Ormolu Dining Room
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Art Deco Eleven Piece Carved Inlaid Burled Walnut and Ormolu Mounted Dining Room Suite, c.1920’s, consisting of a thick marble top server with a beveled mirror back splash, ov...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Corner Vitrines
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted Kingwood and mahogany marquetry Encoigneurs, corner cabinets or vitrines, attributed to Paul Sormani. The upper section with molded cornice and shell cresting and enclosed by a bowed glazed panel door, the lower section surmounted by a marble top of arc-en-arbalète outline above two frieze drawers and cupboards below enclosed by tambour shutters, raised on short cabriole legs ending in foliate sabots, lock plates engraved 'Sormani PARIS.' Circa: Paris, 1875.
Height: 90 1/2 inches (230 cm).
Width: 44 inches (112 cm).
Depth: 29 inches (74 cm).
Sormani, Paul (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
vintage chest of drawers with mirror, gilded with painted chinoiserie, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
vintage dresser, old chest of drawers complete with wavy and gilded mirror, gilded base decorated with painted chinoiserie, built in the mid-20th century in Italy.
Chest of drawers m...
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20th Century Italian Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Unique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Commode Cassone Marchigiano
Located in Encinitas, CA
Unique Italian 18th century hand painted Louis XV "Cassettone" Marchigiano from the Center of Italy region of Marche Italy, circa 1740.
Important, unique ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
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...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Rosewood Ormolu Secretaire Abattant 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality antique French Louis XV rosewood, marquetry, ormolu and marble topped secretaire abattant, circa 1880.
The serpentine shaped secretary is modeled as a semainier (...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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 Rococo Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Large Belle Epoque F. Linke Style Mahogany, Mirror and Gilt Bronze Armoire
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A magnificent early 20th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Gilt Bronze armoire in the manner of Francois Linke. The arched top is centred by...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Flamed Mahogany Secretaire a'Abattant Desk ca. 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS PHILIPPE FLAMED MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE A'ABATTANT
France, circa 1830
Item # 407TCJ10P
This positively stunning secretary desk from the second quarter of the 19th century features...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Pair of Matching Pentagon Art Deco Bedside Cerused Oak Cabinets, C1930s, France
Located in London, GB
Unusual and beautifully made cerused oak cabinets in pentagon form. With ebonised and gilt lacquer to top, plinth base and chic vertical handle. Door ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
A Fine George III Style Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A massive partners desk having a black leather tooled inlay and gilt embellishments. The whole having twelve drawers and brass pulls in three parts.
Lacking a key.
Dimensions: 60" ...
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Late 19th Century George III Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
17th Century Italian Tortoiseshell Table Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
17th century Ebonized case with parcel gilt decoration, iron handles and hinges. Fitted interior with inset tortoiseshell panels surrounded by brass filigree inlaid ebonized wood drawer and door fronts. Faux painted architectural columns on either side of center door which opens to reveal an additional set of small drawers. A rare early cabinet...
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17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Tortoise Shell
Extraordinary Pair of John-Richard Silvered Leather Credenzas
By John Richard
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An incredible Pair of Large and very Decorative Silvered Leather Chests from John-Richard. Pair of impressive John Richard silver gilt credenzas with g...
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Gilt Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
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