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Vitrines For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Iron Medical Cabinet from the Ukraine, 1970
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Iron medical cabinet from the Ukraine with glass on four sides. Produced in 1970. Space between the shelves is 28 cm.
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1970s Ukrainian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

Vintage Modernist Table Vitrine Cabinet by Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful table vitrine cabinet by Josef Frank, made from mahogany in a sleek design. Glass shelves and mirror bottom let the light flow freely. Perfect for displaying cherished obje...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Mahogany

Pair of Early 20th Century Belgian Oak Vitrines à Deux Corps
Located in High Point, NC
These pair of 1900s oak Belgian vitrines à deux corps flaunt the eclectic richness of their decorative elements. These display cabinets boast neoclassical shaped cornices, embossed f...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Vitrines

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Charles X Period Rosewood And Maple Bookcase/Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Charles X period Rosewood and Maple bookcase/vitrine. The vitrine is raised on a mottled plinth below three square bottom glass doors displaying X desi...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Vitrines

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Maple, Rosewood

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Marble Top Vitrine / Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French Louis XVI style Mahogany with brass mounted marble top vitrine / bookcase. This was designed to display your most prized possessions or one of a kind collec...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Brass

19th Century Gold Wood Italian Display Cabinet, 1870
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian showcase from the end of the 19th century. Furniture in finely carved and gilded wood and plaster of beautiful lines and pleasant furnishings. Display cabinet with one door i...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Vitrines

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Wood

Cabinet Vitrine Mahogany Marquetry Bronze Mirror-Louis XV - Napoleon III Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent mirrored display case in inlaid mahogany veneer in the Louis XV style - Napoleon III period - 19th century. Charming showcase with id...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

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Bronze

Chinese Chippendale Syle Mirrored Vitrine / Cabinet / Curio By Century Furniture
Located in Kennesaw, GA
From plates to cosmetics to jewelry, make your special things stand out in this beautiful display piece by Century Furniture. It is a Chinese Chippendale style display cabinet...
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Late 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Vitrines

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Glass, Mirror, Wood

Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Display Cabinet
Located in Pomona, CA
Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.
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1890s English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Console Vitrine with Bronze Detailing
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid nineteenth century French Louis XVI style mahogany console vitrine features fluted corners and bronze banding on its facade and sides. The upper cabinet is finished with gla...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Display Armoire ~ Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut display Armoire ~ Bookcase is a majestic example of fine craftsmanship, executed in what experts consider the finest indigenous wood ever availabl...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

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Brass

Italian Mid-Century Modern Aluminium and Glass Pharmacy Vitrin, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern aluminum and glass pharmacy vitrin with internal shelf, 1950s Pharmacy showcase with an aluminum frame, with internal shelf. Glass closure on all sides, as well as the central shelf in glass. Sliding doors on the front with small concave handle on the glass itself and lock with original working key, with spring mechanism. Paw with a round section. 1950s approximately. Good condition, several stains on the aluminum on the front. Small scratches and surface oxidation present. Measures in cm 130x41x131h Remember to check our product in the listing of this our store, where we present fantastic original vintage products.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Metal

French Late 19th Century Linke Style Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent French wooden Linke style vitrine with quality gilt bronze mounts and beveled glass. The interior is covered with velvet fabric, and the vitrin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines

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Bronze

Victorian Mahogany Museum / Shop Display Cabinet or Vitrine, Late 19th Century
Located in Nijmegen, NL
A museum quality Victorian mahogany display cabinet. This outstanding cabinet has a glass door fitted with original brass knob handles. It features three shelves on cast iron shelve ...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Vitrines

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Mahogany

An Italian 19th century Rococo Revival st. ebonized giltwood vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scaled Italian 19th century Rococo Revival st. Ebonized Fruitwood and giltwood cabinet/vitrine. The four door cabinet is raised by a mottled plinth below ...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Antique Vitrines

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Giltwood

18th Century Dutch Marquetry Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 18th century Dutch marquetry inlaid vitrine, having glazed doors and sides, with shelves within, above three bombe fronted floral marquetry inlaid Oak lined drawe...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Vitrines

Materials

Boxwood, Walnut

Hollywood Regency Obelisk Cabinet Finished in Red Lacquer & Gold Leaf circa 1960
Located in Saint Louis, MO
This most artful Hollywood Regency tall Obelisk Cabinet will immediately catch your eye with its high design esthetic in red lacquer and gilt. Undoubtedly inspired by elegance from top to bottom, this obelisk's details compliment one another as the eye wonders. Two door bottom cabinet with large Widdicomb style brass ring pulls and gilt molding. Lacquered interior with single shelf. Gilt neoclassical sphere bases. Obelisk display...
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1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Vitrines

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Gold Leaf

Majorelle Art Nouveau Vitrine
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Vitrine signed "L.Majorelle" in walnut and veneer, molded and carved with clematis decoration. The central box opens on the front with a partly glazed door presenting a lower inlaid ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Vitrines

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Walnut

1800s Antique French Louis XV Style, Ormulu, Curved, Exceptional Vitrine
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning 1800s Antique French Louis XV Style, Ormulu, Curved, Exceptional Vitrine. Exceptional French Louis XV style display cabinet, late 19th c., ormolu and marquetry...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

China Closet Art Deco Franciszek Najder
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...
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1940s Polish Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

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Walnut

Vitrine by Danish Designer Kai Winding in Rosewood
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare and beautiful vitrine by Danish designer Kai Winding. Made by P. Jeppesen Furniture. Rosewood. The table has been expertly and gently refinished and is imp absolute p...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Rosewood

French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Large French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Three-Corps Vitrine Cabinet. The converted three door display case with twin bombé (rounded)...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu, Bronze

Italian Vintage Industrial Hospital Medicine Vitrine in Metal, 1960s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian industrial hospital vitrine in white metal, 1960s. Equipped with four glass shelves. This type of display case was used in hospitals or docto...
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1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Metal

Art Deco Signed Wolfgang Hoffmann for Romweber World's Fair Display Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important Art Deco period Century of Progress Display Cabinet designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann (Austrian, 1900-1969) for Romweber Company, Batesville, Indiana, United States of America. circa 1933-1936 Created for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, one piece design, having a rectangular showcase top with glass panel sides and a pair of sliding glass doors, over solid wood chest fitted with four drawers affixed with horizontal pulls, flanked by cabinet doors, opening to shelved interior. Rosewood, mahogany, richly figured blonde - golden birch or primavera, and glass. Signed, original label to drawer interior, featuring 1933 World's Fair mark impressed. **Please note, at the time of writing this, a matching sideboard - buffet (shown in last photo) is currently available separately** Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the important and iconic collection of Mr. James I. Rafftesaeth Jr., Dallas, Texas Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. 2022 Design Signature Auction catalog #8091 History: Wolfgang Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1900. He is the son of famous architect, pedagogue and Wiener Werkstatte cofounder, Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956). Early on, following his father’s s interests, he was trained in the decorative arts and design. Wolfgang Hoffmann once reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school, where I perfected my technical knowledge of architecture and general construction. From this school, I was graduated to the Kunstgewerbeschule [Studying under Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank in Vienna]. After finishing this school, I had one and a half years of practical in a well known architect’s office. Thereafter I worked in my Father’s office for two years”. Hoffmann met his future wife, Polish immigrant Pola (1902-1984) when they were both studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was needing an assistant for his architectural business in New York and contacted his friend and colleague, Joseph Hoffmann in Vienna. Hoffmann recommended his son Wolfgang. Urban hired him and sent a first class passage ticket to Vienna for Wolfgang to travel to New York. Wolfgang married Pola and traded his ticket for two tickets to America in steerage, arriving in New York City in December of 1925. Leaving the Urban office after nine months, Wolfgang and Pola formed an independent design practice with offices on Madison Avenue in Manhattan with the purpose of creating contemporary interiors and industrial designs. Early work included theaters, stores, and apartments mostly in New York City. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hoffmanns designed custom furniture for private clients. Some of these examples were shown in the February 1929 issue of House and Garden. Curiously, the examples’ design was attributed to Urban and the production to Pola Hoffmann, Inc. Established in the fall of 1928, the American Designers’ Gallery was “devoted exclusively to showing objects and interiors for practical use… by fourteen American architects and designers”. Its members included the Hoffmans and Urban as well as ceramist Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1971), architect Raymond Hood (1881-1934), artist designer Winold Reiss (1886-1953), graphic designer Lucien Bernhard (1896-1981), decorator Donald Deskey (1894-1989), and architect Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972). The Hoffmanns’ work was included in the American Designers’ Gallery’s two showcase events, its 1928 and 1929 exhibitions. Their dining alcove at the 1929 event featured a bench with a dinette table and two chairs in American walnut designed by Wolfgang and a rug by Pola. Lucien Bernhard, fellow Austrian immigrant who settled in New York a year before the Hoffmanns, operated the gallery and decorating service Contempora with Munich resident Bruno Paul (1874-1968). The Hoffmanns, occasionally participating with Contempora, designed a number of outstanding interiors, including the constructivist living room of 1930 for Mrs. O.R. Sommerich at 40 East 66th street. In 1934, Donald Deskey commissioned Wolfgang to design birchwood furnishings for the eclectic apartment at 625 Park Avenue belonging to Helena Rubinstein. In 1931, Wolfgang exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The same year, with Kem Weber (1889-1963) he organized the second and final exhibition of AUDAC- “Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts”- at the Brooklyn Museum. At this event, the Hoffmanns showed the dining room previously included in the American Designer’s Gallery’s 1929 exhibition in the Chase Bank Building lobby at 145 West 57th Street in Manhattan. In 1932 Wolfgang was asked to assist Urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. He was also commissioned to design the interior and furniture for the fair’s lumber industries house. There he executed its living and dining rooms furnished by Kroehler Manufacturing Company of Chicago; the boys’ room by Shower Brothers...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood

Masters Showcase by Paolo Buffa for the Permanent Cantù, 1950
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard with display case by Paolo Buffa for La Permanente Mobili Cantù, 1950s. Rosewood structure moved on the front and sides. The lowe...
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1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century Italian Vitrine on Stand Rococo Style
Located in New York, NY
We love the charm and whimsy of this special vitrine cabinet. Painted in a light green with a deep blue interior, the top portion has glazed doors with the original glass, The bro...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Vitrines

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Wood

French Empire Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Vitrines / PAIR
Located in Dallas, TX
a handsome pair of Empire-style gilt bronze mounted (ormolu) mahogany marble top vitrines / display cabinets, each with two interior glass shelves, glass on three (3) sides, back and...
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19th Century English Empire Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Bronze

Profusely Carved Asian Display Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elegant Asian display cabinet, profusely carved throughout with glass door with carved trim and surround that reveals two long and one short s...
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Early 20th Century Asian Ming Vitrines

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Wood

18th Century Rustic Country French Vitrine ~ Bonnetier
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Rustic Country French Vitrine ~ Bonnetier is an early example of the genre, wherein a design was needed to both display and provide storage while offering a minimal foot...
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Late 18th Century French Rustic Antique Vitrines

Materials

Steel

Showcase, France, circa 1930
Located in Chorzów, PL
Showcase, France, circa 1930. Very good condition. Wood: oak Dimensions: height 200 cm width 130 cm depth 52 cm.
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1930s French Louis Philippe Vintage Vitrines

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Oak

Chinese Chippendale Style Display Cabinet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Chinese Chippendale style mahogany display / vitrine cabinet, circa 1900. Made in the Edwardian period. Excellent workmanship throughout, through mullion glass doors, finely dovetail...
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Early 1900s English Chinese Chippendale Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Mahogany

19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Vitrine. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, We would like to offer you this truly exquisite, early Biedermeier walnut vitrine. The piece was made in Vienna circa 1825. Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design and excellent craftsmanship and continue to have a great influence on modern design. The vitrine have beautiful highly figured walnut veneer and gorgeous details with lovely light deep amber color and 200 years old patina. The brass hardware, lock and the key are original. Pieces of such quality as this fine, exceptional Viennese Biedermeier display cabinet are very rare and hard to find. This piece is great for displaying porcelain...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

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Cut Glass, Walnut

Antique Country Corner Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine and larger corner cabinet with good traditional form. The two- part cabinet in a maple tone stain with canted corners. The top section with...
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19th Century Country Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Medical Showcase / Trolley, 1940s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Medical trolley made of iron and glass. Produced in the 40s. The trolley has glass on 4 sides and on top a glass plate. Good working lock / key.
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1940s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

Italian Pair of Brass Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of jewelry vitrine .The vitrine mounts on the side and could mount on the back. The hanging bracket are on the side as showing on the photos . Vitrines are in vintage conditio...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Brass

Early 19th Century Biedermeier Display Cabinet with Columns, Vitrine, Birch
Located in Greven, DE
Three-sided glazed Biedermeier display case with columns Germany (Brandenburg / Berlin) Birch Biedermeier around 1820 Dimensions: H x W x D: 172 x 93 x 52 cm Description: Beautiful, small and birch veneered Biedermeier display cabinet...
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

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Birch

19th Century French Louis Philippe Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis Philippe style vitrine or miniature buffet, made of solid mahogany with glass cabinet doors and mirror backed tiered shelves. Glass cabinet door opens to ...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Mirror, Mahogany

Small Scale Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrine, Bookcase
Located in Fayetteville, AR
With glass on three sides, this French Louis XVI style mahogany vitrine from the late nineteenth century is ideal for displaying any fine collection. Resting on turned finial feet...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Bronze

Oak Dresser, circa 1920
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An oak French Empire style dresser from circa 1920, with a drawer and display part. The cabinet has the original antique glass. Pilaster detailing...
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1920s French Empire Vintage Vitrines

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Oak, Glass

1950s Mahogany Vitrine Display Table on Wheels and with Handles
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1950s Mahogany Vitrine Display Table on original Wheels and with Handles and faux bamboo Mahogany legs. Original green felt lining in place, includes a new black color felt, loose...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Pair of Wall Mount Display Cabinets in Pine by Mogens Koch, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Pair of Vitrines in pine with sliding glass doors. Designed by Maa. Mogens Koch in the 1930,s. Perfect for wall mounting also. Edited by Rud Rasmussen cabinet makers in the 1960s ....
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Pine

Art Deco Walnut Showcase
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Art deco walnut showcase in very good condition with signs of usage.
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1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Walnut

China Closet Biedermeier
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its original condition from many years ago. Sim...
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1880s Polish Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

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Birch

Mastercraft Burled Wood, Brass and Glass Illuminated Vitrine Cabinet, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredible burled wood display cabinet, produced by Mastercraft in the 1970s, features incredibly exotic grained burl with arched glass displa...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Brass

V-Legged Danish Modern Vanity / Secretary in Teak + Oak
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark Designer: Unknown Manufacturer: Unknown Era: 1960s Materials: Teak, Oak Measurements: 34.5" wide x 16.5" deep x 51" tall Condition: In excellent original cond...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Teak, Oak

Small hall display case with sliding glass panes
Located in Premariacco, IT
Small sideboard or cabinet in blond walnut burl, mid-20th century Italian manufacture. Refined and lively, it features a double door with a single internal compartment. Two sliding ...
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1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Steel

19th Century Country French Walnut Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Country French Walnut Vitrine will make a stunning display case for your most prized possessions! Crafted in the inimitable French m...
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1890s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Vitrines

Materials

Steel

Rare Pair of 19th Century Marquetry Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A pair of Marquetry display cabinets in the transitional manner By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Display Cabinet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Edwardian mahogany inlaid display cabinet, having a single glazed door, above a cupboard, standing on elegan...
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20th Century English Edwardian Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

French Provençal Vitrine or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Louis XV style French Provençal vitrine, or wall display cabinet made of solid walnut with glass paned doors and a dovetailed drawer. Interior has one shelf with decorative spindle...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vitrines

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Glass, Walnut

Large 19thC French Painted Pine Glazed Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1850 Large 19thC French painted pine glazed bookcase with working keys An exceptional example (2 sections) Measures: W212 x D46 x H274 cm Base W201 x D40 x H95 cm Top W21...
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1850s French Antique Vitrines

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Pine

Bronze and Glass Etagere Shelf by Milo Baughman c. 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Architectural, voguish, stylish freestanding shelf unit, design attributed to Milo Baughman. This model is particularly chic in the brass, bronze finish, it is more commonly found i...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Bronze

Small Liquor Cellar, Blackened Wood, Brass Fillets, Period: 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Lovely and small liqueur cellar in blackened wood with inlaid brass threads on four pretty ball-shaped feet, completely restored, in the rules of the art, by the TWS Workshops (Calai...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

1900s French Provincial Wooden Vitrine Counter
Located in High Point, NC
A simple Provincial silhouette and a nostalgic patina give this antique wooden vitrine an air of yesteryear. Made in France at the turn of the century, this piece would have likely o...
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20th Century French French Provincial Vitrines

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Wood

Biedermeier Bookcase, South Germany, 1820
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Biedermeier bookcase dates back to around 1820 and comes from Southern Germany. the bookcase has a pretty walnut veneer with two transome glass doors. They are framed by ...
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Art Deco Brass Dry Bar Cart with Smoked Two Tier Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Fabulous brass bar cart with smoked glass Proudly showcase your finest decanters and stemware! Brass handle. This piece is in very good original condition and shows it was well c...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Antique French Vernis Martin Decorated Kingwood & Ormolu Bombe Vitrine c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Vernis Martin decorated vitrine offers kingwood construction in bombe form with cast ormolu mounts, c1900 Measures - 67.5"h x 31.5"w x 17.5"d Catalogue Note: ...
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Early 20th Century French Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Kingwood

French Burl Walnut and Lemonwood Marquetry Vitrine or Cabinet, circa 1900
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at 36.5 inches in height, this small scale French burl walnut vitrine from the turn of the twentieth century features inset borders made of fine lines of inlaid lemonwood an...
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Early 20th Century French Vitrines

Materials

Elm, Fruitwood, Walnut, Burl

Antique and Vintage Vitrines

Why not give your precious collectibles the case pieces they deserve? Antique and vintage vitrines can be used to safely store and display your most treasured objects.

While they were initially used to display relics in churches or to preserve specimens for scientific observation, vitrines are best known for their place in retail spaces and museums. The name for these glass display cases comes from the Latin word “vitrum,” meaning glass, as well as the Old French word “vitre,” which also refers to glass. Instead of simply showcasing collector’s items on shelves, you can bestow extra importance on them by displaying them in a vitrine for passers-by to observe and admire.

Not all vitrines are created equal. Over time, furniture makers have explored different shapes and sizes for vitrines. A display case you’ll find in a retail store will likely look drastically different from what you’ll see in a museum or art gallery. A vitrine in a shop is likely there to best market specific wares to the general public, while in museums there is usually a range of different vitrines intended to house and protect single objects or to display a grouping of artifacts.

Most of us have an antique, new or vintage case piece in our home. Though the terms “case pieces” and “case goods” may cause even the most decor-obsessed to stumble, these furnishings have been a vital part of the home for centuries. Any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — cabinets, dressers, buffets — may be properly termed a case piece.

Mirror-backed vitrines, which refer to cases that usually feature shelved and mirrored interiors, are a most appropriate home for your jewelry or decorative objects. Adding such items to a vitrine already suggests that there is an irreplaceable preciousness to the case’s contents, and the mirrors will emphasize as much as well as refract more light to render the display eye-catching.

On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of antique and vintage vitrines to protect and preserve your most prized items. The collection of mid-century modern vitrines and Art Deco vitrines is mostly inclusive of those built with a wooden frame, but there are many other types to choose from as well. It’s time to give your collectibles a good home!

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