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Vitrines For Sale
18th-19th Century Swedish Baroque Pinewood, Glass Bookcase, Antique Showcase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique large Swedish Baroque two-part bookcase made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good condition. The upper part of the detailed Scandinavian library, showcase is composed with two doors featuring its original glass and two long arched shelves...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Vitrines
Materials
Metal, Chrome
4-Door Display Cabinet 4 Doors in Oak, Design C. Lecomte, 100% Made in France
Located in Landivy, FR
This Vitrine belongs to the STELLA collection designed by Christophe Lecomte in Vendée, France. Graduated from the famous BOULLE design school in Paris, Christophe navigates very easily between emotion and function and follows 2 permanent benchmarks: elegance and ergonomics.
With STELLA, Christophe decides on a range that can use the most beautiful classic French essences as a fine and slightly naturally pink cherry and a harder, more resistant and straight oak wood.
The proposed lines for STELLA evoke a relationship between the past and the present. Structures first seduce with their contemporary straight, rectangular or square shapes, then the whole is softened with the addition of curves.
The 2 glass doors open with a "push-release" pressure and give access to a 73...
Category
2010s French Modern Vitrines
Materials
Oak, Lacquer
A Near Pair of Vitrine Cabinets, by François Linke, Paris
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Near Pair of Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Cabinets, by François Linke, Paris
Each with shaped brêche d’alep marble top. The central doors and flaking glazed p...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
21st Century Matteo Zorzenoni Storage Case Piece Cabinet Wood Steel Legs Pink
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Oblò A Cabinet / Colorama Collection by Matteo Zorzenoni
Oblò is a collection of cabinets and cupboards with a strong personality. Circular and oblong holes covered in glass charact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Set of Antique Display Cabinets
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Set of special display cabinets with curved glass. 4 adjustable shelves per display case. Rear wall and part side walls are equipped with mi...
Category
1890s English Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
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.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Chrome, Brass
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Iron & Glass Indoor Outdoor Patio Etagere by John Salterini
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic iron etagere with 6 shelves 4 of them plate glass. Painted Black iron with a tapered support at the sides. Narrows as it gets taller. Cross x brace at the backside bottom. ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Modern Glass Showcase Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
"Modern glass showcase cabinet with steel & aluminum fittings with 2 sliding mirrored doors on a wood base with 6 adjustable glass shelves and l...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Glass
French Rosewood Art Deco Silver Cabinet in the Style of Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Buchanan, NY
This French Rosewood display cabinet with inlays and brass sabot feet hails from the 1940s and is a true masterpiece of design in the style of Jules Leleu. The sliding glass doors el...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
$2,240 Sale Price
56% Off
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 ...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Mahogany
19thC English Painted Astragal Glazed Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
19thC English Painted Astragal Glazed Bookcase Cabinet
With keys and working locks
(2 parts)
W126 x D42 x H215
Base: W120 x D42 x H...
Category
1870s English Antique Vitrines
Materials
Pine
Arched display cabinet in wood and glass door - 1950s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Arched display cabinet in wood and glass door - 1950s
damaged or missing wood veneer - SEE PHOTOS
Storage - Antique - Furniture
Measures : 80x3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Metal, Brass
French 19th century Napoleon III Period Ebony, Ormolu and Hardstone vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Napoleon III Period Ebony, Ormolu and Hardstone cabinet vitrine. This impressive cabinet with Boulle inlays is raised on six bun feet with Ormolu ba...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Stone, Ormolu
Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Palatial French 19th Century Transition Louis XIV-XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Mounted Two-Door Vitrine Cabinet, the arched top surmounted with gilt-bronze moldings a...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
$48,950 Sale Price
42% Off
Fine Quality Edwardian Satinwood Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5508 Superb Edwardian satinwood vitrine or bookcase of breakfront design, having cavetto cornice above a dentil inlaid moulding and string inlaid frieze, four string inlaid glazed ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Vitrines
Materials
Satinwood
$4,884 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Showcase Vitrine in Walnut with Geometrical Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI style showcase from the early 19th century. It presents a beautiful geometrical marquetry on the facade as on the ribs. The hunting trophy decorations of this marquetry are...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Grand Showcase from the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Located in Opole, PL
Grand Showcase from the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries
We present you this elaborately decorated piece of furniture from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is composed...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
$3,542 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Louis XV Style Vernis Martin Bombe Vitrine with Serpentine Glass
Located in Madrid, ES
A classic Louis XV style vernis Martin display vitrine with serpentine glass door. Luxurious rococo revival elements are in full force here, curving wood veneer and glass surfaces offset by vine-like ribbons of ormolu bronze detailing, with lush green velvet interior set atop cabriole legs tipped with decorative sabots. At center is a hand-painted “fêtes galantes” scene...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
$3,267 Sale Price
35% Off
Medical display cabinet, 1930’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Medical cabinet from the 1930s. The cabinet is produced in Hungary and is made of thick iron and glass. The lock and handle are original and functional.
The cabinet has recently bee...
Category
1930s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Superb Vitrine Hollywood Regency Belgochrom 1970
By belgochrom
Located in Den Haag, NL
Superb elegant looking Vitrine cabinet. Black high gloss top and bottom, brass uprights and eight smoked glass shelves. Nice quality. BelgoChrom Belgium 1970s two uprights have build...
Category
1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: height 175 cm width 125 cm depth 48 cm
Category
1870s French Renaissance Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Grand Demilune Mahogany Display Cabinet or Vitrine with Mirror Back
Located in Sofia, BG
Grand Victorian style vitrine with mahogany frame, glass sides and curved glass top. There are three adjustable glass shelves and a mirror back. The front door is with original key a...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
$4,674 Sale Price
30% Off
French Louis XV Style Ormolu and Vernis Martin Vitrine Attributed to F. Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu mounted plum pudding mahogany veneer, mahogany and Vernis Martin decorated vitrine à Deux Corps, probably by François Linke (1855-1946). The lower structure fitted with finely chased gilt-bronze mounts with female masks, musical instruments, floral drapes, bows and acanthus, centred with a frieze drawer and a cupboard door with three painted panels. The centre front painted panel with a Romantic courting park setting scene amongst sheep and a sculpture fountain of Putti; the side panels both with parks scenes of a resting lion sculpture and fountain flanked by grassing sheep. The lower cabinet interior with three drawers, the upper vitrine case with two glass shelves, a bowed beveled front door and sides, crowned with a fine gilt-bronze wreath mount with ribbons, all raised on four cabriolet legs with cast lion paw mounts. Unsigned, Paris, circa 1890-1900.
The style of this cabinet is closely related to those produced in the Paris furniture making trade in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in the 1880s and as such, without a signature or identifying mark, is unattributable. However, there are similarities with the firm Raoux et Brunet, some of whose mounts were designed by Léon Messagé and later used by François Linke. Indeed many of the mounts on this cabinet, whilst not exclusive to him, are very similar to the work produced in his early years in Paris in the 1880s. At this time Linke was making furniture to order...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$64,950 Sale Price
23% Off
Pharmacy Shop Display Cabinet, Turkey Sponge
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Shop Display Cabinet, Turkey Sponge
This charming Victorian shop display cabinet is made in plate glass, the top section has a “D” sha...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Vitrines
Materials
Glass
Neogothic Vitrine Oak and Glass, French, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
This cabinet French oak and glass vitrine is a very good quality copy of the gothic style. It was made by the enterprise Mercier Frères circa 1920.
Mercier Frères is a Parisian carp...
Category
1920s French Gothic Revival Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Oak
$2,566 Sale Price
43% Off
16th Century Italy Ligurian Carved Oak and Chestnut Credenza Bambocci Sideboard
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Valuable ancient noble 16th century, Italy Ligurian carved oak and chestnut credenza Bambocci, sideboard with display cabinet.
All original with exception ...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Vitrines
Materials
Chestnut, Oak
Double Door Iron and Glass Art Deco Vitrine, 1920s Argentina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic iron and glass vitrine from Argentina, made in the 1920s. Two doors open wide. 4 glass shelves. Glass on all sides. Mirrored bottom. Gorgeous display cabinet. Great vintage c...
Category
1920s Argentine Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Vintage Iron And Glass Medical Cabinet, 1970’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This medical cabinet was designed in the 1970s and was produced circa 1975 in hungary. It is made from iron and glass with new glass shelves. The glass is held by a black rubber stri...
Category
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Iron and Glass Vitrine, 1920s Argentina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slender Art Deco Vitrine made in the 1920s, Argentina. Rectangular frame sitting atop tapered legs. Original glass frame and door. Three glass shelves. Original lock with working key...
Category
1920s Argentine Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Antique Display Cabinet, Gustavian Style, Sweden, C. 1840
Located in Kastrup, DK
Display cabinet in two parts.
Upper part with pair of slatted glass doors with inside Pompeii red color.
Below top list with tooth cut. Lower part drawer with diamond-shaped fillin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Pine
Big Art Deco Furniture, 1920, French, Materials: Wood and Glass
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Year: 1920
Country: French
Wood and glass
You want to live in the golden years, this is the bookcase that your project needs.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouv...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
sku 1028
(2 sections)
W212 x D46 x H274 cm
Base W201 x D40 x H95 cm
Top W212 x ...
Category
1850s French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Pine
$26,710 Sale Price
30% Off
French Louis Philippe Glazed Bookcase/ Vitrine in Rosewood with Drawers, c. 1845
Located in Miami, FL
This cabinet displays an exceptional level of craftsmanship. Made of exotic & rare rosewood, this fine & tall Louis Philippe bookcase or china cupboard has a carved pediment top with glazed door panels on the top cabinet for displaying...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Very Large Mahogany Library with Bronze Corinthian Columns, France 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large library with an overall height of 290 cm. The three-part architectural front is three-quarters glazed and features Corinthian bronze capitals with solid columns. Measures: Heig...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Mahogany Wood Chippendale Style Display Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century mahogany wood frame and glass display cabinet with two adjustable glass shelves. The cabinet features two front glass door with two interior removable glass shelve resting on four ball claw feet and three top finials. The cabinet is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. It measures 82 inches high x 40 inches wide x 18 inches deep.
Category
Early 20th Century Chippendale Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Antique Italian Display Cabinet Bookcase, Louis Philippe , walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Beautiful bookcase, vitrine, display cabinet , Louis Philippe of the early 19th century in solid walnut and walnut veneer. With two or more internal shelves, large bottom drawer, sha...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Walnut
George Nelson for Herman Miller Low Walnut Credenza
Located in Denton, TX
Rare Glass sliding doors on a walnut display cabinet with adjustable shelves.
Chrome legs with original Domes of silence glides.
The Herman Miller badge is missing, please see pictur...
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
$3,850 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Vitrine, Paris, circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Louis XVI style Ormolu mounted kingwood Vitrine, Paris, circa 1900, Beautiful quality, with lift top beveled glass top, the case fitted with fo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Style Tazza by Puiforcat
By Puiforcat
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco tazza/compote Jean E. Puiforcat silver-plated small silver-plated tazza with a red column stem, on stepped base. Stamped "Puiforcat/France" with EP...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
A Very Fine French 19th CenturyOrmolu-Mounted Louis XV Style Double-Door Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Louis XV Style Double-Door Vitrine attributed to Francois Linke. The front bombe Vernis Martin panel decorated with a painted scene wit...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
$281,600 Sale Price
53% Off
19C Louis XV Style Boudoir Display Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a BEAUTIFUL and ELEGANT 19C Louis XV Style Boudoir Display Vitrine .
From circa 1890 and made in France.
This is a tall legged vitrine and has beautiful ormolu mounts an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Ormolu Mounted Vitrine Attributed Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu mounted two-tier vitrine cabinet. The upper section with a single glass front door below a pierced gilt-bronze floral r...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$29,850 Sale Price
30% Off
French, 20th Century, Vintage Glass and Wood Vitrine Showcase, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage glass and wood showcase.
By unknown manufacturer from France, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patin...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,962 Sale Price
44% Off
Late-19th Century English Corner Cabinet in Brown
Located in Opole, PL
Late-19th Century English Corner Cabinet in Brown
An inlaid piece of furniture with a light construction and a curved front, featuring glass doors and supported by three curved legs...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Vitrines
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood
$2,776 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cabinet Vitrine Signed François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu and Brèche Polychrome de St. Bernard marble cabinet vitrine si...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco Bookcase - Oak, Stain Glass and Brass
Located in Paris, IDF
Bookcase by Russian designer Dmitry Samygin
Oak, stain glass and brass
Measures: 190 cm x 106 cm x 39 cm
After studying Applied Arts at the National University of Art and Indu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Stained Glass, Oak
$14,362 / item
20th Century Vitrines walnut with two-door display cabinet with drawers
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian walnut display cabinet with two glass doors on the top and drawers on the bottom. The cabinet divides into two parts for easy transport. Sturdy shelves to hold your books, cr...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rustic Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Fir
Continental European Ebonized Circassian Walnut Rococo Vitrine China Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous cabinet with red velvet interior for the shelving. The cabinet features extraoridinary wood quality with ebonized accents and no major damages, wear or issues beyo...
Category
1920s European Rococo Revival Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Walnut
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Exceptional French Cabinet 19th C, Marquetry Inlay 3-Door display glass shelves
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional display cabinet with center opening door to fitted interior with three glass shelves
that are moveable. It has a mirror back and mirror on the bottom. Two doors open on e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Kingwood, Walnut
$6,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Art Deco display cabinet / showcase / bookcase in walnut, France, Circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Cabinet / display case / show case / bookcase with glass door, in walnut.
In the style of the productions of Follot, Dufrène.
Art Deco.
France, Circa 1920.
Carved fruit baskets on...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut
$2,872 Sale Price
20% Off
Extremely Rare Morrocan Inlaid Mirrored Vitrine Bookcase Circa 1890
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Mother of pearl inlay. 89" h x 48 3/4" w x 15 1/2" d.
Condition
Missing finial. Finish loss. Scratches.
Dimensions
89 x 49 x 16 in
Category
1890s Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Mahogany Sideboard or Showcase, 1930s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Art Deco showcase in mahogany, central doors in tuja briar inside the bar equipment is in steel there is working lighting but the back in erable needs to...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Burl
$2,154 Sale Price
40% Off
Chinese Hardwood Display Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century Chinese hardwood display cabinet or vitrine. Having beautifully hand-carved scrolling vine leaves and faux bamboo to ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Vitrines
Materials
Hardwood
1930s Venetian Walnut Baroque Sideboard and Display Cabinet Richly Floral Inlaid
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Majestic walnut sideboard with showcase in mid-century Venetian Baroque style, with widespread floral inlays in maple and rosewood.
This beautiful sideboard was created by the skille...
Category
1930s Italian Baroque Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Tall narrow Woodard etagere in matte black finish
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tall narrow Woodard etagere plant or cocktail stand . Half inch round stock wrought iron supports four steel mesh 16" diameter round shelves . Recent...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Cut Steel, Wrought Iron
Lyn High Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn high grey black cabinet by Pulpo
Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H185 cm
Materials: glass; powder coated steel
Also available in different colours.
Studio Visser & Meijwaard desc...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel
$6,893 / item
1910s Huge English Museum Display Case Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
1910s English museum display case or vitrine. Full clear glass on all sides and top with safety film to prevent shattering. Maple parquet floor with wear from use. Brass hardware mar...
Category
1910s English Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Steel
Danish Louis XVI Display Cabinet on Stand
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI mahogany display showcase on stand.
Cornice accented with dentil moldings above two doors.
Copenhagen, circa 1800.
New mahogany stand. We can shorten this if desired.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, Manner of François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, in manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The u...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$25,950 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Vernis Martin Decorated Mahogany Vitrine, Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Vernis Martin decorated vitrine offers mahogany construction with single glass door opening to shelved interior over drawer and single ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
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!