Vitrines

Beautiful pair of wall mounted display cabinets designed by Carlo Ratti and manufactured by Industria Legni Curvati in Italy in 1950. These cabine...

French Ormolu and Vernis Martin Vitrine, French, late 19th or early 20th century. An exceptional quality vitrine, in the Louis XVI-style with jewel quality ormolu bronze mounts wit...

Six feet tall and four-level glass shelves Mid-Century Modern showcase made in Italy. Wooden base and tall glass and chrome column display or storag...

A fine French 19th-20th century kingwood and tulipwood marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door display cabinet with a red-velvet backing and bowed glass panels surmounted with acanthus and floral gilt-bronze mounts in the style of Léon Messagé (French, 1842-1901), the serpentine shaped front door with an ornate marquetry and ink colored panel depicting wreaths, ribbons and tied acantus leaves, all raised on four cabriolet legs ending with gilt-bronze paw-feet, Paris, circa 1900. Linke was born on 17 June 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinet maker, Neumann, which he completed in 1877. Linke’s work book or Arbeits-Buch records that he was in Vienna from July 1872 to October 1873 at the time of the International Exhibition held there in 1873. He subsequently travelled to Prague, Budapest & Weimar before finally arriving in Paris in 1875. It is documented that he obtained employment with an unknown German cabinetmaker in Paris, and stylistic similarities, photographs and geographical proximity have led some to suggest that Emmanuel Zwiener was the most likely candidate. After a period back in his home town of Pankratz, he returned once and for all to Paris in 1877. In 1878 Paris hosted the third great International Exhibition, a remarkable success for a country ravaged by war only seven years earlier. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. By 1889 another World’s Fair, as they were often referred to in America, took place in Paris. Monsieur Eiffel erected what has become the most iconic building in Paris for the exhibition and the atmosphere of wealth and confidence may well have encouraged Linke to think that he could contribute an important part to the next great exhibition. As early as 1892 this was decreed to take place at the end of the century, in an attempt to pre-empt Berlin from staging the last great show of the century. In 1892, Victor Champier (fr) one of the commissioners for the 1900 Paris Fair had appealed, “Create in the manner of the masters, do not copy what they have made”. It was an appeal against mere reproduction and Linke rose to this challenge in an unparalleled way with his unique display that was to include the Grand Bureau. Determined to outshine the competition at the Exhibition, Linke had set about creating the most ambitious pieces he could envisage, and more extravagant than had ever been displayed before. The items he exhibited marked a transition from the historicist interpretation of Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, an interpretation that was the mainstay of his nearest rivals, to something startlingly new and vital in its immediacy. [6] Together with Léon Messagé he developed a new style for the 1900 Exhibition that paid homage to the Louis XV rococo in the fluidity of its approach, but an approach fused with the lively flowing lines of the contemporary and progressive 'art nouveau'. The Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's stand: "The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed". Linke's stand would have appeared refreshingly new to contemporary onlookers, the traditional designs of the eighteenth century melting seamlessly into an exuberant naturalism. The 'Revue' described Linke's style as 'entièrement nouveaux' and noted "This opinion is universally accepted. Linke's stand is the biggest show in the history of art furniture in the year 1900". It is perhaps the most extraordinary and remarkable aspect of Linke’s personal history that he produced such expensive and luxurious furniture of exquisite quality for the 1900 exhibition without any commission or any potential buyer in mind. [9] At a time when other more established furniture businesses such as those of Beurdeley and Dasson were closing down, he made a huge investment in his stand and the furniture he supplied for it. Linke recognised that to move his business forward he needed to appeal to a more International clientele and the new emerging rich who were at this time amassing fortunes on an unprecedented scale. For this reason he gambled everything he had on his display for the 1900 exhibition. Had this not succeeded he would almost certainly have succumbed to bankruptcy. Linke’s notebook records visitors to his stand from England, Europe, the Americas, Egypt and Japan and including; the King of Sweden, three visits from the King of Belgium, Prince Radziwill, the Prince d’Arenberg, the Comte Alberic du Chastel, Miss Anna May Gould, the American heiress, distinguished furniture makers and the President of France Emile Loubet. This risky endeavour was a resounding success, and with his reputation established, La Maison Linke became the pre-eminent furniture house until outset of the Second World War. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented was never to be repeated. His showrooms expanded into prestigious premises in Paris, in the Place Vendôme as well as the Faubourg St. Antoine where his workshop had been established. He embarked on many important commissions in the years up to the outbreak of the First World War, making and designing furniture for leading international industrialists and bankers. After the 1914-1918 World War, Linke undertook the extraordinary commission to furnish the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria for King Fuad of Egypt, possibly the largest single furniture commission ever conceived, eclipsing even Versailles. Linke flourished and remained active until the middle years of the 1930s and died in 1946 Léon Messagé (1842-1901) was a French sculptor, best known for his sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet...

This is a chromed steel and brass trim small scale étagère, in the round, open from all sides, with four removable tempered safety glass shelves; two center, one floating on top and ...

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. ...

Incredible Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Vitrine Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known ...

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 ....

An extraordinary Louis XVI style display cabinet, France, around 1880. Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: walnut Dimensions: height 214 cm width 132 cm dept...

Victorian Shop Display Counter Top Cabinet This is superb Victorian shop display Cabinet, it has a walnut frame, the base of the cabinet is covered in its original faded blue Velve...

French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood 2 door vitrine display cabinet with shaped glass sides and rust marble top

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

Exceptional display cabinet, Western Europe, France, circa 1910. Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: walnut Dimensions: height 219 cm / width 115 cm / depth ...

French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood 2 door vitrine display cabinet with bronze trim and shaped glass sides

Art Nouveau French console dessert or little buffet, circa 1910. Marble, walnut and brass the curved lines of this buffet are typical of the Art Nouveau period, beautifully illustr...

A fantastic late 19th century English mahogany whatnot, or tired stand, with beautifully turned supports mimicking columns, two shelves, and a lower drawer with two brass knobs. Whatnots were originally used to display Victorian curios...

A grandly-scaled late 19th century French carved walnut Louis XVI style vitrine, the case with finely hand-carved swags, ribbons and floral details. Two doors retain their original s...

A Tour de Force table Vitrine in the Louis XVI Manner by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley, of Paris Of free-standing form, constructed in a finely patinated fruit wood, adorned with ...

Gorgeous and Elegant display cabinet in mahogany wood, original from the English Edwardian period. The furniture of this period achieves great simplicity of lines and a very sober an...

Italy 1940s country Shabby painted buffet sideboard with display cabinet in massive larch Measures cm: H 90 + 105 W 160 D 51 / 38.

Antique French Louis XV walnut and glass vitrine cabinet, Circa 1880.

Louis XV Style, Curio Cabinet, Mahogany, Bronze, Glass, France, 1910s A stunning bow front curio case with curved glass sides, reminiscent of times past, ...

​19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bronze Mounted Cabinet Vitrine Dimensions :51" Wide X 50" Tall X 16" Deep This stunning vitrine was made in France in the late 19th ce...

Chestnut little buffet or side table. This cabinet is carved with motifs and a typical scene of Brittany in France. On the door a sailor in a port awaits the ships of the fishermen ...

A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood ornately carved two-door vitrine display cabinet of serpentine form with foliate and shell carvings, surrounding ...

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...

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...

A rare and sculptural Art Deco "rocket" cabinet, dating from the 1930s. This eye-catching piece features the bold lines and symmetry characteristic of the Art Deco period, with a uni...

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...

Elegant walnut antique Louis Philippe vitrine. Particular shape on the front with turned decoration on the sides. Interior lined in elegant red damask fabric and equipped with two sh...

Walnut dining room buffet with marble top. We have 2 identical buffets if you wish to buy a set. Perfect furniture to store and expose your dining ...

A museum quality Victorian mahogany display cabinet. This outstanding cabinet has two glass doors fitted with original knob handles. It features two shelves on cast iron shelve holde...

1920s precious and refined Venetian eclectic credenza sideboard with china cabinet by Testolini & Salviati. Splendid sideboard in all its parts. Beve...

Superbly and intricately hand carved solid mahogany whatnot or display piece with an attached velvet-lined vitrine or specimen cupboard. Handsome fretted ...

French Art Deco palisander wood display vitrine cabinet with a glass door above a Pair of doors with bronze trim and geometric inlaid round column ...

A fine quality late 19th century marquetry inlaid bombe fronted French Louis XVI style Vitrine, having its original Breche Violette marble top, wonderful scrolling foliate chiselled ...

circa 1870 19thC English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase sku 1885 Base W98 x D44 x H93 cm Top W99 x D31 x H115 cm Together W99 x D44 x H208 cm Internal shelf depth top 23 cm Internal shelf ...

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...

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...

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...

This is a charming George l style walnut diminutive secretary. The domed cornice over a conforming vitrine cabinet . The bottom section contains a drop-front opening to reveal a leat...

Edwardian Cadbury’s counter top sweet shop display cabinet This glazed shop display cabinet is made mahogany, the glass has etched lettering on the front of the cabinets saying Ca...

A beautiful French showcase from the Louis Philippe period of the 1850s. This piece displays an outstanding executive quality due to the masterful ...

Dutch Rococo style burled walnut cabinet from the 19th century with nice carving and patina. This display cabinet with glass doors and sides res...

American Victorian Country antique white painted apothecary-style cabinet with 24 pigeon hole shelves

Elegant French display cabinet from the 19th century, crafted in solid oak and richly decorated with gilt bronze mounts. The interior back is lined with mirrored panels, adding depth...

circa 1870 19thC Dutch Mahogany Marquetry Inlaid display cabinet Excellent form and colour Measures: W 64 x D 24 x H 84 cm.

"Modern glass showcase cabinet with steel & aluminum fittings with 2 sliding mirrored doors on a wood base with 6 adjustable glass shelves and l...

Year: 1930 Country: French We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the b...

This statuesque vitrine crafted in France in the early 20th century impresses with the unique patchy texture of the original patina that accentuates bold outlines of the chest: the r...

Very nice rosewood Art Deco breakfront cabinet buffet bookcase in style of Gaston Poisson.

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...

19th century Chinese Chippendale style display cabinet. Beautiful detail with three glass shelves plus the bottom shelf. Fitted with ...

A stunning early 19th century cherry and ebony Biedermeier vitrine, circa 1850. The vitrine is raised on square ebonized feet below a faux drawer with ebony trim. Above is a pair of ...

Fine Carved Tiger Oak Lion Feet & Head Curved Glass China Cabinet c1880s MINT!

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...

A large and handsome Stripped Pine Corner Hutch presumed English. A rustic constructed pine cabinet with a carved cornice over a dentil frieze. Double upp...

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Hermes, attributed Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: country of origin unknown; gilded metal, composite Dimension...