Skip to main content

Vitrines

1
158
to
28
78
77
158
158
158
16
11
9
8
4
4
4
3
1
1
768
989
187
351
324
154
83
18
73
80
43
52
50
93
21
5
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
155
56
39
36
27
146
61
22
20
19
1
1
1
Vitrines For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: Mid-19th Century
English 1840s Mahogany Veneered Vitrine Cabinet with Glass Doors and Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English mahogany vitrine cabinet from the mid 19th century with glass doors, dark banding, fabric and drawers. Created in England during the second quarter of the 19th century, th...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass

19thC English Glazed Oak Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1870 19thC English Glazed Oak Bookcase Cabinet Adjustable Shelves and original hardware with good form and colour. With original Key for top cabine...
Category

1860s English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Oak

19th C Large English Pine Glazed Panelled Dresser
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1860 19th C large english pine glazed panelled dresser sku 1045 (2 Sections) Measures: W 170 x D 45 x H 213 cm Base W 170 x D 45 x H 94 cm To...
Category

1860s English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Pine

Italian Bookcase, 18th Century Painted And Parcel Gilt
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Bookcase, 18th Century Painted And Parcel Gilt. This stunning 18th century Baroque painted and parcel gilt bookcase has 3 glass cabinet doors above for display, 3 drawers below and 3 wood cabinet doors at the bottom for storage. The paint decoration on this outstanding Tuscan bookcase...
Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Louis XV Small Marquetry Bookcase or Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XV small Marquetry bookcase or Vitrine Rectangular vitrine or bookcase standing on four cabriole feet, front and sides slightly curved, the angles pointe...
Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Breccia Marble, Bronze

18th Century English Queen Anne Oak Walnut Display Cabinet Double Dome Vitrine
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic and Rare display cabinet double dome Of English provenance, made of oak wood and walnut burl. Original hardware. No replacement work in either front or back. Cabinet in ex...
Category

1710s English Queen Anne Antique Vitrines

Materials

Oak, Walnut

19th Century French Louis XIV Carved Oak and Glass Display Cabinet from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand crafted in Normandy, northern France circa 1870, and built in two sections, the antique oak and glass cabinet stands on a thick bottom plinth, and dressed at the pediment with a large carved decorative cornice. Each section features side glass panels and dressed with a central glass door decorated with hand carved floral and leaf motifs, opening to adjustable shelving (one glass shelf in each cabinet, but could accommodate 3 or 4). The elegant tall and narrow vitrine...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Oak

French 19th Century Louis-Philippe Period Bookcase or Vitrine
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Very rare to found a Louis-Philippe Period bookcase or vitrine with 6 doors. Because of its large scale, it shows that it was an order to fill a wall. The purpose was probably to us...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Black Lacquered Umbertino Style Bookcase Showcase with Amber Glass
Located in Cesena, FC
Black lacquered Umbertino style bookcase display case Umbertino-style showcase/bookcase, second half of the 1800s. The cabinet is black lacquered with amber glass panes and two...
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

Antique Flemish Vitrine in a Bleached Oak
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A beautiful fully original Antique Flemish Vitrine from the Flanders, Bleached Oak with original Glass, nice painted interior, ideal to place in your kitchen or dining room.  
Category

1790s Belgian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Oak

18th Century Country French Oak Armoire or Bookcase
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century country French armoire, or vitrine, from Alsace made of solid oak with inlaid mahogany and cherry Marquetry details. Original iron hardware with long decorative escut...
Category

18th Century French Country Antique Vitrines

Materials

Iron

1950s Bar Set with Counter and 3 Barstools in Brass and covered in Snake look
Located in Ulm, DE
Curved Room Bar with three Stools Brass and black piano lacquer Fresh upholstery Faux leather with snake embossing. High quality restoration. Made in the Style of Art Deco ...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Louis XV Bookcase by Pierre Garnier with Inlay Wood and Marble Top, circa 1750
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb inlaid bookcase / vitrine / showcase with very thick marble top, feet decorated with bronze and double mesh door. 3 shelves present. In excellent general condition. Key present, the lock works perfectly Louis XV style and period, France, 18th century, around 1750. By the cabinetmaker Pierre Garnier...
Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Two-Parts Vitrine Cabinet, circa 1790
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
European two-parts vitrine cabinet, original hardware, glas and lock, circa 1790 Measures: H. 232, W. 109, D. 55, D-open. 87, D-top. 33 cm. H. 91.3, W. 42.9, D. 21.6, D-open. 34.2,...
Category

18th Century Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

18th Century English Oak Display Cabinet with Originals Glasses Panels
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century English oak display cabinet with originals glasses panels.
Category

18th Century English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Oak

Pair of Neo-Renaissance Vitrines, Attributed to H-A Fourdinois, France, c. 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine pair of neo-Renaissance vitrines in richly carved wood, with three glazed sides framed by a relief frieze. Each opening to a drawer decorated with interlacing on the belt, and t...
Category

1860s French Renaissance Revival Antique Vitrines

Materials

Marble

Two-Part Vitrine Cabinet, circa 1790
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
European two-part vitrine cabinet with Fine carvings, circa 1790.
Category

18th Century Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Cabinet Gustavian Swedish Original Paint Greenish Yellow, 18th Century, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Cabinet Gustavian Swedish original paint greenish yellow 18th century Sweden. A cabinet made during the 18th century in Sweden. Glassed doors ...
Category

Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

Victorian Carved Oak Wall Hanging Display Cabinet
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian carved oak wall hanging display cabinet This is a very large piece, it has 2 individual cupboards in the one piece. The c...
Category

Mid-19th Century Gothic Antique Vitrines

Materials

Oak

Dutch 18th Century Glazed Top Display Cabinet with Shelves above, Cabinet below
Located in Wells, ME
Dutch oak glazed top, two part display cabinet with bold moldings, astragal glazed glass panes surmounted by carved leaf moldings extending into the top cresting frame of the shaped ...
Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Oak

Petite 18th Century Venetian Painted Wood Rococo Vitrine with Carved Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Venetian 18th century period Rococo painted wood vitrine with carved crest and glass door. Created in Italy during the Rococo period, this It...
Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Swedish 1830s Painted Wood Vitrine Cabinet with Glass Doors and Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish two-part painted wood vitrine cabinet from the early 19th century with glass doors, drawers and distressed patina. Created in Sweden during the early years of the 19th cent...
Category

Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Mid 19th Century Mahogany Corner Cabinet, C.1870
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th century mahogany corner cabinet c.1870 Measures: 32" wide x 19" at the corners x 16.5" deep x 85" high Lower concea...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Walnut Antique Small Vitrine
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
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...
Category

1850s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Dutch Wall Display Cabinet in Marquetry 18th Century Netherlands
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Dutch wall display cabinet in marquetry of 18th century in mahogany and boxwood and with boxwood and mahogany marquetry floral decorations, with colum...
Category

18th Century Dutch Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

European 1790s Rococo Tall Vitrine Secrétaire with Carved Scrolled Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A European Rococo period painted wood two part vitrine secretary from the late 18th century, with carved volutes, glass doors and slanted-front desk. Created in Europe during the last decade of the 18th century, this stunning tall painted secretary features two large carved volutes with pierced décor, sitting above two doors with paneled glass and arched motifs. These doors open to reveal adjustable inner shelves while the mid section showcases a slanted front desk. Multiple drawers and compartments surround a central door, the writing area in the front being fitted with green leather. The lower section presents two small drawers followed by three larger graduating ones. Raised on ogee bracket feet, the secretaire is painted in a soft color. With its graceful lines and exquisite décor, this Rococo painted wood tall vitrine...
Category

Late 18th Century European Rococo Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

Biedermeier Display Case, Southern Germany, c. 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Three-sided glazed display case with one drawer standing on conical feet. The corners of the corpus are flanked by columns of solid cherry and support the multiple profiled cornice. ...
Category

1830s German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

Materials

Cherry

19th Century English Ebonized Astral Glazed Bookcase or Vitrine or Dresser
Located in Staffordshire, GB
19th century English ebonized astral glazed bookcase or vitrine or dresser, circa 1860. Featuring detailed paneled sides, doors and drawers....
Category

Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Pine

Italian 17th Century Large Scale Walnut Cabinet from Bologna
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome Italian 17th century large scale walnut cabinet, from Bologna. The impressive cabinet is raised on a solid moulded plinth base. Three paneled doors open to reveal interior shelves with a central top drawer. The open hutch...
Category

17th Century Italian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

French Provençal Vitrine or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XV style French Provençal vitrine, or display cabinet made of solid walnut with beautiful dark waxed patina and nice proportions. Glass paned door with decorati...
Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Iron

1850s French Ebonized Wood Pier Cabinet w/ Gilt Bronze & Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Marbella, ES
Antique 1850s French ionized wood pier cabinet with gilt bronze & mother of pearl inlay decoration. Missing table top.
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Very Rare Museum Quality 19th Century Brass and Kingwood Bijouterie Table
Located in Dublin, IE
Rare 19th Century museum quality brass and kingwood bijouterie table, the shaped and moulded top with brass mounted sides, cross banded in kingwood and with centred brass framed glas...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Late 18th-Early 19th Century Carved Painted and Gilt Wood Venetian Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite Venetian cabinet with remarkable Rococo period details. Gilt wood and painted in a very appealing and eye catching colors. This ornate Italian cabinet is decorated...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Vitrines

Materials

Giltwood, Wood

George III Period Mahogany Wine Cooler
Located in Lymington, GB
A late 18th century George III period brass-bound mahogany wine cooler, on its original detachable stand of four tapering legs terminating in brass cappings and castors. With apparently original side-carrying handles, the interior has its original lead lining and drainage tap. In very good condition with excellent color and patina. Ca 1790. With its fitted glass top, it can be used as a small antique side...
Category

1790s English George III Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Vitrine, Confiturier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis Philippe Period Vitrine ~ Confiturier was designed to showcase a particularly cherished collection or family memorabilia. Hand-crafted from dense, old growt...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Oak

George III Period Oval Mahogany Wine Cooler
Located in Lymington, GB
An oval mahogany wine cooler, George III period, circa 1790. With excellent, unrestored, deep, rich color and patination, and original solid-brass carrying handles to either side. This smart Georgian wine cooler (cellaret or cellarette) retains its original waxed surface and patina. It is brass-bound (of coopered construction) supported on its separate, original stand. Raised on square tapering legs terminating in its original brass cappings and castors. It can be also used as a small side table or lamp table. Comes with a bespoke, clear, safety glass cover. Nb. An antique oval wine cooler of this design is quite rare, and makes a very elegant addition to a dining room sideboard, or an occasional table in a drawing room. By removing the top, some examples of this form of wine cooler were often later converted to be used as jardinières. See Christies, 23rd May 2013, lot 23: a mahogany oval wine cooler sold @ £17,500. Literature: Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) p. 640: “In late Georgian times the wine cooler was generally a plain mahogany tub hooped with brass and standing on four legs. Mary Kenyon in a letter to her mother (October 30th 1775) wrote that among the furniture in the parlour of her new house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields was a ''handsome cistern of mahogany with brass hoops etc. under the sideboard”. A typical example of a brass-bound wine cooler is shown in a picture by Zoffany, representing William Ferguson...
Category

1790s English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Second Empire Period Gilt Bronze and Kingwood Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Second Empire period gilt bronze and kingwood display cabinet French, c. 1860 Measures: Height 218cm, width 128cm, depth 42cm This fine displ...
Category

1860s French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Italian 18th Century Giltwood, Polychrome and Marble Baroque Console Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent Italian 18th century giltwood, polychrome and white Carrara marble Baroque console vitrine from the Piedmont region. This unique and extremely decorative console is rai...
Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Vitrines

Materials

Carrara Marble

Original Antique Empire Library / Shelve / Vitrine, circa 1860-1880 Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Empire Biblithek, circa 1860s-1880s from an Empire room Mahogany with beautiful empire figures, cast bronze. Very rare to get today. 3 glass doors, interior with glass shelves, ...
Category

Mid-19th Century German Empire Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

French 18th Century Regence Period Kingwood, Ormolu, and Brass Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 18th century Regence period Kingwood, ormolu, and brass cabinet vitrine. The vitrine is raised by scalloped shaped supports and a straight base wit...
Category

18th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

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

Large 19 Century French Rococo or Neoclassical Revival Style Vitrine
By David Roentgen
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning 19th century French Empire, neoclassical/Rococo Revival style Marquetry vitrine or display cabinet, of large proportions!! A real statement piece! Made of a fabulous variety of veneers, including kingwood, satinwood, tulipwood, harewood and walnut with quality classical ormolu mounts. It has ebonized pillars in the Empire style, with walnut and exotic hardwood friezes in the Rococo style. Double glass doors to middle section and single glass doors on either side. The glass on the doors are framed in ormolu banding. Floral Marquetry panels on front and parquetry on the sides. The front central section is a pullout / pull-out drawers with gorgeous walnut frieze panel and original carved walnut knobs. Scrolling pelmet on the top in 3 sections banded in ormolu beading. Scrolling base with cabriolet feet and ormolu mounts on base. Various ormolu mounts, floral mounts, mounts of Baachus and mounts of neoclassical female figures. In 3 sections. with 2 side cabinets and large central section with 3 section pelmet, stunning piece!!! The quality ormolu mounts are marked with the letter “R” and what appears to be “FR 678”. We were originally of the belief that this piece might have been made at the very end of the 19th century, but having regard to the quality of workmanship throughout this piece we are of the opinion that it was most likely made in the third quarter of the 19th century, circa 1870 and by an obviously top quality Parisienne maker with a surname beginning with “R”. It is definitely in the style of David Roentgen who was known for his Rococo/neoclassical styles. David Roentgen, (born Aug. 11, 1743-died Feb. 12, 1807, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau), cabinetmaker to Queen Marie-Antoinette of France; under his direction the family workshop at Neuwied (near Cologne), founded by his father, Abraham Roentgen, became perhaps the most-successful firm of furniture production in the 18th century. After succeeding his father as head of the Neuwied workshop in 1772, Roentgen strove to broaden their clientele, an ambition that brought him first to Hamburg and ultimately to Paris (1774), where in 1779 he was spectacularly successful in selling his finest furniture to King Louis XVI of France for £3,300 to £4,000, an unprecedented sum for the time. Appointed cabinetmaker to the queen, Roentgen was granted admission (1780) as maître-ébéniste (master cabinetmaker) to the trade corporation of Paris cabinetmakers, making it possible for him to keep in Paris a stock of the furniture manufactured at Neuwied. Thus he was able to compete with such great cabinetmakers as Jean-Henri Riesener and Adam Weisweiler, reputedly his former pupil at Neuwied. After his first visit to St. Petersburg, Empress Catherine II the Great bought huge quantities of his furniture; King Frederick William II of Prussia was also his client. When in 1795 the French Revolutionary armies threatened to cross the Rhine, Roentgen evacuated his establishment and moved his stock farther inland. Unfortunately, he lost everything in his Parisian salon and in his Neuwied workshop, both of which were sacked by Republican troops. He was crushed, despite his appointment as court furnisher to the king of Prussia. Although he never succeeded in starting production again, former apprentices of his whom he helped to establish in the German cities of Berlin (David Hacker...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

18th Century George III Satinwood Vitrines 1790
Located in Roma, RM
A pair of George III period cabinet, circa 1790s, in satinwood and decorated with painted oval of vases of flowers, gilt pilasters ...fantastic, very rare and beautiful. Who want a ...
Category

1790s English George III Antique Vitrines

Materials

Satinwood, Wood

Mid 18th Century Mahogany and Gilt Display Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An attractive mid-18th century figured mahogany display bookcase with gilt gesso mouldings throughout having dentil moulded cornice above shaped glazed doors and paneled cupboard doo...
Category

Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

French Signed Sormani Display Cabinet, Walnut Louis XV-Style
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional display cabinet that is signed with engraved signature at the top Of the base. A Paris label is evident when the doors to the upper structure are Open. The carving in t...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Oak Vitrine, circa 1860
Located in Evergreen, CO
An arched cornice culminates in a beautifully pierced, foliated design incorporating flowers, ruffles, and scrolled leaves atop this oak vitrine. The arched, double doors with glass...
Category

Mid-19th Century European Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Oak

George II Mahogany Wine Waiter or Bottle Carrier
Located in Lymington, GB
An English mahogany wine waiter or bottle carrier / stand. Of superb color and patination. Mid-18th century, late George II period, circa 1750-1760. This rare, larger-than-usual Georgian example, retains its original lion mask gilt-brass mounts, and has survived with its original fretted angles. Rare to find in this excellent condition in view of the considerable use to which it would have put been during the last 260 years. These scarce open-topped Chippendale period wine waiters serve as bottle carriers raised on legs, with brass castors. They were designed to allow bottles to be circulated around a dining room for guests to help themselves. They had divisions, separated from their stands, and also had a central arched-shaped carrying handle. When not-in-use these wine waiters, or wine wagons...
Category

1750s English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Chinese Chippendale Astral Glazed Display Cabinet
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Chinese Chippendale astral glazed display cabinet This is a very attractive piece, it is made in mahogany, the cabinet has 2 astral glazed doors and i...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Chippendale Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Library Vitrine in Mahogany with Bronze Ornamentation
Located in Sofia, BG
Exquisite French library vitrine in mahogany with two large front doors with original glass and elegant bronze ornamentation. There are five adjustabl...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Walnut Display Cabinet with the Monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden
Located in London, GB
A very high quality mid-19th century carved and inlaid walnut display cabinet, with the monogram of Großherzog (Grand Duke) Friedrich I of Baden. The interior of the cabinet has ...
Category

Mid-19th Century German Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Tall Corner credenza with Display Cabinet, Cupboard, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique tall corner credenza with display cabinet, cupboard, solid larch , polished to wax. Important 18th century corner two body cupboard in solid larch ...
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Country Antique Vitrines

Materials

Pine

French 18th Century Louis XV Transition Period Cube Marquetry Vitrine or Library
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th century Louis XV Transition period cube marquetry vitrine showcase or library A fine small 18th century Louis XV/Transitional period vitr...
Category

1760s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Double Body Showcase
Located in Brussels, BE
Louis XVI double body showcase.
Category

Mid-18th Century Belgian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Wood

Russian Baltic Mahogany Bronze Trimmed Directoire Style China Cabinet Vitrine
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very unique Russian vitrine with fantastic bronze ormolu and directoire styling. Look at the gorgeous design and solid mahogany contrasting beautifully with the brass and b...
Category

1850s Russian Directoire Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Antique French Charles X Rosewood and Satinwood Vitrine Bookcase, circa 1860s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Charles X style rosewood and satinwood vitrine bookcase, circa 1860s.
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

Pair of Biedermeier Walnut and Ebonized Vitrine Cabinets
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful pair of 19th century Biedermeier walnut and ebonized vitrine or bookcase cabinets.
Category

Mid-17th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Danish 18th Century Walnut Veneer Wall Vitrine Display Case
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 18th century walnut veneer wall vitrine display case, Copenhagen, Denmark The display case has with two small drawers with original brass hardware.   
Category

Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Dutch 1793s Carved Oak Buffet À Deux-Corps with Glass Doors and Pewter Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Dutch oak buffet à deux-corps from the late 18th century, with glass doors, canted sides, carved panels and central clock. Born in the Netherlands d...
Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Oak

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!

Recently Viewed

View All