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19th Century english Bar with real Silver Fittings
Located in Berlin, DE
19th Century english Bar with real Silver Fittings According to a design by Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) in Chinese style. this all real silver (V-42).
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19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Vitrines

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Silver

Italian 19th Century Venetian St. Giltwood Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale Italian 19th century Venetian st. giltwood cabinet vitrine. The most impressive and uniquely shallow vitrine is raised by a bombée and scalloped shaped bas...
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19th Century Italian Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Giltwood

Lucite and Glass Étagère Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
1970s tall standing shelves unit made of Lucite and glass. Bookcase. Solid, 2" x 4" beveled Lucite supports with five glass shelves. Shelves are .5" thick.
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1970s American Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Lucite

Le Corbusier Casiers Standard P.E.N Cabinet For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Casiers Standard P.E.N Cabinet For Cassina With their timeless, unique features, these combinable modular cabinets are capable of architecturally organizing any room, h...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Chrome

5-Tier Lucite and Glass Mid-Century Modern Étagère Shelf Wall Unit
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and glass tall narrow shelving unit étagère.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Aluminum

Neo Renaissance Vitrine
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Solid oak, ornately carved. Large glass vitrine with interior shelves above 2 doors with interior shelves. Austro-Hungarian circa 1860/80. Part of ...
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19th Century Antique Vitrines

Antique French Louis XVI Gold Leaf Vitrine circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI gold leaf vitrine, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Gold Leaf

Large gilt bronze mounted ebonized wood and Boulle work antique vitrine cabinet
Located in London, GB
The stunning cabinet in the Napoleon III style and of the sam period, featuring inlaid Boulle work panels of brass and fine scarlet tortoise shell, with cast ormolu mounts depicting ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

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...
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1850s Russian Directoire Antique Vitrines

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Brass, Bronze

18th Century French Provencal Verrio or Wall Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Louis XV style French Provençal verrio, or wall display cabinet from Nîmes. Made of solid walnut with beautifully carved details including a three dimensional bas...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

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Iron

19th Century Coromandel Inlaid Vitrine
Located in New Orleans, LA
Highly-prized coromandel, or East Indian ebony, was used to create this beautiful Victorian vitrine. Featuring delicate inlay in the Victorian/Edwardian style and glass panels framed in the equally luxurious satinwood, this cabinet is constructed to fit flush against a wall with baseboards. Elegant cabinets such as this are perfect for displaying one's treasures, but with original locks, keys, mirrors and fleur-de-lis fabric, this case is a prized possession unto itself, circa 1890. Measures: 30" wide x 14 ½" deep x 41 ½" high. Coromandel ebony is variegated brown and black, often called "streaky," wood. It is considered a highly valuable wood for turnery, fine cabinet...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Mirror, Ebony, Satinwood

Glass and Gilt Wood Vitrine / Curiosity Cabinet
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Hand crafted vitrine/curiosity cabinet with 2 glass shelves Can stand on counter or hang on wall.
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1950s Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Art Glass, Mirror, Hardwood

Large Imposing Louis XVI Style Vitrine, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality large and imposing 19th century French vitrine, in the style of Louis XVI. Having wonderful gilded ormolu plume and foliate mounts, serpentine glazed doors to the...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

vintage display cabinet cupboard brutalist 60s Danish
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage display cabinet cupboard brutalist 60s Danish period 60's design unknown Denmark condition good light signs of use 1 crack size 177...
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1960s Danish Vintage Vitrines

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Brass

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Tulipwood Cabinet/Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tulipwood cabinet/vitrine, signed Henry Dasson 1886. This beautiful tall rectangular three door vitrine is su...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

Gorgeous French Marble Top Gilt Bronze Satyr and Cherubs Figural Walnut Vitrine
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb, absolutely breathtaking China cabinet or vitrine. The cabinet is adorned, practically decked out with every jewelry like bit of glitz and glamour possible during th...
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1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Vitrines

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Napoleon III French Vitrine Cabinet
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine late 19th century Napoleon III glazed cabinet on chest, the shaped grey marble top above a curved frieze and mounted with fine gilt bronze mounts. The vitrine with a full widt...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Bronze

Fancy Italian Scrolled Wrought Iron Etagere
Located in New York, NY
Italian pagoda shaped four tier etagere, constructed of scrolled wrought iron in recent white powder coat finish. Featuring a stylized finial and beautiful scroll detail with four glass shelves...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vitrines

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Wrought Iron

Baroque Side Vitrine with Veneer and Gold Leaf Details by Modenese Luxury
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Exceptional Italian furniture, a unique and exclusive piece of coin cabinet from Modenese Interiors Luxury production. Its dramatic use of veneers from elm, walnut and maple gives th...
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2010s Italian Empire Vitrines

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Gold Leaf

Large Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Vitrines
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French Louis XVI style break fronted, Rococo style ormolu mounted vitrines, each with adjustable shelves, three glazed doors to each, with storage behind the b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Mahogany

Showcase in Brass and Glass for Jewelry, Silver, Bags or Wallets, Etc.
Located in Roeselare, BE
Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer. 3 dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm.
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2010s Belgian Modern Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Jugendstil Vitrines in Style of Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Pair of jugendstil vitrines in style of Adolf Loos in original condition with slight signs of usage. Brass leg endings.
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1910s German Jugendstil Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

20th Century Wood Oriental Display Cabinet, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Oriental showcase from the mid-20th century. Furniture of exceptional quality carved in mahogany and exotic woods adorned with rich inlay in faux mother of pearl with floral decorati...
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1960s Chinese Vintage Vitrines

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Wood

20th Century Dutch Inlaid Wood Display Cabinet, 1970s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Dutch showcase from the second half of the 20th century. Furniture of great size and impact richly inlaid in walnut, maple, palisander, mahogany, ebonized wood, cherry and frui...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Vitrines

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Wood

Émile Léger & Cie A Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Émile Léger & Cie A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted mahogany vitrine cabinet Late 19th century, the shaped rectangular top with a three-quarter gallery abo...
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Late 19th Century Antique Vitrines

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Mahogany

Large curved Showcase Cabinet - 1940s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Large curved Showcase Cabinet - 1940s Showcase Cabinet - 1940s Measures : 125cmx57cm H:147.5cm Materials : Wood - glass - brass Wear Consistent with age And Use - SEE PHOTOS
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Linke Style Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bijouterie Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century mahogany oval table display cabinet, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts depicting cloven hoofed Bacchus influen...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

Pair of Vitrines by Henry Dasson, Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of vitrines, by Henry Dasson, Paris, circa 1889. Acajou with patinated bronze upper sections, both respectively signed and dated Henry Dasson ...
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1880s French Antique Vitrines

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Wood

French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, Charmwood, ormolu and Sèvres porcelain cabinet vitrin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

Vintage 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...
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1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

French, Napoleon III Vitrine
Located in Hudson, NY
French, Napoleon III vitrine.
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19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Showcase in Brass and Glass for Jewelry, Silver, Bags or Wallets, Etc.
Located in Roeselare, BE
Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer. 3 dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm.
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2010s Belgian Modern Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Tall Narrow Brass Finish Adjustable Glass Shelves Unit Bookcase Storage Etagere
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern lighted brass finish display cabinet vitrine shelving unit.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

Materials

Metal

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu, Bronze and Glass Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, ormolu, silvered bronze, and glass circular vitrine cabinet attributed t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Wood Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood cabinet vitrine. The four door one drawer vitrine is raised by elegant square tapered fluted legs at...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Wood

Neo Renaissance Vitrine
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
A Neo Renaissance Vitrine manufactured within the southeast of old Austro-Hungarian monarch, Baron Bethelen Castle. Private estate Beclean-Romania. R...
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19th Century Antique Vitrines

Antique Elegant Wilhelminian Era Vitrine, circa 1880 Mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
High-rectangular body on pressed ball feet. Above open, flanked by three-quarter carved columns. Including two fully carved doors. The wardrobe was onc...
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19th Century German Victorian Antique Vitrines

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Mahogany

Historic vitrin from around 1860
Located in Chorzów, PL
Showcase - a library from the mid-19th century in the Biedermeier style. Antique furniture with a more beautiful form will add elegance to any interior. This piece of furniture is ...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

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Walnut

Monumental 19th Century Boulle Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very large and impressive 19th century French boulle inlaid and ormolu-mounted vitrine. Having a pair of glassed doors, bearded monopodia ormolu ...
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1860s French Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

19th Century Regency Mahogany Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Regency French style mahogany vitrine with brass mounts, the cabinet with two shelves, the interior lined with velvet supported on sabre legs.
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1820s Irish Regency Antique Vitrines

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Brass

Gallotti & Radice Tria Showcases Hollywood Regency Design 1970's
Located in Taranto, IT
Stunning trio of hollywood Regency design showcases. In the style of gallotti and radice In excellent conservative condition, no cosmetic or structural defects to report, only sligh...
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1970s Italian Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass

Modenese Gastone Coin Cabinet in Veneer and Gold Leaf
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Magnificent 13-drawers coin cabinet, with a solid wood high-end luxury structure decorated with breathtaking hand carved squiggles featuring shiny gold le...
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2010s Italian Baroque Vitrines

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Oak Hunt Display Cabinet Vitrine Louis XIII Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Oak Hunt Display Cabinet Louis XIII Style This Neo-Gothic Oak Hunt Display Cabinet features prolific deep relief carving throughout.  On the top an arched pediment with a ce...
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Oak

Teak Showcase Cabinet 1960s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Double-body cabinet with exposed drawers and display case with hinged doors, teak veneer wood, glass.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Teak

Pair of Italian Early 19th Century, circa 1810, First Empire Period Vitrines
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and rare pair of Italian early 19th century, circa 1810, First Empire Period vitrines. Each crouch mahogany vitrine is raised on bun feet below two sets of double cabin...
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19th Century Italian Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal Mounted Oak Vitrine
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal Mounted Oak Vitrine, 20th century, the glazed door enclosing three shelves. 67" H x 39" W x 15" D.
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20th Century European Louis XVI Vitrines

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Ormolu

Display cabinet, France, circa 1890.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, circa 1890. Very good condition. Wood: oak dimensions: width 91 cm x height 176 cm x depth 38 cm
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Vitrines

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Oak

21st Century Ivory Finished Baroque Wine Rack by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
A lot more than just normal furniture, this bottle rack features one drawer and four shelves capable of holdingat least 30 bottles. Its ivory wood colour is given by a lacquered fini...
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2010s Italian Baroque Vitrines

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Vitrine / cupboard in antique Louis XVI Style beech hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
French cabinet in Louis Seize style Solid beech, gilded. Rectangular, three-sided, faceted beveled, one-door body on conical legs. The door is partially provided with wickerwork. The front, corners and sides are decorated with carved...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

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Beech

French Louis XV Style 'Belle Époque' Carved Giltwood Bowed Front Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV Style 'Belle Époque' Vitrine Cabinet Giltwood Carved Vitrine. The three panel curio cabinet, the center one with bowed-front glass, with twin side-doors and carved ...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines

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Fabric, Glass, Blown Glass, Giltwood

Antique French Empire Style Mirrored Vitrine Buffet Beveled Glass, Early 20th C
Located in Labrit, Landes
Empire style vitrine buffet antique, French, early 20th century Burled elm wood and bronze Beveled glass display cabinet. Good antique condition with su...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

An early 18th century Florentine Ebonized Wood Aedicule Case
Located in Leesburg, VA
An early 18th century Florentine ebonized wood aedicule case with gilt metal embellishments Ambit of Leonard van der Vinne Possibly first decade of the 18th century; Florence, Italy Approximate size: 83.5 (h) x 69 (w) x 23 (d) cm The cabinet’s centralized glass door is flanked by thick spiraling Solomonic columns surmounting a lower drawer. To the rear of the cabinet, the motif repeats in an eloquent display of perspectival treatment. The overall work is supported by a tiered base, elegantly conceived, and the cabinet is topped by a handsome pediment flanked by square plinths crested by gilt metal finials and an openwork frieze. The cabinet’s tempered and moderate form suggests an origin probably during the first decade or quarter of the 18th century. Although utilitarian in concept, the reserved and sublime expressiveness of this cabinet is managed with a quality and care respective of the influence of Florentine ebony cabinetry work conceived in the Galleria dei lavori or Grand Ducal Workshops of the 18th century Medici dynasty. In particular, its base mouldings echo a remarkable Night Clock...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Pair French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Display Cabinets, 19th Century Paul Somani.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th century French mahogany bow fronted display cabinets, each with a gallery to the top, gilded ormolu foliate and molded mounts, central doors with a glass shelf within, a frieze drawer above a shelf beneath with a paneled back and raised on elegant cabriole legs. Signed; Paul Sormani (1817-1877), one the most important cabinetmakers of the 19th century, was born in Venice. Having trained as a cabinetmaker, he moved to Paris where he opened his first shop in 1847 specializing in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. When she decorated her palace, Empress Eugenie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, who was particularly fond of furniture in the 18th century styles, engaged Sormani to create spectacular pieces to compliment her period examples. Sormani was able to meet the Empress’s high standards with the excellent quality of the cabinet work, bronze mounts, use of lacquer and unusual marbles. Sormani’s firm was a maker of fine “meubles de luxe”, (deluxe furniture) whose work was described in the 1867 Exposition Universelle catalogue as “toute sa production revele une qualite d’execution de tout premier ordre”. He received a medal of premiere classe at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, followed by another medal at the 1862 exposition in London The workshop also made eclectic furniture...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

19th C. English Rosewood China Cabinet, E.W. Godwin for Collinson & Lock, London
Located in London, GB
Rosewood China Cabinet, circa 1878, designed by Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) for Collinson & Lock, London. From the Collection of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England. The Eaton Hall cabinet, circa 1878, in rosewood, the scroll-carved broken arched Queen Anne pediment above a dentil and moulded frieze, with a pair of astragal glazed doors flanked by shelves beneath fielded panels, above a central drawer and semi-circular cupboards, the moulded top above a pair of panelled doors with an open panelled section beneath, on shaped splayed feet, japanesque engraved brass handles, hinges and lockplates, stamped 'Collinson and Lock, London 7480', the handles, hinges and lockplates all stamped 'Elsleys, Gt Portland St, London'. Provenance: Eaton Hall, Cheshire. A previous owner purchased this lot from a sale of the contents at Sweetenhams of Chester, 20th and 21st May 1959, where it states:- '283. Rosewood display cabinet, the upper portion enclosed with astragal glazed doors with side shelves, the lower portion enclosed with two panelled doors. This was the last mention of the Rosewood cabinet before it was sold. This piece has many features, which firmly show Godwin's hand at work, i.e. Queen Anne broken pediment, (Soros, Susan Weber 'The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin', Butterfly cabinet, p. 227; and a Queen Anne cabinet p. 269 and an 'over door', p. 251), the dentil moulding to the top is identical to the Butterfly cabinet, the astragal glazed doors and panelled lower doors identical to a design for a table for Grey Towers (Susan Soros, 'Secular Furniture', p. 157 and similar detail to the doors on two cabinets on pp. 222-223). The semi-circular central side doors and semi-circular open shelves above are identical to a dressing table and a sketch for a dresser (Susan Soros, 'Secular Furniture', p. 211), a design for a mantelpiece (Susan Soros, 'Secular Furniture', p. 248) and a design for a buffet (Susan Soros, 'Secular Furniture', p. 265). The integrated design of solids and voids in many of his cabinet designs and the framed back panels to each individual shelf and framed panels to each side is typical of his work. The splayed front feet are identical to the Four Seasons cabinet (Susan Soros, 'Secular Furniture', p. 217). The elongated handles with japanesque engraved backplates simulate Japanese woven rush work (Susan Soros, 'E.W. Godwin Aesthetic Movement, Architect and Designer', p. 303, fig. 11-10 and Susan Soros, 'Secular Furniture', p. 268) a detail he used in many combinations. 'Sheraton and Queen Anne in Japan at Eaton Hall' only Godwin could have designed this exceptional work of art. Possibly part of a larger commission, the Eaton Hall archivist also found a Collinson and Lock billiard table in the inventory at Eaton Hall. Godwin is known to have designed billiard tables for Collinson and Lock, a design appears in his sketchbook on the 6th of October 1873, carved in the Jacobean style with circular decorations of white storks in relief interspersed with square panels. A corresponding entry on the 7th of October 1873 it shows that he designed it for the McLaren house, a large commission that Godwin did at Adison Rd, Kensington. The third Marquis of Westminster, who later became the 2nd Duke of Westminster, commissioned Sir Alfred Waterhouse to substantially remodel and rebuild Eaton Hall. The work began in 1869 and reached its completion in 1883. The large drawing room can be seen in a photograph taken, circa 1887, pl. 199 in Cooper, Jeremy. Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, in which Cooper mentions that the Duke had spent 600,000 pounds on the decoration alone and that Heaton, Butler and Bayne carried out the work. In 1885, an inventory of the contents of Eaton Hall was carried out, and it is precisely at this point in time that the cabinet receives its first mention. Having occupied a place in the Ormand Sitting Room, 72 on the ground floor of the North Wing of the Waterhouse Hall, the cabinet was described as, 'A Rosewood china cabinet with cupboards beneath and glass fronts at the top, 50ins'. The cabinet is then mentioned again in a 1917 inventory in the Angel Bedroom. The cabinet made its next appearance in 1931 in the 'Declaration of Trusts', which was a valuation of the contents of Eaton Hall, appearing as T86/27 in the Stewards Offices with a similar description, and then finally in the 1959 sale catalogue mentioned above. Sotheby's and various other local auctioneers held many sales of the various contents of Eaton Hall from 1955 through to 1961 until the Hall was demolished in 1961. This description was compiled with the generous help and assistance of the Grosvenor Estate's Archive Department, Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Collinson and Lock of London...
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Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Vitrines

Materials

Rosewood

English Walnut Glazed Door Breakfront
Located in Woodbury, CT
We designed this breakfront to bridge the style gap between antique and modern. Using clean lines and traditional glazing, we gave a nod toward the 18th century and covered it in a t...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Vitrines

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Important Oak, Giltwood and Bronze Four Door Grande Vitrine, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important oak, giltwood and bronze four door Grande Vitrine. French, circa 1870. An important oak, giltwood and bronze four door 'Grande Vitrine'. The projecting cornice finely carved with a frieze of linked coquillage centred by a sculptural giltwood cresting of a crowned shield displaying the double 'L' monogram above a Fleur-de-lis of Louis Philippe and flanked by playful putti, below three pilaster uprights each with gilded Corinthian capitals and trailing foliate relief, frame two sets of brass faced bronze doors fitted with plate glass and opening to an interior containing three shelves, the sides similarly glazed and the whole raised on a plain square section base. This vitrine was formerly in the collection of the Monseigneur Le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris from the Villa La Quinta Do Anjiho in Portugal. When, after the Second World War, the Count and Countess of Paris (Duc and Duchesse d'Orleans) moved to La Quinta, they decorated the villa almost entirely with furniture and works of art from the estate of the Duc de Guise...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Baroque Vitrine Zopf Style Vitrine/Cabinet
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Top section with glass doors and interior shelves. Bottom section with three large drawers.
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19th Century Antique Vitrines

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Walnut

Silver Leaf Bombe Form Distressed Wire Mesh Door Vitrine China Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous antique silver leaf with patina and aged color, and has wire mesh doors and comes apart into two pieces. the cabinet has a fantastic design and gorgeous antique si...
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1940s Italian Rococo Revival Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

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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