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Vitrines For Sale
Hialina Shelfs by Lluís Clotet & Oscar Tusquets
Located in Geneve, CH
Hialina shelfs by Lluís Clotet & Oscar Tusquets
Dimensions:
D 24 x W 250 x H 9 cm (for each shelf.)
Materials: Support in anodized matt silver aluminum hung to the wall. Transparent...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
$19,493 / item
1960s backlit display case with mirrored shelves
Located in Premariacco, IT
1960s display case of elavated Italian workmanship and quality, featuring three large, spacious doors with mirrored center shelves.
It features two shelves in the right compartment ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
$1,967 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Period Aluminum Sideboard Forming Showcase
Located in Paris, FR
Aluminum sideboard opening with a door on the right and two drawers surmounted by a showcase with two sliding windows on the left.
It is made of b...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Regency-style display cabinet
Located in Paris, FR
This beautiful pair of display cabinets is part of a rare and important Regency-style dining room set in molded, carved oak with curved sides. It served as a silver cabinet. This set is for sale on our website and also includes:
- a pair of sideboards
- a table (with four raw wood extensions)
- a suite of nine chairs (available soon)
- a pair of armchairs (available soon)
The fine quality of the sculpture comes from the Château de la Haute Forêt in Bréal sous Montfort, and was part of Edouard Nignon's collection.
The Château, built in 1857 in a half-Gothic, half-Renaissance style, is listed as a Historic Monument, with its extremely well-preserved interior décor: floors, panelling, ceilings and fireplaces. Edouard Nignon, who commissioned our dining room set in 1919, lived in the Château until his death in 1934. Edouard Nignon was a Grand Chef of French cuisine with a European reputation and experience. He served Tsar Nicholas II and Austrian Emperor Francis...
Category
1920s French Regency Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Oak
$10,691 / set
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).
Category
19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Vitrines
Materials
Silver
19th Century Louis XV Marble Top Kingwood Vitrine Attributed to Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century Louis XV Marble Top Kingwood Vitrine Attributed to Paul Sormani
Dimensions : 58.75 Tall X 27.25" Wide X 16 Deep
This vitrine was made in France in the late 19th centur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble
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
20th Century Art Deco Glass Storage Chromium Rack in the style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Vienna, AT
20th Century Art Deco Glass Storage Chromium Rack in the style of Jacques Adnet. An elegant glass storage rack carried by a chromium metal frame. The central compartments and sidepan...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Metal
One of a Kind Custom Made Art Modern Sideboard Doors Opening Upwards Stylish
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very interesting and stylish Art Modern sideboard which has been custom made
A very artist and creative piece, the style is like nothing I have ever seen, its very appealing. The doors all open upwards to reveal large cupboard space, it reminds me of an antique grain bin...
Category
20th Century English Post-Modern Vitrines
Materials
Wood
$2,401 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Kingwood & Ormolu Cabinet Vitrines
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegantly pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Kingwood, Tulipwood and ormolu cabinet vitrines. Each two door vitrine is raised by fine block feet with delic...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Vitrine in the Manner of André Charles Boulle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality French early 19th century Louis XIV st. Ebony, ormolu and brass cabinet vitrine in the manner of André Charles Boulle...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French Late 19th Century Linke Style Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent French wooden Linke style vitrine with quality gilt bronze mounts and beveled glass. The interior is covered with velvet fabric, and the vitrin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
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
Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts, Maison Krieger
Located in London, GB
Exquisite quality 19th century display cabinet, Topped with marble above scrolling foliage, a single door opening to two glass shelves, with gilded ormolu mounted all over the vitrine.
Stamped KRIEGER PARIS...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
A Fine & Rare Pair of George III Painted Diminuitive Cabinets on Stands
Located in Sheffield, MA
Each with a molded cornice above a pair of diamond mullioned glazed doors opening to a shelf, over two a pair of drawers, raised on square legs headed by pierced brackets, painted wi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
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
1950s Spanish 2-Door Glass Cabinet Wooden Wardrobe
Located in Marbella, ES
Vintage 1950s Spanish 2-door glass cabinet wooden wardrobe.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Vitrines
Materials
Wood
20th C. Carved French Oak Vitrine
Located in PERTH, WA
This simplistically carved French Oak Vitrine will suit both contemporary or classical living spaces. Dated 19th C. and made from French Oak, this piece has later been stained with a...
Category
20th Century Vitrines
Materials
Oak
$1,180 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Walnut Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. walnut cabinet vitrine in the manner of Maggiolini. The cabinet is raised on eight square tappered supports with elegant maple wo...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Provincial Fruitwood Vitrine Cabinet, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Provincial Fruitwood Vitrine Cabinet, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Vitrines
Materials
Fruitwood
Umbrella stand Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty - Frances, 1900
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Incredible Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Vitrine
Country: France
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982.If you have...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Napoleon III era Display Cabinet with Bronze Ornaments. France 19th Century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Solid rosewood display cabinet with feather marquetry and bronze ornaments and decorations. The top, with hinges and lock, is finished with glass. Napoleon III era France 19th centur...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Louis XV Style Piano-Black Corner Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Petite French vitrine in the style of Louis XV Rococo
Piano black polished veneer on solid beech. High-rise, one-armed, cambered body, three-sided to three-section, on high slanting...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century, Vitrine with Fine Inlay in the Dutch Baroque Style Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Light mahogany and maple on solid wood. Very rich, Baroque inlaid work. High-corpuscular body. On balustrade-shaped legs connected with an X-shaped ridge. Above two-wise frame base with profiled cover plate. Three-sided sprout-glazed, single-door display case. Interior shelves, wall covered...
Category
20th Century Dutch Baroque Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Exclusive French Vitrine in Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely engraved and moulded bronze. Solid beech wood. Three
sided glassed, one-drawer body on conical legs. Profile- framed
flecked marble platter. On the front, corners and sides,...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
D627 Dragonfly Showcase
By CPRN HOMOOD
Located in Ponsacco, IT
This vitrine of mixed materials has 2 metal frame doors and wooden sides available in 2 different finishes. The black glass with engraved “chevron” ...
Category
2010s European Modern Vitrines
Materials
Metal
$13,769 / item
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
$6,842 / item
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
$6,842 / item
Rare Edwardian Oval Mahogany Display Cabinet in the Adam Manner by F. Sage & Co
By Frederick Sage & Co., Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
An unusual Edwardian display cabinet
in the Adam manner
By F. Sage & Co
Constructed from solid mahogany, the oval display cabinet supported ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Vitrines
Materials
Brass
20th Century Louis XVI Classicist Style French Salon Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
French salon vitrine in Louis 16th classicist style.
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. Oval one- drawered combered
and four-sided glassed body on high, Brasse-painted fo...
Category
20th Century Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
$7,583 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Victorian Walnut Inlaid Pier Cabinets
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a pair of good quality Victorian walnut inlaid pier cabinets, each having a single glazed door, opening to two shelves. The cabinets are decorated with inlay and brass mo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
$4,734 / set
Viscountess Boyd's Ince Castle Rare George III Hardwood Sideboard Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare George III mahogany sideboard from Ince Castle Saltash and restored in 1988 for Patricia Viscountess Boyd.
A very rare find, i ha...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Hardwood
$4,322 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair Antique French Satinwood Vitrines 'Glass Display Cabinets', Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French satinwood vitrines (glass display cabinets), Circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Satinwood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marquetry Style Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French Marquetry inlaid bombe fronted Louis XVI style vitrine, having gilded ormolu monopodia mounts and mouldings. A single door opening to reveal g...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Acrylic Showcase Art Deco Style with 2 Doors, Right and Left 2 Acrylic Columns
Located in Berlin, DE
This is a very high quality display case
Acrylic showcase in Empire style with 2 columns 2 wing doors in the middle is a lock with a brass door handle,
to open it turn the handle.
4...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Acrylic
Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze Mounted Marble Top Mahogany Vitrine Ca 1875
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gold Bronze Mounted Marble Top Mahogany Vitrine, Circa 1865-1885.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Guèridon. Napoleon III, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Gueridon showcase in polychromed and gilded bronze, France, Napoleon III, about the third third of the 19th century. The small circular table shows a top panel in transparent glass, ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Low Wall Cabinet with Door and Bronze Fittings
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French low wall cabinet with door and bronze fittings.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 a Thrust Sculptures by Scattered Disc Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 A thrust sculptures by Scattered Disc Objects
Limited edition 8+4 AP.
Dimensions:
Item 2: D 28 x W 21 x H 135 cm
Item 3: D 37 x W 23 x H 133 cm
Material: Travertino...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Antique English Victorian Sheraton Revival Rosewood & Parquetry Bijouterie Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
A superb quality English Victorian Sheraton Revival rosewood, parquetry inlaid and brass mounted bijouterie table dating to circa 1880. The circular hinged top with rosewood and sati...
Category
Late 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Showcase 'Access from Both Sides' Year 1920, French
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Year: 1920
Country: French
Wood, bronze and glass
It is an elegant and sophisticated bookcase.
You want to live in the golden years, this is the bookcase that your project needs.
We ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Breakfront Display Vitrine / China Cabinet, Decorative Wood Inlay
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautiful 19th century Louis XIV style breakfront vitrine, decorated with a variety of geometric veneer patterns of contrasting shades and grains,...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Hypostila Shelfs
Located in Geneve, CH
Hypostila Shelfs
Dimensions:
Flat shelf 15.5 cm (max. 250 cm in a single piece).
Flat shelf 25cm (max. 250 cm in a single piece).
Length of vertical s...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
$6,592 / item
French Ormolu Mounted Louis XV / XVI Style Corner Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fine and unusual 19th century French ormolu mounted mahogany "Vernis Martin" decorated, marble top corner vitrine cabinet,
circa 1880
Dimensions:
Height 63" (160 cm)...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Showcase with shelves in 20th century Italian style
Located in Premariacco, IT
Showcase with a classic but timeless design, a 1970s Veneto production.
Entirely made of wood, it is suitable for displaying small collections and objects, very fine and small in si...
Category
1970s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
$2,850 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Mahogany Double Vitrine, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English mahogany double vitrine, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century English Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
L.A. Studio Lacquered White Wood Paolo De Poli Handles Italian Drinks Cabinet
By L.A. Studio
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Drinks cabinet designed and produced by L.A. Studio made of solid wood structure with high gloss lacquered surface in white with blue details. Inside clad in Bubinga wood and inside ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Edwardian Satinwood Bonheur du Jour by Edwards & Roberts
Located in Montreal, QC
This exquisite desk, made by the celebrated partnership, is of the highest quality. The glazed upper section is perfect for the display of objet d'art, the cylinder top which is open...
Category
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Vitrines
Materials
Satinwood
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Transition Style French Vitrine after Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Berlin, DE
French Vitrine according to Paul Sormani in transition style.
Delicate French cabinet according to Paul Sormani in transition style Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round surface-covering mi...
Category
20th Century Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Da Pa Vermelha, Shelves by Cultivado Em Casa
Located in Geneve, CH
A set of 3 Da Pa Vermelha - Shelves by Cultivado Em Casa
Dimensions: 80 x 30 x 205 cm
Materials: Digger, carbon steel and concrete
Shelf built from an articulated shovel, a hand...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Enigma Glass Vitrine Display Cabinet by Rikke Frost for Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
An elegant glass display cabinet with a timeless design and a beautiful combination of metal and glass. Enigma is perfect for displaying and highlighting your most cherished possessi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Scandinavian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mounted Cabinet by Louis Grade
Located in London, GB
Napoleon III period gilt bronze and porcelain mounted cabinet by Louis Grade
French, circa 1860
Measures: Height 160cm, width 82cm, depth 4...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$19,760 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and ormolu cabinet vitrine attributed to François Linke. The two door cabinet is raised by...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
French Linke Influenced Vitrine, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French display cabinet, in the manner of Francoise Linke.
Having wonderful gilded ormolu rococo s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm
Materials: glass; powder coated steel
Also available in different colours.
Studio Visser & Meijwaard des...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel
$4,573 / item
Pair French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Display Cabinets, 19th Century Paul Somani.
By 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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century antique Napoleon III Style Mahogany Vitrine, Paris Mahogany bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Majestic French vitrine Napoleon III in transition style, Paris. Rich in extremely finely chiselled, fire-gilt decorative bronze fittings. Mahogany on solid softwood. High-angled, on...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Contemporary Steel Shelf Tower, Repositionable Carrara Shelves Made in Italy
Located in Verona, IT
The geometric pattern becomes substance in space through the metal wire; an off-scale plot that is revealed in the relationship between Cosettina and the observer according to his position.
In this game of perspectives, the horizontal elements are lines that become circles and then thin tops, in a great structural embrace
Cosettina, designed by Enrico Girotti, minimal but resistant; Made of galvanized steel wire with repositionable shelves 110 cm high is the little sister...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Carrara Marble, Steel
$2,714 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn small grey black cabinet by Pulpo
Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm
Materials: glass; powder coated steel
Also available in different colours.
Studio Visser & Meijwaard des...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel
$4,573 / item
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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