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Vitrines For Sale
Lyn Small Mirror Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn small mirror black cabinet by Pulpo
Dimensions: D 60 x W 45 x H 110 cm
Materials: glass; powder coated steel
Also available in different colours.
Studio Visser & Meijwaar...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel
$4,573 / item
French Display Case Vitrine in the antique Louis XV Style beech veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Plywood black polished veneer on solid softwood. High-rise, one-door, cambered and three-sided glazed body on high slanted, angled feet. Profiled cornice with marble top. Inside two ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Beech
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Tulipwood Cabinet/Vitrine
By Henry Dasson
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
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Empire Style French Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
High-quality Cuba mahogany on solid softwood. Architecturally articulated body. Two-door, bent frame box on pressed, carved, poliementvergolddete claw feet. Recessed tower with two t...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Softwood
Antique Glass, Bronze and Steel Jewelry Showcase or Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful antique French gilt bronze, patinated bronze, steel and glass jewelry vitrine or showcase, Paris, circa 1890-1910. It is very unusual to see these vitrines having the ori...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
$25,600 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Marketerie Vitrine/Cabinet in the Dutch Biedermeier Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Marketerie vitrine/cabinet in the Dutch Biedermeier style
Mahogany and maple on softwood. High-rectangular, two-door, three-quarter glazed corpus....
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20th Century Dutch Vitrines
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Maple
Form 5 by Radu Abraham
Located in Geneve, CH
Form 5 by Radu Abraham
A limited series of 10, currently at nr. 2
Materials: Ash wood, glass
Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 82 cm
Massive cube-shaped block of ash ...
Category
2010s Romanian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Ash
$1,568 / item
Art Nouveau Style Vitrine, Spain
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Art Nouveau style vitrine from Spain with classical carved decorative motifs. Sliding glass doors that open to the large show case which was normally...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Vitrines
Materials
Wrought Iron
$5,511 Sale Price
20% Off
Octagonal Cherry and Ebonized Wood Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Octagonal cherry vitrine with ebonized wood. Mirrored interior, three glass shelves and center door. Mounted on a triangular base.
Category
1940s American Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine Cabinet by Henri Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted double vitrine cabinet
By Henri Picard
The vitrine fitted with a nice inset marble top, the upper cabinet with a long single drawer and bronze women busts on the corners. The bottom part with ram heads and centered with cornucopia and a lions mask.
Stamped HPR, for Henri Picard, on the back of some bronzes.
The important fondeur and doreur Henri Picard worked in Paris from 1831-1884, most notably for the Emperor Napoléon III. He was based in Paris at 6, rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839, before moving to 10, rue de la Perle...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Imposing French 19th Century Display Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very imposing French 19th Century Walnut, ormolu mounted vitrine / display cabinet. Having an arched egg and dart molded glazed door, opening to reveal a glass shelf and mirror bac...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century Empire Etagere/Showcase, Maple
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Empire Etagere/Showcase, maple
Aristocratic étagère in Royal-Donau style.
Maple root and solid fully moulded carved beechwood. Partial...
Category
20th Century Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Lacquered Crescent Bar, 1990s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Lacquered half-moon bar cabinet with faux crocodile doors bronze handles. The style echoes the French eclecticism of the 1940s and is art deco in flavor but echoes the neoclassical s...
Category
1990s Neoclassical Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Wood, Glass and Bronze Cabinet and Vitrine by Englander & Bonta, Argentina, 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Wood, glass, mirror and bronze cabinet and vitrine by Englander & Bonta, Argentina, circa 1950.
It comes with glass shelves for the vitrine side.
Category
1950s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Hand Painted Wooden Wine Bottle Cabinet and Doors
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish hand painted wooden wine bottle cabinet and doors.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Vitrines
Materials
Wood
A Fine Walnut Vitrine from Arles France ca. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV Period Walnut Vitrine with moulded arched bonnet top, paneled sides and hinged glazed door with original steel hardware. The apron is delicately carved with a basket of flo...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Pair of Indochinese Showcases, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of gorgeous vitrines in carved wood, with numerous incrustations of mother-of-pearl engraved and re-ornamented.
The design of the central panels of each showcase are differen...
Category
1920s Vietnamese Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
$14,848 / set
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...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Paul Sormani Signed Viewing Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c signed P Sormani French Louis XVI viewing cabinet. The cabinet is illuminated and made from Mahogany with ebony inlay. Beautiful first quality b...
Category
19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Classic Eclectic Gold Showcase from Lam Lee Group, 1990s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
An important Louis XVI style display case revisited in an eclectic manner by O.L.F designs for Lam Lee Group of Dallas. The gold finish is sponge-patinated, creating reddish haloes t...
Category
1990s American Neoclassical Vitrines
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Gold Bronze Mounted Mahogany Demilune Vitrine, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Gold Bronze Mounted Mahogany Demilune Vitrine, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Vitrines / PAIR
Located in Dallas, TX
a handsome pair of Empire-style gilt bronze mounted (ormolu) mahogany marble top vitrines / display cabinets, each with two interior glass shelves, glass on three (3) sides, back and...
Category
19th Century English Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Big Vitrine in Antique Biedermeier Style Exotic Palisander 2 Columns
Located in Berlin, DE
Exotic Indian Palisander on solid conifers. A versatile, curved frame box on plinth feet. Architecturally arranged front with flanking full-columns of solid beech, carved and framed capitals and bases. Two-door, sprout-glazed corpus with facet cut and profile-framed fields. Floors both sides veneered and polished. Stepped cornice with a head stool...
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Vitrine or Display Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French 19th century Kingwood vitrine, having ormolu swags and drapes. parquetry inlaid panel to the door and adjustable glass shelves.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century Louis XVI Classicist Style French Salon Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
French salon vitrine in Louis XVI classicist style
Solid beechwood colored hand-painted. Oval one-drawered combered and four-sided glassed body on high, brass-painted four edged leg...
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Transition Style French Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Majestic French vitrine in transition style.
Root veneer on solid conifers. High-angled, one-door, cambered and three-sided glazed body on tall, slanting, curly feet in sabots. Thre...
Category
20th Century Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Vitrine in the Style of Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Louis XVI style bombe fronted vitrine, having wonderful quality gilded ormolu female monopodia mounts, floral marquetry inlaid panels to the sides ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Chippendale Mahogany Table Vitrine, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English chippendale mahogany table vitrine, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Burr-Amboyna, Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Cabinet by Maison Krieger
Located in London, GB
This beautiful display cabinet was crafted by the prestigious furniture company, Maison Krieger. The firm was founded in 1826 by Antoine Krieger. Over the course of the 19th century,...
Category
Early 1900s French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$13,173 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Antique Louis XV Style Black Polished Salon Vitrine Cupboard
Located in Berlin, DE
Petite French vitrine in the style of Louis XV Rococo Piano black polished veneer on solid beechwood high-octagonal, one-armed, curved body, three-sided t...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Beech
Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Table by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Lovely Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Table By François Linke
François Linke
The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled by ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Provincial Carved Walnut Cabinet, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Provincial carved walnut cabinet, Circa 1880.
Category
19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Empire Bookcase
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Empire bookcase – walnut, rootwood and ebonized wood and columns with brass hardware. Glazed doors with interior shelves above single exterior drawer.
Category
19th Century Antique Vitrines
$10,800 Sale Price
58% Off
Three-Sided Dutch Display Cabinet in the Baroque Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid softwood and beechwood, partly ebonized and polished gold-plated. Heavily scalloped, profile-framed, single-section frame base on strong claw feet. Upright rectangular, single-...
Category
20th Century French Baroque Vitrines
Materials
Wood
French Mid-19th Century Louis XV St. Solid Oak Buffet/Vitrine Signed Schmit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and large scale French Mid-19th Century Louis XV st. solid Oak buffet/vitrine signed Schmit. The six door three drawer Deux Corps buffet is raised by elegant stout cabriole legs with lovely scrolled designs centering the scalloped friezes each centered by a charming finely carved seashell reserve. At the center are three doors with the central door displaying four faux drawers each decorated with lovely carved mottled fillets and gadroons centering ormolu keyhole escutcheons with one actioning the lock for the door. The doors at either side display superb recessed panels with similar beautiful foliate gadroon designs framed within a striking thick mottled wrap around band with an ormolu foliate keyhole escutcheon and delicate pull. Above the doors are three drawers each decorated with recessed panels framed within fine mottled fillets with scrolled foliate ormolu pulls and escutcheons. The top displays three doors each retaining all of their original glass panes framed within beautiful wrap around mottled fillets with lovely seashell carvings and ormolu keyhole escutcheons. Above are impressive architectural pediment like designs centering the arched central top crown and a striking richly carved foliate reserve with a lovely smooth cabochon. All original wonderful rich patina throughout.
Frédéric Schmit...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Transitional St. Mahogany and Ormolu Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and most elegant French 19th century Transitional st. Mahogany, ormolu and Brèche d'Alep marble cabinet vitrine. The two door vitrine is raised by four slender cabriole legs...
Category
19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Biedermeier Style Three-Sided Glazed Glass Vitrine mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Three-sided glazed glass vitrine circa 1825 in the sense of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. High-quality Mahogany on solid softwood. Recessed frame box. Architecturally arranged front with ...
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ebony Cabinet Vitrines
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Napoleon III period, ebony, bone, giltwood, ormolu and glass cabinet vitrines. Each striking vitrine is raised by charming bun feet. Leading up each side are striking square and circular columns with ormolu foliate plinths and capitals, fine inlaid bone fillets and beautiful giltwood flutes. The door retains its original glass pane and is framed within a lovely beaded ormolu band. The ebony frame has fine inlaid bone fillets and intricately carved giltwood rosettes, which is repeated at each side of the cabinet. Inside are three upholstered shelves...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
George II Mahogany Wine Waiter or Bottle Carrier
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare English mahogany wine waiter or bottle carrier / stand. Of superb colour and patination.
Mid-18th century, late George II period, circa 1750-1760.
This fine, 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 265 or so 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...
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1750s English Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Double Body Showcase
Located in Brussels, BE
Louis XVI double body showcase.
Category
Mid-18th Century Belgian Antique Vitrines
Materials
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
Materials
Ormolu
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.
Category
19th Century Antique Vitrines
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Walnut
$16,500 Sale Price
66% Off
French Art Deco Vitrine by Louis Majorelle
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
French Art Deco vitrine by Louis Majorelle made of Macassar ebony. Center glass door with floral fabric lined interior. Three doors with exterior floral marquetry and interior shelve...
Category
1930s French Vintage Vitrines
$13,680 Sale Price
68% Off
Wonderful 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine Table by Joseph Zwiener
Located in Long Island City, NY
A wonderful late 19th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XV style Vitrine table by Joseph Zwiener
Joseph Zwiener
The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled by a bronze frieze, above four side glass panels, the canted angles set with pierced foliate-cast clasps, standing on cabriole legs tapering to scrolled sabots.
Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the nineteenth century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modeling in his own interpretations of the eighteenth century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and ‘Vernis Martin’ panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as ‘dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s’est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.’
Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke, and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener’s departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II , he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his “Z” initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Flamed Mahogany Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XVI st. flamed mahogany, patinated bronze and ormolu vitrine cabinet. The cabinet is raised on ormolu ball feet with an ebony bottom border. T...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
A Pair of Empire Revival Vitrines
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
A pair of Empire Revival Vitrines made of fruitwood, mahogany, intarsia, gilt metal leopards & mounts, glazed doors & side panels, and glass shelves. Pri...
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19th Century Antique Vitrines
$12,000 Sale Price / set
45% Off
Big Vitrine in antique Biedermeier Style Exotic Palisander 2 Columns veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Exotic Indian Palisander on solid conifers. A versatile, curved frame box on plinth feet. Architecturally arranged front with flanking full-columns of solid beech, carved and framed capitals and bases. Two-door, sprout-glazed corpus with facet cut and profile-framed fields. Floors both sides veneered and polished. Stepped cornice with a head stool...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
French Showcase Vitrine in the antique Transition Style 1870 mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid wood. High-aisle, one-door, curved and three-sided glazed body. On its curled feet, a draped frame.
Three-sided glazed display case. Slightly protruding top plate ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Glass Display Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu and glass display vitrine. The vitrine is raised by fine scrolled beaded feet joined by an X stretcher. The base displays a most decorative and superbly curved design with scrolled foliate movements centering a lovely reeded bowl...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Wonderful 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Two Door Vernis Martin Vitrine
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Wonderful Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Two Door Vernis Martin Vitrine
Surmounted by a marble top above a frieze with scrolling foliage, above two glass doo...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$35,000 Sale Price
22% Off
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Burr Amboyna and Mahogany Vitrine Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gilt-bronze mounted burr amboyna and mahogany vitrine cabinet
French, circa 1900
All sides fitted with beveled glass and opening to shelves,
Measures: Height 63.25 in. (160.65 c...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
21st Century Portland Showcase in Wood
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Portland is a delicate and refined line of furnishings, characterized by decorations that recall the world of Wedgwood ceramics. The ornaments with a classic charm are further enhanc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vitrines
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
$44,506 / item
French Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine, circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1900 French bronze mounted mahogany vitrine, In the Louis XVI style, with 3 sides of glass panels and the original lock and key. The electr...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Interesting 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Parquetry Vitrine
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Interesting Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Parquetry Vitrine
The breakfront marble top above a scrolled frie...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Napoleon III Tulipwood and Ormolu Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and extremely high quality French 19th century Napoleon III period Kingwood, Tulipwood, and ormolu cabinet vitrine. The two door, one drawer vitrine is raised by elegant...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
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.
Category
1820s Irish Regency Antique Vitrines
Materials
Brass
19th Century Napoleon III Style Bois-Satine Vitirne
Located in Berlin, DE
Vitrine in the style of Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880 Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round surface-covering mirror veneer on solid softwood. High-rectangular, one-door, cambe...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Da Pa Vermelha, Shelve by Cultivado Em Casa
Located in Geneve, CH
Da Pa Vermelha - shelve 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 tool widel...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Concrete, Steel
$4,704 / item
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
Boulle Style Display Cabinet, Rounded and Inlaid, Early 1900s, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Vintage display cabinet, Boulle style, sculpted with rounded shape, complete with glass riser and base with closed doors, richly inlaid, predominance of bl...
Category
20th Century Italian Vitrines
Materials
Wood
$3,611 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique and Vintage Vitrines
Why not give your precious collectibles the case pieces they deserve? Antique and vintage vitrines can be used to safely store and display your most treasured objects.
While they were initially used to display relics in churches or to preserve specimens for scientific observation, vitrines are best known for their place in retail spaces and museums. The name for these glass display cases comes from the Latin word “vitrum,” meaning glass, as well as the Old French word “vitre,” which also refers to glass. Instead of simply showcasing collector’s items on shelves, you can bestow extra importance on them by displaying them in a vitrine for passers-by to observe and admire.
Not all vitrines are created equal. Over time, furniture makers have explored different shapes and sizes for vitrines. A display case you’ll find in a retail store will likely look drastically different from what you’ll see in a museum or art gallery. A vitrine in a shop is likely there to best market specific wares to the general public, while in museums there is usually a range of different vitrines intended to house and protect single objects or to display a grouping of artifacts.
Most of us have an antique, new or vintage case piece in our home. Though the terms “case pieces” and “case goods” may cause even the most decor-obsessed to stumble, these furnishings have been a vital part of the home for centuries. Any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — cabinets, dressers, buffets — may be properly termed a case piece.
Mirror-backed vitrines, which refer to cases that usually feature shelved and mirrored interiors, are a most appropriate home for your jewelry or decorative objects. Adding such items to a vitrine already suggests that there is an irreplaceable preciousness to the case’s contents, and the mirrors will emphasize as much as well as refract more light to render the display eye-catching.
On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of antique and vintage vitrines to protect and preserve your most prized items. The collection of mid-century modern vitrines and Art Deco vitrines is mostly inclusive of those built with a wooden frame, but there are many other types to choose from as well. It’s time to give your collectibles a good home!
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