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Drexel Pair of Large Tortoise Finish Vitrines Etageres Cupboards Showcases MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Drexel Pair of Large Tortoise Finish Vitrines Etageres Cupboards Showcases Glass Door Cabinets MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

Materials

Hardwood

Italian Art Deco Credenza with display cabinet , Burl Walnut
By Strada Abramo
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art deco credenza with display cabinet in burl walnut , by Ditta Strada Abramo fu Paolo, Milano, Italy. Credenza with showcase in walnut with two bodies: sideboard with two doors ...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Iron display cabinet, 1930s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Medical cabinet from the 1930s. The cabinet is produced in Hungary and is made of thick iron and the original antique glass. With 5 glass shelves of 6mm thick. The lock and handle ar...
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1930s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

Pair of 19th Century French Giltwood Vitrines from a Paris Jeweler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Rare and Exquisite pair of French 19th c. Carved Giltwood and Glass Vitrines/Display Cabinets from a Paris Jeweler of the 19th century. Original Mirrored Backings are not in P...
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20th Century French Vitrines

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Giltwood, Glass, Mirror

Mid-Century Modern Five Shelves Chrome and Glass Shelving Unit Étagère
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman style chrome all welded stainless steel étagère.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Chrome

Late 19th Century Display Cabinet or Vitrine, Umbertino, Neoclassic with Drawer
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1890s, display cabinet or vitrine, umbertino, neoclassic with drawer in solid walnut and veneer walnut. Restored and wax polished in good conditions. Excellent patina. With one shelf...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Vitrines

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Walnut

John Dickinson Style Trompe L’oeil Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1950 Trompe l’oeil cabinet decorative & beautifully hand painted in the style of John Dickinson. sku 1271 Measures: W63 x D37 x H75 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Vitrines

Materials

Wood

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bookcase Bibliotheque
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XVI style mahogany bookcase (or bibliotheque) with brass trim. The door panels are inset with contrasting "plum pudding" mahogany. The doors have indented corners with b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Mahogany display cabinet
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Antique mahogany display case in good and original condition. The display case has 2 sliding doors. There are supports for an extra glass shelf. Extra shelf is not included. The tabl...
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1910s British Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke François Linke The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by a laurel wreath and crossed acanthus branches, above a central large door at top by a lyre on drapery-covered plinth, flanked by scrolling acanthus, with a smaller door to each side hung with floral swags and with central oval plate, the divides cast with a slender flower-filled vase, the interior with adjustable shelves and drawers to the bottom, on shaped foliate-cast plinth and acanthus-capped tapering feet. Inscribed F. Linke to the top right bronze mount and stamped “C LINKE” on the back of the locks. Linke was born in Pankraz in Bohemia and was celebrated by the French as one of the greatest ébénistes of meubles de style at the turn of the century. He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna for two years. Linke arrived in Paris in 1875, and by 1881 he had established his own small workshop at 170 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. Taking 18th century styles as his starting point and adapting earlier styles to contemporary taste, Linke produced fine quality furniture, steadily expanding his business during the next 20 years. He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. He continued to use international fairs as a means of exploring new markets, exhibiting at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Vitrines

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Bronze, Ormolu

British Mahogany Haberdashery Cabinet or Shop Counter, 1940s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This vintage mahogany haberdashery shop counter dates from the 1940s and was made in England. It features a solid frame with veneered sides, glass casing and drawers in mahogany with...
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1940s Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Wood

Set of Antique Display Cabinets
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Set of special display cabinets with curved glass. 4 adjustable shelves per display case. Rear wall and part side walls are equipped with mi...
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1890s English Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Iron And Glass Medical Cabinet, 1970s
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

Materials

Iron

Art Deco Signed Wolfgang Hoffmann for Romweber World's Fair Display Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important Art Deco period Century of Progress Display Cabinet designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann (Austrian, 1900-1969) for Romweber Company, Batesville, Indiana, United States of America. circa 1933-1936 Created for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, one piece design, having a rectangular showcase top with glass panel sides and a pair of sliding glass doors, over solid wood chest fitted with four drawers affixed with horizontal pulls, flanked by cabinet doors, opening to shelved interior. Rosewood, mahogany, richly figured blonde - golden birch or primavera, and glass. Signed, original label to drawer interior, featuring 1933 World's Fair mark impressed. **Please note, at the time of writing this, a matching sideboard - buffet (shown in last photo) is currently available separately** Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the important and iconic collection of Mr. James I. Rafftesaeth Jr., Dallas, Texas Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. 2022 Design Signature Auction catalog #8091 History: Wolfgang Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1900. He is the son of famous architect, pedagogue and Wiener Werkstatte cofounder, Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956). Early on, following his father’s s interests, he was trained in the decorative arts and design. Wolfgang Hoffmann once reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school, where I perfected my technical knowledge of architecture and general construction. From this school, I was graduated to the Kunstgewerbeschule [Studying under Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank in Vienna]. After finishing this school, I had one and a half years of practical in a well known architect’s office. Thereafter I worked in my Father’s office for two years”. Hoffmann met his future wife, Polish immigrant Pola (1902-1984) when they were both studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was needing an assistant for his architectural business in New York and contacted his friend and colleague, Joseph Hoffmann in Vienna. Hoffmann recommended his son Wolfgang. Urban hired him and sent a first class passage ticket to Vienna for Wolfgang to travel to New York. Wolfgang married Pola and traded his ticket for two tickets to America in steerage, arriving in New York City in December of 1925. Leaving the Urban office after nine months, Wolfgang and Pola formed an independent design practice with offices on Madison Avenue in Manhattan with the purpose of creating contemporary interiors and industrial designs. Early work included theaters, stores, and apartments mostly in New York City. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hoffmanns designed custom furniture for private clients. Some of these examples were shown in the February 1929 issue of House and Garden. Curiously, the examples’ design was attributed to Urban and the production to Pola Hoffmann, Inc. Established in the fall of 1928, the American Designers’ Gallery was “devoted exclusively to showing objects and interiors for practical use… by fourteen American architects and designers”. Its members included the Hoffmans and Urban as well as ceramist Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1971), architect Raymond Hood (1881-1934), artist designer Winold Reiss (1886-1953), graphic designer Lucien Bernhard (1896-1981), decorator Donald Deskey (1894-1989), and architect Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972). The Hoffmanns’ work was included in the American Designers’ Gallery’s two showcase events, its 1928 and 1929 exhibitions. Their dining alcove at the 1929 event featured a bench with a dinette table and two chairs in American walnut designed by Wolfgang and a rug by Pola. Lucien Bernhard, fellow Austrian immigrant who settled in New York a year before the Hoffmanns, operated the gallery and decorating service Contempora with Munich resident Bruno Paul (1874-1968). The Hoffmanns, occasionally participating with Contempora, designed a number of outstanding interiors, including the constructivist living room of 1930 for Mrs. O.R. Sommerich at 40 East 66th street. In 1934, Donald Deskey commissioned Wolfgang to design birchwood furnishings for the eclectic apartment at 625 Park Avenue belonging to Helena Rubinstein. In 1931, Wolfgang exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The same year, with Kem Weber (1889-1963) he organized the second and final exhibition of AUDAC- “Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts”- at the Brooklyn Museum. At this event, the Hoffmanns showed the dining room previously included in the American Designer’s Gallery’s 1929 exhibition in the Chase Bank Building lobby at 145 West 57th Street in Manhattan. In 1932 Wolfgang was asked to assist Urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. He was also commissioned to design the interior and furniture for the fair’s lumber industries house. There he executed its living and dining rooms furnished by Kroehler Manufacturing Company of Chicago; the boys’ room by Shower Brothers...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vitrines

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Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood

Rounded display cabinet in teak, made in Denmark
Located in Ranst, VAN
Impressive Danish vintage display cabinet in teak. The cabinet is rounded at the top, has two doors and five shelves and two cute handles. The cabinet is in excellent condition. Dim...
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1970s Danish Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Teak

Art Deco Vitrine Cabinet by Ateliers Gauthier Poinsignon, France, Signed
Located in Detroit, MI
This exquisite French antique Art Deco wood and glass showcase or vitrine display cabinet by Ateliers Gauthier Poinsignon was made in Nancy, France circa 1920-1930. This exceptional ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines

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Metal, Brass

French 19th Century Napoleon III Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Vilnius, LT
French antique Napoleon III vitrine cabinet is after renovation. Wood is decorated with inlaid brass and bronze details. Inside there are two glass shelves. Side parts are with perfe...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines

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Brass, Bronze

100 Gallon Slate Bottom Aquarium, c1910
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A real stunner in person. It's a massive and imposing object.
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20th Century Unknown Vitrines

Materials

Steel, Nickel

20th Century Louis XV Style French Salon Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
Petite French cabinet in the style of Louis XV Rococo. Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round surface-covering mirror veneer on solid conifers. High-rise...
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20th Century Louis XV Vitrines

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Marble

Near Pair Arched Oak Glazed Apothecary Cabinets
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1940 Near Pair Arched English Oak Glazed Apothecary Cabinets Provenance: Apothecary on Lavender Hill, Battersea London. price is each sku 1364 Top W1...
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20th Century Vitrines

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Oak

Large Second Empire Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Large second Empire gilt bronze and marquetry display cabinet French, late 19th Century Measures: Height 271cm, width 235cm, depth 52cm ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

Brass and Chrome Display Cabinet, 1970s Belgium
Located in Beerse, VAN
Brass and chrome showcase cabinet. The cabinet has a beautiful golden colour that, together with the contrasting chrome, has a wonderful 1970s luxuriou...
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1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Brass, Chrome

19th Century French Gilded Porcelain Jewelry Cabinet, Manner of Martin Carlin
By Martin Carlin
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent Neo-classical 19th century Louis XVI taste giltwood royal jewelry cabinet, in the manner Parisian ébéniste Martin Carlin (b.1730–1785). ...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique Vitrines

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Porcelain, Giltwood

1890s English Art Nouveau Mahogany Inlaid Corner Vitrine Display Cabinet
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1890s English Art Nouveau mahogany inlaid corner vitrine display cabinet. Recently restored and in very good condition. Amazing inlay works on top and in the front. Measures 25.5" in width, 17.5" in depth and stands 43.5" tall. Vitrine area has an 18" clearance and is all finely silk lined...
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Late 19th Century Antique Vitrines

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Textile, Glass, Mahogany, Walnut

Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Display Case attributed to Hille & Co
By S. Hille & Co.
Located in London, GB
A Petite Chinoiserie Lacquered Display Case Attributed to Hille & Co A superb example of the lacquered furniture designed and made by Salamon Hi...
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Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

19th Century Large French Oak Directoire Library Cabinet
Located in Surrey, BC
Beautiful six-door cabinet with brass details and adjustable solid oak shelves. Fantastic patina/age-cracked finish on the cabinet's original, untouched surface. This fully functioni...
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Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique Vitrines

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Oak, Walnut

Vetrina etagere vintage anni 70 ottone e vetro design Renato Zevi
Located in None, IT
Vetrina con struttura in metallo cromato e ottone dorato, ripiani in vetro fumè, design renato Zevi, anni 70. CONDIZIONI: In buone condizioni, può presentare segni d'usura dati dal ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Metal, Brass

19th Century French Painted Vitrine Cabinet with Bonnet Top and Glass Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted vitrine cabinet from the 19th century with carved bonnet top, glass door in the upper section and small double doors in the lower o...
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19th Century French Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Swedish 19th Century Painted Wood Vitrine Cabinet with Glass Door and Rosettes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood vitrine from the 19th century, with carved rosettes. Created in Sweden during the 19th century, this vitrine cabinet features a beveled cornice...
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19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

French Louis Philippe Walnut Library Book Armoire with Secret Drawer, circa 1840
Located in Labrit, Landes
French armoire with a brass wire door. Louis Philippe period cabinet. Three shelves adjustable and three drawers. Made in 1840 (see the date on the photo). The low draw194p112 h5...
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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Vitrines

Materials

Brass

French Marriage Buffet a Deux-Corps in Carved Oak from Normandy, circa 1800
Located in Miami, FL
A lavishly carved wedding piece, this oak buffet a deux-corps from Normandy, is embellished with foliage and flowers in carved relief, as well as offering beautifully-articulated applied carvings in high relief as seen in the central flower-filled basket and flanking floral sprays, which are symbolic of a fruitful union. It features the original hand-blown glass, as well as the original pulls, key plates, locks, one key, shelves, and carved escargot feet. A dowry piece of this quality would have been commissioned for a bride of some financial & social standing. France, circa 1800 or earlier (late 18th century). Perfect for your French provincial kitchen...
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1780s French French Provincial Antique Vitrines

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Blown Glass, Oak

Louis XVI Style Satinwood Vitrine with Neoclassical Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style satinwood vitrine with neoclassical ormolu mounts French, 19th century Dimensions: Height 180cm, width 177cm, depth 45cm This ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

Hollywood Regency Edward Alden Brass Wall or Table Display Curio Parzinger Style
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fantastic tall heavy brass curio display cabinet for the table or wall by Edward Alden with open ring finial, in the style of Tommi Parzinger. Has nice wa...
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1970s Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Vittorio Dassi Italian Mid-Century Walnut & Maple Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century (1950s) walnut and maple vitrine cabinet with a Pair of sliding glass doors and 2 interior shelves with a blue glass top (Attributed to VITTORIO DASSI) (Enzo Ferr...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Maple, Walnut

Sideboard with Riser Design Paolo Buffa, 1960s
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid original sideboard from the 60s, design by paolo buffa, with resealable top riser it measures approximately 180 cm in length, 48 cm in width, 90 cm in height (part of the...
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1960s Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Art Deco Display Case, Jules Leleu style, France, 1940s
Located in Greding, DE
Single door glazed display case with brass star-shaped appliques and slightly trapezoidal body. The pilasters are fluted and slightly shouldered.
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Wood

18th Century Swedish Rococo Vitrine Circa 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 18th-century Swedish Rococo vitrine, circa 1750, exemplifies the elegance and craftsmanship of the Rococo period. Crafted from solid pine wood, it features an arched cr...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Vitrines

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Pine, Paint

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...
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Mid-19th Century Gothic Antique Vitrines

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Oak

Medicine cabinet, wall unit, 1930’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Medicine cabinet from the 1930’s. The cabinet is produced in Hungary and is made of thick iron and glass. Originating from a hospital in Budapest. The cabinet has recently been powde...
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1930s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

Two Vernis Martin and Gilt Bronze Mounted Display Cabinets by Linke
Located in London, GB
These elegant display cabinets (or vitrines) were crafted in the late 19th century by the leading ébéniste (cabinetmaker) of the period, François Linke (French, 1855-1946). Linke was...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Vernis Martin Decorated Mahogany Vitrine, Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Vernis Martin decorated vitrine offers mahogany construction with single glass door opening to shelved interior over drawer and single ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany, Glass

Pair of XL Italian Vitrines by Giorgio Collection
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE Pair of architectural vitrines designed by Alan Meadoff and produced in Italy in 1990 by Nuova Modernindustria for the Giorgio Collection. African walnut book matched ...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Vitrines

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Glass, Walnut

Francois Linke Attributed Louis XV Figural Bronze Ormolu Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb and unique vitrine made of Acajou mahogany and features distinctive wood grain and color of that species. The bronze mounts are of the finest quality possible, and t...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Iron Medical Cabinet, 1960’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Polish medical cabinet, produced in the 1960’s. Made of iron and glass. Elegant design with rounded corners. On the inside three clothes hooks and 4 glass shelves. The cabinet has be...
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1960s Polish Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine Pedestal
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Belle Epoque gilt-bronze mounted vitrine pedestal By François Linke, Paris. Signed 'F. Linke / Paris'. Reverse of the bronze mounts...
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Early 20th Century French Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Mahogany Display Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
This elegant vintage mahogany display cabinet has a mirrored back and two glass shelves to exhibit your special treasures. Adorned wi...
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20th Century Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

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...
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1860s English Antique Vitrines

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Pine

French 20th Century Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Display your treasured objects in this beautiful early 20th century French Empire style mahogany vitrine. Beveled glass panels can be found in the case antique’s door and sides, allowing one to view the contents placed inside on its two glass shelves. A mirrored back gives the illusion of a completely transparent cabinet. The vitrine has recently undergone a refinishing, giving the antique a ‘like new’ appearance. The wonderful brass hardware found at the capital and base of the pilaster columns which flank the door has been polished to a brilliant luster - along with the sabots that cap the front feet. Inside, two additional finished mahogany lower shelves can be used to house objects...
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20th Century French Empire Vitrines

Materials

Brass

19th Century Louis XV Style Vernis Martin Bombe Vitrine with Serpentine Glass
Located in Madrid, ES
A classic Louis XV style vernis Martin display vitrine with serpentine glass door. Luxurious rococo revival elements are in full force here, curving wood veneer and glass surfaces offset by vine-like ribbons of ormolu bronze detailing, with lush green velvet interior set atop cabriole legs tipped with decorative sabots. At center is a hand-painted “fêtes galantes” scene...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century French Faux Bamboo Vitrine or Wall Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French faux bamboo vitrine or wall cabinet made of pitch pine with turned cherry wood details and finials. Glass paned door with thr...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Cherry, Pine

Primitive Wall Shelf in Pine, By a Swedish Carpenter, Late 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
A truly authentic wall shelf / vitrine, made by a Swedish carpenter in the late 19th century. Constructed from durable pine wood, the shelf exudes a rustic charm characteristic of pr...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Pine

Swedish Rococo Style 19th Century Painted Wood Vitrine Cabinet with Glass Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Rococo style painted wood vitrine cabinet from the 19th century, with bonnet top, glass doors and bombé chest. Created in Sweden during the 19th century, this Rococo style ...
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19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Louis XVI Style Marble/ Ormolu Bronze Mounted Vitrine
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Louis XVI style marble and ormolu bronze mounted mahogany vitrine display table with mirrored interior , supported by four tapering legs . The vitrine is in great condition . Minor w...
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Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Rosewood Vitrine with Brass, circa 1900 mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate French vitrine rosewood on solid wood. High-rise, one-door, cambered and three-sided glazed body. On curly feet scalloped out. Three-sided glazed vitrine. Slightly protrudin...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Large Art Deco Showcase in Stained Oak and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Showcase, oak, glass and metal, Europe, 1940s. This large showcase is made in dark stained oak, with sliding glass doors and a glass top and sides. The transparency allows the user ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Metal

Victorian Antique Curio Cabinet with Hand Carved Wood Designs
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Antique wall mounted curio cabinet and vitrine in dark wood with hand-carved crown moldings and pediments. Cabinet has mirrored back and two adjustab...
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1880s Dutch Victorian Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mirror, Glass, Wood

Louis XV Style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke. Signed to the corner clasp 'F. Linke'. This elegant...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

French Vitrine in Red Silk Moiré and Green Marble
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vitrine, marble, brass, glass, silk moiré, France, 1950s.   This is a refined midcentury brass vitrine of exquisite craftsmanship, presumably made for the high-end boutique French ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Brass

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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