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Vitrines For Sale
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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...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Vitrine of Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in London, GB
A fine vitrine in the manner of Francois Linke
Constructed in kingwood, with gilt bronze mounts, in the Louis XVI Transitional style; rising from bronze foliate sabots, with gent...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Vitrine with Vernis Martin Panels by François Linke, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bombé Vitrine With Vernis Martin Panels, by François Linke.
French, Circa 1900.
Signed 'F. Linke' to one bronze mount.
The reverse ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
George III Period Mahogany breakfront
Located in Montreal, QC
George III Period mahogany breakfront interior fitted with desk pigeonholes, silk lining and fitted lighting.
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Large Showcase in Pine and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Showcase, pine, glass, metal, Europe, 1950s.
This sizable showcase is over 200 cm (6.5 feet) tall and wide and is made in Europe in the 1950s. With all glass sides and due to its la...
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Pine
Ormolu and Boulle Ebonised Wood Antique Vitrine Cabinet
Located in London, GB
With panels of inlaid brass, the central door depicting a scene with cherubs playing amidst arabesque scrolls with phoenix and other exotic birds, the flanking glazed doors separated...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1930s Italian Vitrine with Natural Outlines in Black Beige and Gold
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vitrine cabinet, colored plaster, birdseye maple veneer, aluminum, glass, Italy, circa 1930
This exquisite vitrine, believed to be a unique piece from Italy dating back to the 1930s...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet With Wedgwood Porcelain Plaques.
The upper section has a s...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Giltwood Vitrine With Vernis Martin Panels
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The lock stamped to the reverse 'DUVIVIER PARIS 77 FG-ST ANTOINE'.
This rare vitrine is surmounted by a large and finely carved putto figure holding a torc...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Modernist Table Vitrine Cabinet by Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful table vitrine cabinet by Josef Frank, made from mahogany in a sleek design. Glass shelves and mirror bottom let the light flow freely. Perfect for displaying cherished obje...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Mahogany
A Fine Louis XVI Style Centre Display Cabinet by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Centre Display Cabinet or ‘Vitrine de Milieu’, By Paul Sormani, Paris.
The oval vitrine cabinet...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Armoire with Decorative Illustrations by Artisan Maker
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Armoire, walnut, glass, France, 1930s
This exceptional armoire undoubtedly breathes the Art Deco Period of the 1930s. The design convinces visually through its grotesque execution ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Walnut
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 ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Chinese Mid-Century Teak Glazed Double Door Display Case with 2 Drawers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A small scale Chinese teak display cabinet of compact proportions, the glazed double doors over 2 short dovetailed drawers resting on Asian style open bracket feet. Retains its orig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Modern Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Teak
Art Deco Showcase in Walnut and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vitrine, walnut, mirrored glass, glass, brass, Europe, 1940s.
This wonderful Art Deco showcase is made in Europe in the 1940s and is executed in partially carved walnut wood. This s...
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Andre Arbus Cabinet with Vitrine
By André Arbus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Deco cabinet with vitrine. Rosewood with beveled glass sliding doors and bronze mounts, circa 1938.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XIV Antique Ebonized Brass-Inlaid Display Cabinet Bookcase Vitrine
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS XIV EBONIZED AND BRASS-INLAID DISPLAY CABINET ON STAND
France upper portion composed of 18th century materials, stand crafted of 19th century materials, interior covered with ...
Category
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Brass
"Book" Storage Cabinets by Titti Fabiani for Ideal Form Team, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
"Book" storage units by Titti Fabiani for Ideal Form Team
Ashwood frames with glass doors.
Another taller piece available from the same design, can also ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Danish Showcase in Mahogany and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Showcase or vitrine, stained mahogany, original glass, Denmark, 1930s
A large rectangular-shaped showcase that is ideal for exhibiting your valued items. The vitrine offers a lot of...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Set of Three Carlo Scarpa Free Standing Red Wood Displays, Italy, 1960s
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Milan, IT
Set of three wood vitrines with doors and sturdy metal base.
The piece comes from a commercial area on a Carlo Scarpa building.
Size refers to the biggest piece.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mahogany and Beveled Glass Bowfront Vitrine Display Cabinet, circa 1930's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful circa 1930 art deco vitrine cabinet was constructed in gorgeous deep brown Mahogany, featuring a bowfront design with beveled glass for door panes and adjustable / rem...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Vitrine Cabinet.
The spreading pediment centred by a rocaille clasp and flanked by exotic busts. The central three-quarter glazed ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Modernist Table Vitrine Cabinet by Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful table vitrine cabinet by Josef Frank, made from mahogany in a sleek design. Glass shelves and mirror bottom let the light flow freely. Perfect for displaying cherished obje...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Mahogany
Fritz Haller for USM Swiss Mid-Century Glass and Steel Display / Storage Cabinet
By Fritz Haller
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century display / storage cabinet with a lower black powder coated steel cabinet with six compartments below three open upper compartments, framed in a chrome plated steel tube structure under two clear glass panels. (FRITZ HALLER FOR USM...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Steel, Metal
French Art Deco Antique Hanging Display Cabinet Vitrine, circa 1930s
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO GILDED IRON, BRASS AND ACID-ETCHED GLASS HANGING DISPLAY CABINET
France, circa 1930s
Item # 209FRI22L
An absolutely gorgeous collector's display cabinet of the Art Deco pe...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Iron
Mastercraft Burled Wood, Brass and Glass Illuminated Vitrine Cabinet, 1970s
By Mastercraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredible burled wood display cabinet, produced by Mastercraft in the 1970s, features incredibly exotic grained burl with arched glass displa...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of 19th Century Marquetry Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
By E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
A pair of Marquetry display cabinets
in the transitional manner
By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris
Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Belle Époque Display Cabinet in the Manner of François Linke
Located in London, GB
A French Bijouterie
In the manner of François Linke
Designed in the Louis XV style and constructed in a wonderfully marked Kingwood, with precise...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century Pair of Figured Burr Walnut and Glass Panel Cabinets by Gillows
Located in London, GB
A pair of burr walnut glazed side cabinets.
By Gillows
Designed in the Franglais manner combining English and French features, the side cabinets of serpentine outline veneered in...
Category
19th Century English Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Display Cabinet, c 1955, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare collectors item, this fully restored Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern (c. 1955) display cabiinet / vitrine, features beautiful french polish with Parzinger's signature statement door handles. Signed with Charak Modern label on the backside of the upper cabinet.
This refined and sophisticated Parzinger credenza with glass display hutch is perfect for those high-end luxury pads looking for an incredible and collectible statement piece, which Parzinger was known to create. The gorgeous color is close to the Hermès orange, but perhaps a little bit deeper and bolder - perhaps somewhere between Hermès orange and blood orange. Beauty in every detail, from the cross-cut glass panes, to the upper flared embellishments and the signature Parzinger door handles.
Let's not skip one more aspect of this table that is equally important - the collectors appeal. Furniture by Tommi Parzinger is one of the most sought-after and cherished items of sophisticated collectors. This isn't for your typical Eames and George Nelson collector, it is much more for a refined collector, perhaps a connoisseur of fine rarities. The quality of the materials and craftsmanship and design details are something to be admired. Parzinger and Charak Modern designed and crafted some of the highest quality furniture of the early and mid 20th Century. That was at a time when US manufacturing was at its best. And now in this day and age of cheap products not meant to last - this table is your daily reminder that 'they don't make them like they used to.'
We restored this incredible sideboard display cabinet with hand-applying a new French Polish lacquer. French Polish is the most laborious and expensive finish because it requires many repetitive coats and each one hand polished to a fine glass-like finish, and while it is very expensive, it is worth it for rare and valuable pieces like this Tommi Parzinger vitrine. The results are nothing short of spectacular - such a smooth, clear and deep finish - it looks almost like a sheet of glass (much more incredible in-person than you can see (or touch / feel) in the photos). And besides how incredible it looks - it will also protect your investment for the decades ahead. This Parzinger cabinet is an ideal example for the most discriminating interior designer client or collector.
This french polish cabinet...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Brass
Large Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Gilt Metal Mounted Vitrine
Located in London, GB
Large late 19th century french neoclassical gilt metal mounted vitrine
Measures: Height 184cm, width 121cm, depth 46cm
This excellent display cabinet is a large late nineteenth c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Rare Pair of Louis XVI Style Vitrines de Milieu by Paul Sormani, circa 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and important pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted vitrines de Milieu by Paul Sormani.
Signed to the locks ‘P. SORMANI, PARIS, 10 ru...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Set of Two Free Standing Displays with Vitrine, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of free standing displays with vitrine.
Post modern influence for these solid wood stands.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin and Parquetry Vitrine
Located in London, GB
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted Vernis Martin and parquetry vitrine
French, c.1880
Height 197cm, width 102cm, depth 49cm
This remarkable work is a Louis XV style, Vernis Ma...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Sheraton Revival Hand-Painted Vitrine
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional English vitrine features the stylistic elements associated with the famed English furniture designer Thomas Sheraton, considered one of the three most influential En...
Category
19th Century English Sheraton Antique Vitrines
Materials
Satinwood
Mid-Century Showcase in Walnut and Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Showcase, walnut veneer, pine, felt, glass, brass, Europe, 1960s.
This elegant showcase is executed in pine and finished with a warm walnut veneer. Its oblique glass top makes sure...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
De Coene Showcase in Glass, Steel and Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
De Coene, showcase, teak, steel, glass, Belgium, 1960s
Modernist showcase with lockable doors, accompanied with a steel frame and wooden shelf. The vitrine features the Brutalist characteristics of De Coene. The showcase was originally designed for a governmental building in Brussels. The Kunstwerkstede De Coene was invited to design the interior project in the late 1950s-1960s. De Coene designed several high-quality pieces exclusively for this building, among others these vitrines. For the design of these pieces, De Coene was inspired by the previous furniture in this building, which were designed by master designer Jules Wabbes. This is reflected for example in the steel frame.
De Coene was founded in 1887 in Kortrijk (Belgium) by Jozef de Coene, who was at that time 13 years old. In 1895, his younger brother Adolphe joined the company. In their early years, De Coene was inspired by Henry van de Velde, Art Deco and the Arts & Crafts movement. The company made many custom made furnishings which leads to an expansive growth. After world war one, the brother visited the United States where they became acquainted with laminated wood production, and purchased a wood-stripping machine. They were the first company that made triplex in Belgium which led to the ability to mass produce. In 1954 they received the right to produce Knoll furniture. But although the company produced on a large-scale, their were still world famous for their meticulously detailed, high-quality and Art Deco inspired furniture.
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Cabinet Gustavian Swedish Original Paint Greenish Yellow, 18th Century, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Cabinet Gustavian Swedish original paint greenish yellow 18th century Sweden. A cabinet made during the 18th century in Sweden. Glassed doors ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Vitrines
Materials
Wood
20th Century Vitrine by Carlo de Carli in Lacquered Wood with Flap Doors '40s
Located in Turin, Turin
Vitrine designed by Carlo De Carli in 1941 for Italia Production. The structure is in white lacquered wood, the front of the credenza has nine shelves that could be opened through fl...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Parquetry Mahogany Display Cabinets with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in London, GB
These two display cabinets are ‘metamorphic’ pieces of furniture. This means that each can either be used as a raised display cabinet, or can be taken apart and used as a console tab...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Extraordinary 19th Century Carved Cabinet by Maison Guéret of Paris
Located in London, GB
An Important Napoleon III Exhibition-Quality
Ormolu-Mounted Carved Cabinet
By Maison Guéret of Paris
A tour-de-force glazed boxwood cabinet celebrating the art of woodcarving, the monumental vitrine of slight breakfront proportions, with rounded corners, all surfaces carved with the most exquisite designs and refined detail with ormolu banding, the base of tripartite design, the central cupboard door with a carved roundel depicting a triumphant muse, flanked by two doors with carved musical trophies enclosing a single adjustable-shelved interior, the frieze incorporating a further three drawers with slides above; the superstructure with three glazed casements separated by carved and fluted pilasters with ionic capitals; enclosing a red velvet-lined and shelved interior; the tripartite pediment each with rounded cornices, the central tympanum carved with laurel leaves and instruments of the arts & wisdom topped with a carved finial and a draped lambrequin below, the flanking entablatures with cartouches depicting Bacchus and Ariadne below urn finials with carved Vitruvian scrolls and ribbon-tied cascading bunches of laurel leaves, the symbol of triumph. Signed on the cartouche "Guéret Frères...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
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
This magnificent display cabinet exemplif...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Maurice Dufrene Gilt Sculpted Vitrine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Early Classic Art Deco cabinet/vitrine by Maurice Dufrene, circa 1912, in gilt sculpted wood . This cabinet is pictured in Dufrène's own Hôtel Parrticulier (private residence), at 22, rue Bayard in Paris, taken in 1918 (see photo below). The lemonwood version of this cabinet was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1912 and is now on permanent display at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris (see photo below).
This cabinet is in original condition and a scan of the original drawing is shown here.
Maurice Dufrêne
(1876 - 1955)
One of the premiere French designers of the 20th Century, Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He was educated at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. By 1899, at the age of just 23, he became the director and manager of La Maison Moderne. This shop represented an association of artists who were working together to create designs which could be produced in multiples.
Dufrene's work was first shown at salons in 1902 and from 1903 he regularly exhibited at Salon d'Automne and Salons of Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. At the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (which would later give the movement "Art Deco" its name), Dufrene's designs included luxury boutiques, the living room of Une Ambassade Francaise pavilion, the music salon...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Giltwood Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century French giltwood display cabinet
French, early 20th century
Measures: Height 175cm, width 130cm, depth 40cm
This beauti...
Category
Early 20th Century French Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Two French Burnished Brass Art Deco Vitrines
Located in London, GB
This pair of vitrines (display cabinets) are characterized by a restrained design typical of late period French Art Deco design. The vitrines sit on dark wooden bases. Wood is found ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Antique French Marble Topped Vitrine in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
Antique French marble topped vitrine in the Empire style
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 132cm, width 72cm, depth 47cm
This antique mahogany vitrine was made in France and...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Empire Style Vitrine Cabinet with Integral Clock by Eugene Brunet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine Amboyna wood and gilt-bronze empire style vitrine cabinet with a glazed front and sides. The cabinet is mounted all over with superb quality well chiselled gilt-bronze mounts and surmounted by a clock with an enamel dial face surrounded by Zodiac motifs. The cabinet is crowned with a bronze bust of Napoleon.
Signed E. Brunet.
French, circa 1880.
Eugene Brunet was one of the most successful ébénistes of high-quality Parisian furniture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He produced items for wealthy patrons and exhibited at many of the international exhibitions of the period. In 1889, he joined brothers Frederic and Alexandre Roux, establishing themselves at 20 rue de la Perle under the name of Roux Et Brunet...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Curio Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Chinese Chippendale-style (19/20th Century) mahogany curio display cabinets with glass door and pagoda top. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century British Chinese Chippendale Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Early 19th Century Dutch Floral Marquetry Bureau Display Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The moulded cornice above two shaped glass panelled doors opening to shelves, the lower part with a hinged sloping fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with a central door ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Display Cabinet in the Manner of Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
A display cabinet in the manner of Thomas Chippendale.
Constructed in a well-figured Honduras mahogany, with carved highlights; rising from cabriole leg 'ball and claw' feet, with acanthus carving at the knees, with swept and carved corner blocks; over, a running 'egg-and-dart moulding with a central leaf carved cartouche centred about a scallop shell, are two lockable glazed doors, with astragals delineating fifteen panes enclosing a shelved interior; surmounted by a pierced swan neck pediment with paterae teminals set about a turned finial,
circa 1910.
Thomas Chippendale the Elder (1718-1779)
Yorkshire born, a highly skilled cabinet maker and designer, published in 1754 his 'Gentleman & Cabinet Maker's Director', a volume of instantly recognisable and idiosyncratic designs, that was reprinted time and again, serving as an essential manual for cabinet makers the length and breadth of England. Working from 60-62 St Martins Lane, London his output is regarded as the ne plus ultra of 18th century...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chippendale Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Pair of Louis XVI Style Vitrines with Wedgwood Plaques by Zwiener, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted vitrines with wedgwood Jasperware plaques, by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener.
French, circa 1880.
Stamped 'NZ', 'NZ.309' and 'ZJ' to the reverse of the bronze mounts.
Signed to the reverse of the lockplate 'Mon THEAU THIEFFINE Succ./SERRURIER PARIS'.
This rare pair of vitrines, each have a shaped Carrera marble top above a frieze centred by a round classical Jasperware plaque flanked by gilt-bronze putti figures and scrolling acanthus running pattern. Below is a gilt-bronze framed bevelled glass door above a panel centred by a finely modelled Jasperware plaque of a putto representing the seasons. The door is flanked to either side by gilt-bronze monnaie pattern and headed by a pair of exceptionally fine female canephor figures. The shaped sides have corresponding bevelled glass panels and the vitrine is raised on tapering fluted legs.
The distinctive canephor figures, finely cast as female caryatids with ringlets in their hair and supporting baskets of fruit upon their heads, is a distinctive and celebrated model unique to Zwiener. Many of Zwieners bronzes are executed in the Louis XV style, with flowers and scrolling acanthus leaves and an emphasis on asymmetry, typical of the work of his bronze sculptor Léon Messagé. The mounts employed on this rare pair of vitrines however sees Zwiener creating his own up-to-date reinterpretation of the Louis XVI style, drawing inspiration from established Louis XVI models such as those designed by Weisweiler for Marie-Antoinette's Dressing table. [See Mestdagh, p.305].
A second distinctive feature of the vitrines is the finely modelled Wedgwood Jasperware plaques incorporated in the frieze of each vitrine and beneath the doors. Wedgwood exhibited at nearly all of the Universal Exhibitions held in 19th century France, displaying amongst other pieces, plaques specifically intended to be mounted on to furniture. The first vitrine displays to the frieze a finely modelled plaque in the classical style, depicting a group of putti at play, one being pushed on a swing, while another plays a trumpet and a small attentive dog watches from below. Beneath the glass panelled door a larger Jasperware plaque is incorporated depicting a putto figure with a garland of flowers, emblematic of spring.
The second vitrine has a classical plaque...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III Vernis Martin, Kingwood and Mahogany Cabinet by Linke
By Maison Grimard
Located in London, GB
A fine cabinet of the Napoleon III period
Retailed by Grimard of Paris
Almost Certainly by François Linke
Constructed in Kingwood and mahogany, with extensive decoration of high qu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Second Empire Period Gilt Bronze and Kingwood Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Second Empire period gilt bronze and kingwood display cabinet
French, c. 1860
Measures: Height 218cm, width 128cm, depth 42cm
This fine displ...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Giltwood Domed Top Display Cabinets, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare pair of giltwood domed top display cabinets.
English, circa 1900.
Each cabinet has a domed top comprising of four glazed sections divided by mouldings. The glazed sides ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
James Bearden Segment Etagere
Located in New York, NY
"Segment Étagère” a sculptural work in torch-cut and polychromed steel with fused bronze, solvent dyes, and glass enamel, with four glass shelves. By American artist James Bearden. The rectangular étagère, with its dramatic yet delicate composition and juxtaposition of shapes and colors drawn from Bearden’s evolving vocabulary, is perched atop four slender legs. Bearden's work was featured in a 2020 solo exhibition at the NY Design Center titled "James Bearden: Technical and Aesthetic Revelations," in an article in the January 2017 Interior Design Magazine; in an introspective feature on 1stdibs; and in a feature article in DSM Magazine. The étagère is part of a group of case pieces being offered individually--see the photo of three cabinets below. Custom sizes and colors are available upon request. In an introduction to the 2020 exhibition, curator Kartrina Weinberg wrote: "In the two years after the artist’s last solo exhibition — where the material reality of steel was evident in both its title and monochromatic appearance — Mr. Bearden sought to break free from pre-conceived judgment of his medium, as well as the persistent misnomers applied to his art. While subtle color play has always existed in his previous works, the development in his coloring technique — from painted polychrome to dyed glass enamel — allowed for dramatic saturation and stunning complexity in his new palette, bringing heightened immediacy to his biomorphic and anthropomorphic imagery. The artist had always challenged the gravitational reality of steel, but he has found new expressions towards verticality and delicacy, transcending material and elevating function. The open compositions, ranging from ornamental tracery to dynamic use of negative space, allow for the interplay of light and air, animating the environment with ever-changing viewing possibilities. This exhibition took inspiration from the naturalist traditions and fantastical imagery of Early Netherlandish paintings...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
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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