Skip to main content

Vitrines

170
2
to
23
101
53
172
171
171
186
156
136
64
57
55
43
41
37
36
34
26
23
17
15
4
1
6
163
2
63
88
4
2
3
40
47
17
2
1
2
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
152
101
50
48
24
153
75
20
19
16
2
2
2
2
2
Vitrines For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Regency
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

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

Art Deco Figured Walnut Display Cabinet, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Original 1930s Art Deco display cabinet in an unusual shape. This lovely figured walnut veneered mid-tone cabinet features a generously sized interior display area for your 'collecti...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Restored Art Deco Bar by Jindřich Halabala for Up Zavody, 1930s
Located in Żory, PL
This bar cabinet, also called a tulip, was designed by Jindrich Halabala in the 1930s and produced by UP Zavody in Czechoslovakia. The bar has been completely restored, lacquered in...
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Large showcase by Lingel
By Lingel Workshop
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Large showcase by Lingel in excellent original condition. One door lock is missing.
Category

1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

French Art Deco Vitrine Bar or Display Cabinet attributed to Jules Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sale...! Feel free to make an offer...! French Art Deco rosewood showcase, display cabinet from the 1940's, attributed to Jules Leleu. Features intricate inlay marquetry details on...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

1900s English Art Deco Vitrine Display Cabinet Exotic Wood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s Art Deco Curio Display Vitrine Cabinet Exotic Wood No label Cariole legs, Curved demilune Glass, Exotic Walnut Rosewood New glass shelves retrofitted back mirror panel. Wood ha...
Category

Early 20th Century European Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Macassar Art Deco Amsterdamse School Display Cabinet by Napoleon Le Grand, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School display cabinet or vitrine. Design by Napoleon Le Grand for 't Modelhuis N. Legrand Amsterdam. Solid macassar ebony base with two ori...
Category

1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Macassar

Walnut Art Deco Amsterdamse School Vitrine or China Cabinet by Max Coini, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School vitrine or China cabinet. Design by Max Coini Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid walnut base with original ...
Category

1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Macassar, Walnut

Art Déco exhibition showcase by Maison Siegel, Paris. France 1920s.
By Maison Siegel
Located in Köln, NW
Decorative small Art Déco exhibition showcase / vitrine by Maison Siegel, Paris. France 1920s. The Siegel company was famous in the Art Déco Epoch for its very high quality exhibitio...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Nickel

Art Deco Oak Glazed Display Cabinet with Glass Shelves
Located in Leicester, GB
A stunning English Art Deco cabinet. The glazed antique cabinet has glass shelves for displaying items. Beautiful Art Deco handles. The cabinet...
Category

1920s Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Oak

Art Deco Macassar Ebony Vitrine Cabinet with Bar and Secretary Desk
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare late Art Deco vitrine cabinet with a medium stained Macassar veneer and mirror backed bar on top. Underneath is a fold out secretary desk with two large doors which open up to adjustable shelving for storage. The exterior has great tall skinny...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Steel

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

Art Deco Walnut 'Rocket Cabinet', Vitrine, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this fabulous and iconic Art Deco 'Rocket Cabinet' made in the 1930's and in veneered in a lovely mid tone walnut. Extremely hard to source and even harder ...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Metal

Terry’s of York Chocolate Confectionary Display Cabinet
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Terry’s of York Chocolate Confectionary Display Cabinet Glazed advertising Shop Display Cabinet, the cabinet has a rather grand tall pediment, which has the Terry’s of York trade ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Beech

Art Deco display case in walnut burl with side doors and shelves
Located in Premariacco, IT
Art Deco display case in walnut burl from the early 1940s circa, double-body cabinet. It has two side doors for opening the display case equipped with internal shelves and lined wit...
Category

1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

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

Art Deco Amsterdamse School Vitrine or Display Cabinet by Cornelis v/d Sluys
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School vitrine or display cabinet. Design by Cornelis van der Sluys. Striking Dutch design from 1918. Solid oak with typical decorativ...
Category

1910s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Oak

Art Deco display cabinet / showcase / bookcase in walnut, France, Circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Cabinet / display case / bookcase with glass door, in walnut. In the style of the productions of Follot, Dufrène. Art Deco. France, Circa 1920. Carved fruit baskets on the door. Pr...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood, Walnut

Art Deco display cabinet / showcase / bookcase in walnut, France, Circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Cabinet / display case / show case / bookcase with glass door, in walnut. In the style of the productions of Follot, Dufrène. Art Deco. France, Circa 1920. Carved fruit baskets on...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood, Walnut

Art deco showcase
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Art deco walnut showcase in very good original condition.
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Cadbury’s Art Deco Display Cabinet, Art Deco Crome This small but Charming
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Cadbury’s Art Deco Display Cabinet, Art Deco Crome This a small but Charming Cadbury’s Sweet Shop Display Cabinet it is a counter top piece, from above you can see it is in the shap...
Category

1920s Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Chrome

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

Fantastic Signed French Art Deco Highly Figured Mahogany and Brass Circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an absolutely breathtaking French Art deco signed china cabinet or vitrine. The signature is probably upside down and we are trying to identify it, but the design reminds me ...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Pair of Regency-style display cabinet
Located in Paris, FR
This beautiful pair of display cabinets is part of a rare and important Regency-style dining room set in molded, carved oak with curved sides. It served as a silver cabinet. This set...
Category

1920s French Regency Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Oak

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

Art Deco Spectacular Figured Walnut Display Vitrine Cabinet, English, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
This is a fabulous opportunity to acquire a genuinely rare design Art Deco display cabinet, this being one of the best examples in figured walnut. If you want a focal point or a wow ...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

French Art Deco Display Case with Columnar Side Compartments
Located in Ulm, DE
Display case with columnar side compartments probably stained ash, hand polished shellac base supplemented lighting in the main element with switch lighting in the side compartments...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Chrome

French Art Deco Vitrine, 1930s
Located in Lisbon, PT
A macassar Art Deco showcase / display cabinet with internal lighting to provide intimate light projection. A perfect and timeless design object from the Art Deco Era.
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Lacquer

Art Deco Chinese Motif Display Case, From Cartier NYC Showroom, Circa 1920s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Chinese Motif Display Case, From Cartier NYC Showroom, Circa 1920s Cartier showroom store fixture, Provenance by Repute, Saved from the refuse pile of a 1960s renovation ...
Category

20th Century American Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Andre Arbus Cabinet with Vitrine
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

Art Deco Figured Walnut Circular Display Cabinet, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Fabulous, original 1930s Art Deco display cabinet. This lovely figured walnut veneered mid-tone cabinet features a generously sized interior display area for your 'collections'. Beau...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Functionalist ART DECO showcase, 1930´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This showcase was made in the ART DECO/Functionalist style in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1930´s. It features a regular shapes, a solid structure and a four rectangular legs on ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood, Walnut

China Closet Art Deco
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...
Category

Early 1900s Polish Art Deco Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Late 19th Century French Regency Style Hand Carved Walnut Display Table, Vitrine
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Regency style hand pegged walnut display table features hand carved detailing of a diamond pattern on all sides. The hinged glass top opens for ac...
Category

Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

1930s Art Deco Secretary Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, TX
1930s Art Deco secretary cabinet. Exquisite Art Deco display cabinet in walnut with glass front doors featuring fretwork design. The center features...
Category

1940s European Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Shop Counter, Wood, Glass, Valves and Drawers
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage shop counter - display counter A shop vitrine or shop cabinet made of wood and glass with valves and drawers. Jewellery counter - jewellery display cabinet...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Wood

Art Deco Spectacular Display Cabinet Vitrine, English, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Impressively wacky shaped and genuinely rare design is this superb 1930's English Art Deco Display cabinet. This beautiful cabinet is veneered in a lightly figured walnut veneer which has the most glorious patterning to the grain and retains a mid tone in colouring. The interior features a generously sized display area for your collection. There are three internal glass shelves . The beautiful astragal glass...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut, Plywood, Bentwood

Art Deco Walnut Circular Display Vitrine, Cabinet, English, C1930
Located in Devon, England
Fabulous, original 1930s Art Deco display cabinet. This lovely figured walnut veneered honey mid-tone walnut. The cabinet features a generously sized interior display area for your '...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Art Deco Spectacular Circular Display Cabinet Vitrine In Walnut, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
Offered for your consideration is this superbly stylish and totally original 1930s English Art Deco round display cabinet. Figured walnut veneer...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Rare Art Deco Figured Walnut Display Vitrine Cabinet, English, circa 1930s
Located in Devon, England
This is a fabulous opportunity to acquire a genuinely rare design Art Deco display cabinet, this being one of the best examples in figured walnut. If you want a focal point or a wow ...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Art Deco Vitrine Sideboard, Rosewood Veneer, Marble, Maple, France circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant original, Art Deco vitrine, showcase or sideboard in lacquered rosewood veneer from France around 1930. Top with stunning thick original marble slab in red-grey-green structu...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Marble

China Closet Art Deco Franciszek Najder
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...
Category

1940s Polish Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

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...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood

Small hall display case with sliding glass panes
Located in Premariacco, IT
Small sideboard or cabinet in blond walnut burl, mid-20th century Italian manufacture. Refined and lively, it features a double door with a single internal compartment. Two sliding ...
Category

1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Steel

Art Deco Walnut Showcase
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Art deco walnut showcase in very good condition with signs of usage.
Category

1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Barbers Shop Cabinet, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
- Black and opal glass - Nickel trims - Shaving socket and light switch - Multiple storage compartments and shelves - Beveled mirrors - Working taps which a flexi pipe can be br...
Category

1930s English Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Glass

Pair of Vitrines for Roche Bobois in Black Lacquer by Pierre Cardin, circa 1980
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Elevate your home decor with this exquisite pair of black lacquer vitrines, masterfully crafted by the legendary Pierre Cardin for Roche Bobois i...
Category

1980s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Brass Dry Bar Cart with Smoked Two Tier Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Fabulous brass bar cart with smoked glass Proudly showcase your finest decanters and stemware! Brass handle. This piece is in very good original condition and shows it was well c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Figured Walnut Drinks Cabinet, English, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this rather stylish 1930s Art Deco English drinks cabinet. Fabulous piece of furniture with not only kerb side appeal ...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Walnut

Art Deco Two Tone Blonde Birds Eye Maple & Walnut Vitrine Display Cabinet, c1930
Located in Devon, England
An extremely stylish and very distinctive looking English 1930s Art Deco two-tone semi circular vitrine cabinet is offered here with original working ...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut, Birdseye Maple

Regency Mahogany Pier Cabinet
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4172, Regency pier cabinet in mahogany, having flamed mahogany top with crossbanded edge above figured frieze and a glazed door enclosing a shelf, all standing on original turned f...
Category

1820s English Regency Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

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

Antique 20th-Century French Art Deco Mahogany Veneered Display or Bar Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful French Art Deco bar cabinet was made in mid-France in the early 20th century circa 1925. It features a strong geometric design that is typical for art deco furniture. ...
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Art Deco Stylish Display Vitrine Cabinet in Walnut, English, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful and original 1930s Art Deco English walnut display cabinet. A lovely piece of furniture that's veneered in figured mid tone walnut. Still retains its original silk interior...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Walnut

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 ...
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique Dutch Art Deco Amsterdam School 1920 Tea Cabinet / Display Cabinet Oak
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous Dutch antique Amsterdam School style tea cabinet. Striking Dutch Art Deco design from the 1920s. The blonde oak looks amazing with the typical Amsterdam School Art Deco deco...
Category

1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

Materials

Marble

French Art Deco Marquetry Vitrine / Cabinet, Buffet, Jewelers Cabinet
Located in Stamford, CT
French Art Deco Marquetry vitrine / cabinet, buffet, rosewood, walnut, polished A magnificently refinished ebony and rosewood walnut inlaid vitrine...
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

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!

Recently Viewed

View All