French Kingwood 19th Century Display Cabinet

A pair of very good quality pair of late 19th century French Louis XVI style bombe vitrines, each with scrolling foliate and rams head gilded ormolu mounts, wonderful marquetry + par...

A very good quality late 19th century French parquetry inlaid vitrine / display cabinet. Having its original Carrera marble top, wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foliate ...

A very good quality pair of late 19th century French mahogany bow fronted display cabinets, each with a gallery to the top, gilded ormolu foliate and molded mounts, central doors with a glass shelf within, a frieze drawer above a shelf beneath with a paneled back and raised on elegant cabriole legs. Signed; Paul Sormani (1817-1877), one the most important cabinetmakers of the 19th century, was born in Venice. Having trained as a cabinetmaker, he moved to Paris where he opened his first shop in 1847 specializing in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. When she decorated her palace, Empress Eugenie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, who was particularly fond of furniture in the 18th century styles, engaged Sormani to create spectacular pieces to compliment her period examples. Sormani was able to meet the Empress’s high standards with the excellent quality of the cabinet work, bronze mounts, use of lacquer and unusual marbles. Sormani’s firm was a maker of fine “meubles de luxe”, (deluxe furniture) whose work was described in the 1867 Exposition Universelle catalogue as “toute sa production revele une qualite d’execution de tout premier ordre”. He received a medal of premiere classe at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, followed by another medal at the 1862 exposition in London The workshop also made eclectic furniture...

A fine quality late 19th Century French Louis XV style Mahogany vitrine, having its original Fleur De Pecher marble top, gilded ormolu mounts, a single glazed door opening to access ...

Unusual 19th century painted oak display cabinet on stand. 1840. Code: 8644 Dimensions: W: 45.5" (115.6 cm) H: 64" (162.6 cm) D: 11" (27.9 cm)

19th century chinoiserie display cabinet with glass shelves, two hidden drawers, and opening to two bottom doors.

A grandly-scaled late 19th century French carved walnut Louis XVI style vitrine, the case with finely hand-carved swags, ribbons and floral details. Two doors retain their original s...

Large fine quality 19th century Louis XVI marble top mirrored vitrine/display cabinet. Two individual single door top and bottom mirrored cabinet sect...