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Place of Origin: American
Mastercraft Mid Century Brass Vitrines Cabinet
By Mastercraft
Located in Countryside, IL
Mastercraft Mid Century Brass Vitrines Cabinet
This cabinet measures: 36.5 wide x 15 deep x 86.5 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage con...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brutalist Torch Cut Copper Vitrine Display Cabinets
By Tom Greene
Located in Lutz, FL
Pair of 1970’s Brutalist Copper front and Espresso Brown Laminate Vitrine Display Cabinets.
Upper cabinets have double doors faced in torch cut copper with copper handles which ope...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist American Vitrines
Materials
Copper
Mastercraft Brass Vitrine Cabinets with black detailing, a pair
By Mastercraft
Located in Wichita, KS
Pair of spectacular four door brass vitrine cabinet display cases by Mastercraft of Grand Rapids, Michigan circa 1970. These cabinets or vitrines are particularly unusual as they h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Mastercraft Brass Display Cabinet Vitrine on Four Tall Brass Legs
By Mastercraft, William Doezema
Located in Hanover, MA
Seldom seen Mastercraft brass display cabinet vitrine showcase on four tall tapering brass Legs
Interior is illuminated from above b...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Modern Chelsea Water Glass Vitrine by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Modern Chelsea Water Glass 4 Door Vitrine by Ercole is made up of a unique combination of hand-cut Water Glass and hand hammered metal. All four doors are framed in pewter metal,...
Category
2010s Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Pair of Mastercraft Brass Vitrines with Bronze Mirror
By Mastercraft, William Doezema
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of four door brass vitrine display cases by Mastercraft of Grand Rapids, Michigan circa 1970.
These are particularly beautiful as the back wall is a single large sheet of bronz...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Large Solid Oak French Louis XV Style Breakfront Bookcase Vitrine, circa 1980
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
1980s Louis XV Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Oak
Pair of Brass and Frosted Glass Etageres
By Maison Jansen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of reeded columnar brass and frosted glass Illuminated etageres.
Clearance between shelves starting from bottom are 15.5" 14.5" 13.5"
Category
1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Modern Solid Brass Curio-Cabinet Made in America High Quality and Nice Details
Located in Chicago, IL
Modern Curio Cabinet that was made right here in America by the Glober Manufacturing Company of Carpentersville, Illinois. The Curio-Cabinet was c...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Mastercraft Brass Vitrine Cabinets with black detailing, a pair
By Mastercraft
Located in Wichita, KS
Pair of spectacular four door brass vitrine cabinet display cases by Mastercraft of Grand Rapids, Michigan circa 1970. These cabinets or vitrines are particularly unusual as they h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Amuneal's Brass Wine Room
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal’s brass wine room is constructed using the clean mechanical details from our Frankford Panel System. The metalwork is all fabricated f...
Category
2010s Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Barbara Barry for Henredon Vitrine Cabinet with Glass Doors and Shelves
By Henredon, Barbara Barry
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Barbara Barry for Henredon wooden bow front vitrine cabinet from the late 20th century with oval motifs, glass doors and glass shelves. Designed by Barbara Barry for Henredon during the later years of the 20th century, this wooden cabinet features a thin curving cornice sitting above two bow-front glass doors, adorned with thin oval motifs and fitted with a single brass pull. These doors open to reveal four glass in wooden frames inner shelves offering convenient display opportunities. The ensemble is raised on four short tapered feet. The décor on the side shows great restraint as it is left bare and the back is simply planked. With its clean lines and modern design, this Barbary Barry for Henredon vintage vitrine...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mirrored wooden hanging wall vitrine with curved glass, 20th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Beautiful mahogany glass panelled wall vitrine for objets d'art or silver items. The perfect size to display valuables at their maximum advantage. The 6 inch deep showcase is rectan...
Category
1930s Chippendale Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Baker Burl Wood & Glass Vitrine, Collectors Edition
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Baker Burl Wood & Glass Vitrine—Collectors Edition is a beautifully made display cabinet, perfect for showcasing fine collectibles, art, books, and heirloom pieces. Standing 84 inches high, 30 inches wide, and 13.5 inches deep, it features an elegant burl wood veneer with brass-trimmed glass panels. The glass door measures 72.5 inches high and 25.5 inches wide, providing a clear and stylish view of the interior. Inside, there are three fitted glass shelves, each measuring 28 inches wide and 11 inches deep. The top shelf has 25 inches of clearance, the middle shelf 22.5 inches, and the bottom shelf 24 inches, with the option to accommodate up to three additional glass shelves for increased display capacity.
Designed with both functionality and sophistication in mind, this vitrine is fitted with two interior lights, controlled by a switch located on the left middle shelf, ensuring that your displayed items are beautifully illuminated. Its classic and timeless design makes it a versatile addition to both traditional and modern interiors. In well-cared-for vintage condition, this premium Baker display cabinet...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Dome Shape Top Glass Shelves Two Drawer Compartment Curio Display Cabinet
By Drexel, Heritage-Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lovely vintage curio display cabinet with glass shelves and 2 bottom drawers compartment. Has built in light.
Category
20th Century Federal American Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Mastercraft Brass Vitrine
By Mastercraft
Located in Hanover, MA
Mastercraft model 326 vintage 1970s Palladian style brass, glass and antiqued smoked mirror vitrine display curio cabinet, designed circa 1970 by ...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Chrome and Glass Large Design Institute America Étagère Shelving Wall Unit
By Design Institute America
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern large chrome and glass étagère shelving wall unit.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
Mastercraft Brass Empire Style Vitrine
By Mastercraft, William Doezema
Located in Hanover, MA
Mastercraft model 260 'China Cabinet' or vitrine, display cabinet, curio in the empire style with pediment.
Hardwood structure clad in patinated solid brass and black mirror trim.
Beveled glass sidelights and windowed doors. Storage cupboard behind lower square doors with solid brass ring pulls.
interior is fitted with three removable glass shelves and smoked antique mirror back
Recessed lights with...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Display Cabinet-Glass, Brass & Mahogany by The Joslin Showcase Company of Boston
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large mahogany display cabinet made by the Joslin Showcase Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893. The cabinet is made it two pieces. The upper part has three glass shelves plus the bottom wooden shelf. The base has six working drawers and four sliding doors with fielded panels. The two end drawers are false and don't open. The original nickel shelf...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical American Vitrines
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Wilmarth Crystal Umbrella/Cane Cabinet or Display Case Grand Rapids MI 1910-1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Wilmarth Crystal Umbrella or Cane Display Case Made in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early 1900's. Described in the 1908 Wilmarth catalog as;...
Category
1910s Industrial Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century American George II Style Breakfront China Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine quality American made George II style bookcase, breakfront, china cabinet in mahongay with inayed boxwood. This piece has a glass upper section with glass shelves and an arche...
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Boxwood, Mahogany
1920s Curved Glass Light Olive Tone Lacquer Finish Curio Display Cabinet MINT!
By Berkey & Gay Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
1920s Curved Glass Light Olive Tone Lacquer Finish Curio Display Cabinet MINT!
Category
20th Century Country American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Individual Glass Pane Double Doors Pencil Inlay Flame Mahogany Show Case
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
C. 1920s flame mahogany individual glass panes double doors display cabinet curio showcase.
Category
20th Century Federal American Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Stunning Mastercraft Brass Vitrine Mid-Century Regency Modern
By Mastercraft
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fantastic Mastercraft brass vitrine. This magnificent vitrine has four heavy doors that open to reveal thick glass shelves with a plate ridge for displayin...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Tall Walnut and Olive Burl Cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Dorchester, MA
Edward Wormley designed this elegant display cabinet, model #6027, for Dunbar. The olive burl doors of the lower case enclose shelving and a se...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Display Cabinet, c 1955, Signed
By Charak Furniture Company, Tommi Parzinger
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 Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Tall Mid Century Modern Brass and Glass Mastercraft Vitrine Cabinet
By Mastercraft
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous brass and glass tall showcase with 4 thick glass shelves etched for showing plates. Shelves are adjustable. Two glass doors each hung on 4 hinge...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Grand Mastercraft Designed Three Part Brass & Glass Vitrines or Curio Cabinets
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Architecturally-inspired this breathtaking three part brass Curved China cabinet set by Mastercraft, inviting drama into any space. Dedicated to c...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair Campaign Style Curio Display Cabinets by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
We are very pleased to offer a great pair of gorgeous, sleek and minimalist display cabinets made by the famous Henredon furniture makers, made in the USA. Part of Henredon’s early 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Bronze and Glass Etagere Shelf by Milo Baughman c. 1970's
By Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Architectural, voguish, stylish freestanding shelf unit, design attributed to Milo Baughman. This model is particularly chic in the brass, bronze finish, it is more commonly found i...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
1950s Mahogany Vitrine Display Table on Wheels and with Handles
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1950s Mahogany Vitrine Display Table on original Wheels and with Handles and faux bamboo Mahogany legs. Original green felt lining in place, includes a new black color felt, loose...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair Modern Black Lacquered & Brass Curio Display Cabinets by Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of modern Mastercraft black lacquered, brass and glass display cabinets or vitrines. These beautiful cabinets feature a burnished brass over a black lacquered frame, three adjus...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Modern Industrial 2-Door Vitrine with Black Metal Frame by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The industrial 2 door vitrine by Ercole home is a one of a kind statement piece that is bound to liven up your space. This vintrine is made up of a unique combination of hand cut glass all varying in size, color, and texture making each door like its own mini mondrian painting...
Category
2010s American Vitrines
Materials
Metal, Steel
Pair of Henredon Black Lacquered and Brass Display Cabinets/Vitrines
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional pair of tall 1970s black lacquer and brass vitrines by Henredon. Featuring clean lacquered frames with brass trim on the doors. The cabinets feature beveled glass sides a...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Walnut mid century modern two-part hutch credenza display cabinet glass doors
By American of Martinsville, Broyhill Brasilia
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Walmart mid-century modern sculpted two part hutch display cabinet credenza china cabinet.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
20" Sqaure Solid Brass Case 7' Tall Glass Shelve Display Cabinet Vitrine MINT!
By Brueton
Located in Rockaway, NJ
20" Sqaure Solid Brass Case 7' Tall Glass Shelve Display Cabinet Vitrine MINT!
Outstanding solid brass craftsmanship lighted case.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Vantage Pair of Campaign Style Curio Display Cabinets by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful pair of 1980’s Campaign Style Curio Display Cabinets by Henredon. They have the label in the back.
This beautiful pieces are made of wood, brass and glass.
Each of them hav...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mastercraft Dome Shape Top Two Doors Glass Shelve Display Curio Cabinet Showcase
By Mastercraft, Established Lines
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mastercraft Dome Shape Top Two Doors Glass Shelve Display Curio Cabinet Showcase MINT
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Large Mid-Century Modern Ebonized and Cerused Walnut Four Doors Bookcase
By Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern large ebonized and cerused walnut bookcase display showcase cabinet vitrine with adjustable shelves.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Mastercraft Brass Display Cabinets
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Offered is a pair of Mastercraft vitrines with highly polished lacquered brass along with two main compartments: two adjustable glass shelves in the top section and one in the lower ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Vintage Postmodern Marble & Glass Lighted Display Cabinet by Pulaski Furniture
By Pulaski Furniture Corporation
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Art Deco Revival to Postmodern wood, marble, brass, mirror, & glass lighted display case by Pulaksi Furnishings. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vi...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of Luxurious Illuminated Étagères by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
An exceptional pair of tall illuminated vitrines by Henredon, gracefully combines traditional forms with modern design elements. Good design, meticulous tailoring and superior constr...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair of Obelisk Étagères in Polished Aluminum
By Milo Baughman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual obelisk shaped étagères. Polished aluminum (aluminuim), with glass shelves and hard plastic capped feet.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
Burl Wood Thick Glass Shelves 3 Bay Wall Unit
By Milo Baughman, Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mirror chrome polished stainless steel frame, burl wood cabinets, thick glass shelves Mid-Century Modern wall unit. Secretary drop desk compartment....
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Pair of Burl Wood, Brass and Glass Showcase Curio Cabinets
By Tomlinson
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of china vitrine cabinets by Tomlinson are an excellent example of their timeless quality and design. This rectangular top cabinet features two doors with glass panels and brass...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Henredon Sunrise Dome Shape 2 Glass Door Lighted Shelves Curio Display Cabinet
By Henredon, Tomlinson, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
MINT Large Henredon Sunrise Dome Shape 2 Glass Door Lighted Shelves Curio Display Cabinet
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair of Burton-Ching Biedermeier Style Reliquary Pedestal Display Cabinets
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Burton-Ching Biedermeier Style Reliquary Pedestal Display Cabinets. Statues and books not included.
Category
2010s Biedermeier American Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Mahogany 2 Door Chippendale Style Carved Ball & Claw Feet Rope Edge Bookcase
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mahogany 2 Door Chippendale Style Carved Ball & Claw Feet Rope Edge Bookcase Shelves
Category
20th Century Chippendale American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century Painted Cast Iron & Steel with Beveled Glass Medical Cabinet
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful late 19th century steel showcase cabinet with beveled glass on three sides. Five glass shelves for display. Great for bath, kitchen or office. Has lock with key...
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique American Vitrines
Materials
Steel, Iron
Slant Front Upright Store Display Case
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful slant front display case by THE COLUMBUS SHOW CASE COMPANY, COLUMBUS. O. In good vintage condition. It has five shelves and they are adjustable. One of them has a chip, sho...
Category
Early 1900s American Classical Antique American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Elegant Mid-Century Mastercraft Black Lacquered, Brass and Glass Vitrine
By Mastercraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mastercraft brass and glass vitrine, operational dome lighting and switch.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mastercraft Mid Century Brass Vitrines Cabinet
By Mastercraft
Located in Countryside, IL
Mastercraft Mid Century Brass Vitrines Cabinet
This cabinet measures: 36.5 wide x 15 deep x 86.5 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage con...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Five Shelves Chrome and Glass Shelving Unit Étagère
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman style chrome all welded stainless steel étagère.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
Limited Edition Neoclassical Style Carved Fruitwood Vitrine by Beacon Hill
By Beacon Hill
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a neoclassical style carved fruitwood vitrine by Beacon Hill. It is a numbered limited production piece. The interior has adjustable glass shelves and includes a key.
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood
Two Neoclassical Brass Vitrine Cabinets by Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Bold but elegant, these eye-catching Vitrines, bookcases or china cabinets designed and produced by Mastercraft circa 1970s. Exceptionally fine quality, brass-clad frames with black ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Dorothy Draper Viennese Collection Display Cabinet
By Dorothy Draper, Henredon
Located in Chicago, IL
Impressive cabinet from Draper's 1963 Viennese collection for Henredon. Features bombe base with three drawers, splayed feet and intricately chased brass drop pulls.
Above base i...
Category
1960s Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Vladimir Kagan Burl Wood Wall Unit Cabinet Sideboard
By Vladimir Kagan, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern burl wood liquor cabinet bar, display cabinet or sideboard by V. Kagan. Measures: 8' Tall.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Vitrines
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Display Cabinet from Formal Dining Room Line
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gilbert Rohde formal dining room display/ China cabinet. Designed in the mid 1930's, unique design that has glass corners and combination of exotic ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Stainless Steel
Art Deco Signed Wolfgang Hoffmann for Romweber World's Fair Display Cabinet
By Wolfgang Hoffmann, Romweber Furniture Co.
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 Art Deco American Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood
American Arch Shape Lucite, Mirror & Oak Wood Vitrine, Showcase, Display Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern two piece arched Lucite top Vitrine, showcase, bookshelf made in America 1980 with a blonde Oak Wood Cabinet Base.
Features a mirrored Back and 2 tier clear Lucit...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
Aluminum / Brass and Glass Etagere, Vitrine by Vesey
By John Vesey
Located in New York, NY
Tubular satin finish aluminum tube construction with brass colored aluminum cube corner details. Five plate glass shelves each spaced approximately 14" apart. Glass shows extremely m...
Category
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum