European Vitrines

A Great Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine By François Linke François Linke. The rectangular paneled top with three-quarter gallery, above a conf...

This is a gorgeous cabinet with red velvet interior for the shelving. The cabinet features extraoridinary wood quality with ebonized accents and no major damages, wear or issues beyo...

Amazing and beautiful large display cabinet, with hand carving and Fine gilding. Curved shape to the bonnet of this piece and gracefully carved sides make this Piece special. Glass s...

France / 1900 / table cabinet / wood, facet cut glass / rustic / mid century Small display cabinet in wood with facet cut glass door and one wooden shelf. The door can be locked wit...

France / 1900 / table cabinet / wood, facet cut glass / rustic / mid century Small display cabinet in wood with facet cut glass door and one wooden shelf. The door can be locked wit...

Art Nouveau vitrine cupboard in lacquered and gilded mahogany with all accosted glazed glass. Legs a hand-carved, lacquered mahogany columns; edgings in gold leaf gilded relief...

An exceptional and architecturally refined antique French vitrine, signed F. Linke, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, masterfully constructed and mounted in exquisite...

Ensemble meubles modulables par Pierre Cruege pour Martin Dupuis en chêne clair 1960 Vendu avec la notice de montage d'origine

Fine Gilt bronze and Mahogany Vitrine Louis XVI style table attributed to François Linke. Lined in antique red velvet, the table sits on tapered legs, surmounting and joined by a lower display shelf. Intricately cast ormolu garlands of floral and foliate adornments form a frieze encircling the sable sides and and each leg. The Vitrine locks and is in full working order, with an exquisitely casted ornate key...

Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer. For Jewelry, silver, bags or wallets, Etc. 3 Dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm. luminated with leds.

Grand Victorian style vitrine with mahogany frame, glass sides and curved glass top. There are three adjustable glass shelves and a mirror back. The front door is with original key a...

Display Cabinet/Secretary/Licquor Cabinet From the Late 20th Century A piece of furniture from the 1980s in the French style, consisting of two parts: a two-door base on high curved...

An extremely high quality and elegant French late 19th century Louis XVI period mahogany and ormolu-mounted cabinet vitrine which is finished on all sides. The cabinet is raised by t...

This is a gorgeous antique silver leaf with patina and aged color, and has wire mesh doors and comes apart into two pieces. the cabinet has a fantastic design and gorgeous antique si...

Rustic escutcheon in natural wood. Rectangular, with a simple finish, emphasising its utilitarian function and the craftsmanship involved in making it. The warm tone of the wood and ...

Cabinet with four doors. Made up of two overlapping units, each with two front-opening doors that reveal spacious and well-divided internal compartments, ideal for a variety of stora...

Antique English Satinwood Tabletop Vitrine, Circa 1880.

Historic etagere from the beginning of the 20th century, Northern Europe. Dimensions: height 190 cm / width 101 cm / depth 43 cm

Queen Anne style cabinet. With two doors and two drawers, the straight, compact structure is softened by the cabriolet-shaped front feet, with rounded ends that add a touch of lightn...

Rosewood display case. The piece has straight, well-defined shapes, with geometric details that add beauty and elegance to the whole. The two sid...

Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer. For Jewelry, silver, bags or wallets, Etc. 3 Dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm. luminated with leds.

19th Century French grand vitrine or wardrobe made in fine hand carved walnut wood in provincial style. Very good and stable condition with no restorations made so far. Original glas...

French Empire ormolu-mounted vitrine cabinet pedestal, circa 1840. Very good quality bronze mounts of typical Empire period heads. Very useful pedestal open vitrine...

Jugendstil vitrines in style of Joseph Maria Olbrich, handles made in combination of copper and brass, engraved roses typical for Joseph Maria Olbrich. Professionally stained and rep...

Exceptional quality vitrine with mirrored back having four glass shelves. Beautifully cast bronze dore mounts decorate this piece. Beveled glass ...

pair of 19th c English Chippendale mahogany illuminated viewing vitrines

Showcase, Western Europe, circa 1900. Very good condition. Wood: mahogany Dimensions: height 194 cm / width 118 cm / depth 51 cm

Vitrine Ovale Glass with structure in fused curved glass, 6mm thickness. Showcase's top 12mm thickness. With 4 glass shelves: L64xD37cmx6mm thickness. Showcase's door with a lock....

Antique display cabinet from around 1880, France. Dimensions: height 178 cm / width 76 cm / depth 42 cm

Bauhaus corner vitrine oak with 2 glass shelves and light.

Antique Directoire Style Mahogany Petite Vitrine with Carrara Marble was hand-crafted in the mid-1900s out of exotic imported mahogany, then trimmed in brass and fitted with brass dr...

An exquisite Louis XV/Louis XVI Transitional style vitrine by the renowned French cabinetmaker François Linke from the late 19th century. Crafted in kingwood and mahogany, this fine ...

An exceptional 19th century ormolu mounted ebonised and amaranth vitrine. The domed cresting surmounted by a festoon of oak leaves above a frieze of garlands including a drawer with a ribbon-tied cartouche, the glazed lower part with turned columns and a single door enclosing a walnut interior with a shelf, on a moulded plinth with laurel decorated mounts, on bun feet, stamped: CREMER MARQUETEUR. Circa 1852 French Artists Biography: Joseph Cremer...

An antique French Louis XVI style lift top table vitrine offers oval form with display having glass lift top with satinwood frame having ebonized banding throughout, raised on straight and tapered legs with lower red velvet display...

Showcase from 1880 in Italian larch, internal part color white, with three internal shelves Original paint. They will be delivered in a specific wooden case for export, packed in bub...

This is a stunning vitrine or china cabinet with fantastic satinwood and rosewood inlay and silver-plated bronze that was done to add a special and very unique look to this vitrine. ...

Majestic Mid-Century inlaid mahogany, carved walnut, console vetrine attributable Paolo Buffa, hand-decorated glass in excellent condition only oil polished. Measure cm: H 170 x W 1...

Magnificent Louis XVI style showcase in mahogany veneer with rich, very finely chiseled gilded bronze ornamentation. Opening two large doors on the front separated by a glass frame. Beveled windows on the front as well as on the sides. Mirror bottom and three thick glazed...

Italian bookcase period 1940s in walnut and walnut veneer with two drawers, wax polished. Upper showcase with grating and the two lower doors covered in leatherette. Excellent condit...

SN2132 Truly excellent, Edwardian, mahogany display cabinet, having arched pediment inlaid with satinwood fan flanked by brass finials above flamed mahogany, inlaid frieze, astragal ...

Art deco vitrines from preriod of around 1930s in very nice original condition, repolished with french polish, slight signs of use.

Compact Regency One Door Carved 26" Wide 3 Tier Italian Curio Cabinet MINT

Italian vitrine from the mid-20th century. High quality furniture in rosewood, palisander, mahogany, walnut, maple and fruitwood. Showcase with three doors, two wooden side doors and...

Black Hypostila shelfs by Lluís Clotet & Oscar Tusquets Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 400 x H 230 cm. Flat shelf 15.5 cm (max. 250 cm in a single piece). Flat shelf 25cm (max. 250 cm in a s...

Spanish hand painted wooden wine bottle cabinet and doors.

Beautiful vintage wooden jewelry cabinet attributed to the great Gio Ponti, of fine Italian manufacture. The cabinet is made entirely of durabl...

A fine French 19th-20th century kingwood and tulipwood marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door display cabinet with a red-velvet backing and bowed glass panels surmounted with acanthus and floral gilt-bronze mounts in the style of Léon Messagé (French, 1842-1901), the serpentine shaped front door with an ornate marquetry and ink colored panel depicting wreaths, ribbons and tied acantus leaves, all raised on four cabriolet legs ending with gilt-bronze paw-feet, Paris, circa 1900. Linke was born on 17 June 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinet maker, Neumann, which he completed in 1877. Linke’s work book or Arbeits-Buch records that he was in Vienna from July 1872 to October 1873 at the time of the International Exhibition held there in 1873. He subsequently travelled to Prague, Budapest & Weimar before finally arriving in Paris in 1875. It is documented that he obtained employment with an unknown German cabinetmaker in Paris, and stylistic similarities, photographs and geographical proximity have led some to suggest that Emmanuel Zwiener was the most likely candidate. After a period back in his home town of Pankratz, he returned once and for all to Paris in 1877. In 1878 Paris hosted the third great International Exhibition, a remarkable success for a country ravaged by war only seven years earlier. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. By 1889 another World’s Fair, as they were often referred to in America, took place in Paris. Monsieur Eiffel erected what has become the most iconic building in Paris for the exhibition and the atmosphere of wealth and confidence may well have encouraged Linke to think that he could contribute an important part to the next great exhibition. As early as 1892 this was decreed to take place at the end of the century, in an attempt to pre-empt Berlin from staging the last great show of the century. In 1892, Victor Champier (fr) one of the commissioners for the 1900 Paris Fair had appealed, “Create in the manner of the masters, do not copy what they have made”. It was an appeal against mere reproduction and Linke rose to this challenge in an unparalleled way with his unique display that was to include the Grand Bureau. Determined to outshine the competition at the Exhibition, Linke had set about creating the most ambitious pieces he could envisage, and more extravagant than had ever been displayed before. The items he exhibited marked a transition from the historicist interpretation of Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, an interpretation that was the mainstay of his nearest rivals, to something startlingly new and vital in its immediacy. [6] Together with Léon Messagé he developed a new style for the 1900 Exhibition that paid homage to the Louis XV rococo in the fluidity of its approach, but an approach fused with the lively flowing lines of the contemporary and progressive 'art nouveau'. The Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's stand: "The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed". Linke's stand would have appeared refreshingly new to contemporary onlookers, the traditional designs of the eighteenth century melting seamlessly into an exuberant naturalism. The 'Revue' described Linke's style as 'entièrement nouveaux' and noted "This opinion is universally accepted. Linke's stand is the biggest show in the history of art furniture in the year 1900". It is perhaps the most extraordinary and remarkable aspect of Linke’s personal history that he produced such expensive and luxurious furniture of exquisite quality for the 1900 exhibition without any commission or any potential buyer in mind. [9] At a time when other more established furniture businesses such as those of Beurdeley and Dasson were closing down, he made a huge investment in his stand and the furniture he supplied for it. Linke recognised that to move his business forward he needed to appeal to a more International clientele and the new emerging rich who were at this time amassing fortunes on an unprecedented scale. For this reason he gambled everything he had on his display for the 1900 exhibition. Had this not succeeded he would almost certainly have succumbed to bankruptcy. Linke’s notebook records visitors to his stand from England, Europe, the Americas, Egypt and Japan and including; the King of Sweden, three visits from the King of Belgium, Prince Radziwill, the Prince d’Arenberg, the Comte Alberic du Chastel, Miss Anna May Gould, the American heiress, distinguished furniture makers and the President of France Emile Loubet. This risky endeavour was a resounding success, and with his reputation established, La Maison Linke became the pre-eminent furniture house until outset of the Second World War. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented was never to be repeated. His showrooms expanded into prestigious premises in Paris, in the Place Vendôme as well as the Faubourg St. Antoine where his workshop had been established. He embarked on many important commissions in the years up to the outbreak of the First World War, making and designing furniture for leading international industrialists and bankers. After the 1914-1918 World War, Linke undertook the extraordinary commission to furnish the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria for King Fuad of Egypt, possibly the largest single furniture commission ever conceived, eclipsing even Versailles. Linke flourished and remained active until the middle years of the 1930s and died in 1946 Léon Messagé (1842-1901) was a French sculptor, best known for his sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet...

This antique French Louis XV walnut china cabinet, circa 1890s, is a remarkable example of Old World craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Hand-carved from solid walnut, the cabinet f...

Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer. 3 dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm.

A fantastic quality late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted Vernis Martin vitrine cabinet By François Linke A pierced bronze gallery above a bronze mount of a female ...

A very special Victorian mahogany display cabinet made for Fry's Chocolates. This outstanding large cabinet has three glass doors and six glass shelves.

A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet With Wedgwood Porcelain Plaques. The upper section has a s...

Step back in time with this charming 1900s French Wood White Patinated Small Vitrine, an enchanting piece that tells a story with its time-worn finish and delicate details. With its softly weathered white and seafoam green patina, this vitrine is a love letter to the shabby chic aesthetic, evoking memories of a quaint Parisian boutique. The glass-front door, accented with a vintage brass key...

French Louis XV-style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed vitrine table with glass top and sides.

Antique Louis XV display cabinet Napoleon III, Paris, around 1880 Fine veneer on solid oak, veneered and paneled with ebony inlays. Arched, s...

A stunning pair of Edwardian mahogany display cases line inlaid throughout. The shaped and moulded cornice supported above single astragal glaze...

18th century French Louis XV small Marquetry bookcase or Vitrine Rectangular vitrine or bookcase standing on four cabriole feet, front and sides slightly curved, the angles pointe...

Showcase with hinged door and exposed shelves, lacquered wood and clear glass.

LINGEL KAROLY ES FIAI BUTORGYAR rosewood. Budapest. Inlaid accents. Metal. Figural. 2 beveled glass doors containing 2 glass shelves. 1 wood door containing 1 shelf. Beveled glass mi...

Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer. For Jewelry, Silver, Bags or Wallets, Etc. 3 dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm. luminated with leds.