Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ebony Cabinet Vitrines

A striking and most elegantly pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Kingwood, Tulipwood and ormolu cabinet vitrines. Each two door vitrine is raised by fine block feet with delic...

A stunning and most impressive true pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period Ebony, Brass, Ormolu and white Carrara marble Boulle cabinets, attributed to Befort Jeune. Each tr...

A high quality and elegant pair of French mid 19th century Napoleon III ebonized fruitwood and ormolu cabinet vitrines. Each statement making vitrine is raised by clock supports with...

A striking and most impressive pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period Ebony, Tortoiseshell, brass, ormolu, and black Belgian marble Boulle cabinet vitrines. Each vitrine is ...

For sale is a good pair of 19th century Victorian ebonized Boulle cabinets. Each cabinet has a brass gallery to the top, with a single glazed door below. Each door is surrounded by i...

A very good quality pair of 19th century ebonised pier / side cabinet, with gilded scrolling foliate ormolu mounts to the frieze, classical monopodia supports, a single door to each...

Rare pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted curved shape vitrines attributed to J.E Zwiener. Glazed on all sides, they open with two doors framed by gilded and chiseled Rocaille style foliated bronze mounts. Resting on four cabriole legs ending with lion’s paws, the whole is covered by a « brèche de Benou » marble top. This model was probably designed by L. Messagé. Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener was born in Germany in 1849. In 1880 he sets up his extensive workshops in rue de la Roquette in Paris where he creates many original pieces of furniture. He imitated practically every style, ranging from ‘’Boulle’’ to Louis XVI and including extraordinary personal interpretations of the Louis XV ‘’exuberant’’ style. He participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibition, held in Paris, and was awarded the gold medal for his remarkable copy of that most famous piece of furniture, Louis XV’s desk. The catalogue of the exhibition included a wonderful elegy qualifying the work as perfect : « No criticism what-so-ever could be made ». As that other famous cabinet-maker François Linke, Zwiener had most of his bronzes modelled by Léon Messagé whose work was considered as being of the best possible quality. Léon Messagé is a renowned designer and sculptor who integrated in his ornaments related to the Rocaille asymmetry, new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. But even though, Messagé found inspiration with these 18th century artists, such as Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, he didn’t simply copy their work and showed great originality, even extravagance, with some designs contained in "Cahier des dessins et croquis style Louis XV". He realized numerous sketches on grey paper before the execution of a reduced or life sized model of his ornaments, made of wax or terra-cotta. From 1885, Léon Messagé started working with important Parisian cabinet...

Pair of Victorian Walnut and Ebonised Display Cabinets. Circa 1860 These Matched Pair of Cabinets Stand upon Bracket Feet. Each Cabinet Having 1 Single Door which Open to Reveal 4 Sh...