1880s Vitrines

Pine Bookcase with two brass mesh doors. The mesh is hand-made with brass wire. This item has a patine in the oak style. The cornice was missing, so it has been redone. For the mo...

Beautifully hand painted and decorated black lacquered giltwood chinoiserie scene detail display china cabinet. The cabinet / vitrine features a dou...

This is a spectacular English canopy etagere. The etagere is designed in the Chinese Chippendale style and features a laminated mahogany pierce carved top or canopy and a carved dark mahogany frame with mirrored panels in the back to reflect your superb collection of Sevres or Wedgewood china...

An extraordinary Louis XVI style display cabinet, France, around 1880. Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: walnut Dimensions: height 214 cm width 132 cm dept...

A fantastic 19th century English mahogany whatnot, or tired stand, with beautifully turned supports mimicking columns, with turned frames supporting solid mahogany shelves, and a low...

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...

Antique wall mounted curio cabinet and vitrine in dark wood with hand-carved crown moldings and pediments. Cabinet has mirrored back and two adjustab...

Black Forest bookcase, that was part of a major collection of Black Forest items sold by a Chateau outside of Marseille, France. There is a total of (42) antique Black Forest items that we have imported from the chateau and all will be listed on 1stdibs as soon as they can be photographed. Old Plank has been collecting and selling Black Forest furniture and Black Forest accessories for over 30-years and never have we witnessed a collection of Black Forest of this magnitude. Our 19th century Black Forest bookcase still retains its original wavy glass. Black Forest history began in Switzerland during the 1800’s and expanded with the increasing popular tourist trade. By the late 1800’s, the small animal carvings...

A fantastic late 19th century English mahogany whatnot, or tired stand, with beautifully turned supports mimicking columns, two shelves, and a lower drawer with two brass knobs. Whatnots were originally used to display Victorian curios...

Antique French Louis XV walnut and glass vitrine cabinet, Circa 1880.

A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood ornately carved two-door vitrine display cabinet of serpentine form with foliate and shell carvings, surrounding ...

Walnut dining room buffet with marble top. We have 2 identical buffets if you wish to buy a set. Perfect furniture to store and expose your dining ...

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...

Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its original condition from many years ago. Sim...

Charming Vernis Charming Vernis Martin Side or Music Cabinet This is a delightful cabinet, it has a wide slim scalloped shape with a marble top and ormolu mounts surrounding the lac...

This is a superb antique French Vernis Martin mahogany vitrine, in the Louis XV manner, circa 1880 in date, with exquisite hand-painted decoration and exquisite ormolu mounts. The t...

Rare aesthetic movement showcase, opening in its upper part by two beveled glass doors framed by brass moldings, in its lower part by two door panels in carved walnut decorated with blooming branches and gilded bronze ornaments representing dragons and birds. The sides are carved, like wicker woven. This showcase is topped by an important carved and gilded walnut cornice depicting a Fô Dog in its center, with a protective power, and rests on elephant head with overtuned trunk shaped feet. This type of elephant head with overtuned trunk shaped feet is a characteristic of the Maison Giroux, which can be found on many objects they produced. Aesthetic movement cabinet, signed Maison Alphonse Giroux...

A fine quality French Kingwood Louis XV style vitrine, having silver plated mounts, serpentine glass to the front and sides, adjustable shelves ...

Hexagonal corner cabinet from a Parisian art gallery, this elegant vitrine is glazed on six sides on a wooden base. A practical and easy system allows adjusting the height of the two...

Sn4193 A XIXth century tulipwood and rosewood vitrine, having glazed door with parquetry inlaid panel enclosing 3 shelves and flanked by concave glass sides, all with fine quality or...

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 delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary. This is a superb and frankly amazing vitrine or china cabinet in the manner of the French cabinet maker Charles-Honoré Lannuier who worked in New York City after coming to the USA in the early 1800s. The cabinet is antique, and dates to the latter part of the 1880s but was made long after Lannuier died. The cabinet has beautiful carved wooden figures...

Original black oak cabinet with rich carving that's partly up lighted, glass with facets and original silver chrome mirror. Completely restored.

A pair of vitrines, by Henry Dasson, Paris, circa 1889. Acajou with patinated bronze upper sections, both respectively signed and dated Henry Dasson ...

Stunning semicircular wooden display case in the Napoleon III style, inspired by Vernis Martin, with three glass panels and three interior registers. The door displays an oil paintin...

Antique display cabinet - chest of drawers from the end of the 19th century. Chest of drawers in very good condition, professionally renovated, polished to a high gloss. Year: 188...

This is a very beautiful and original American Victorian solid oak china cabinet or vitrine. Measures 77.5 tall x 53 wide x 21 deep. Dates to the 1880s era and is American.

Pair antique French satinwood vitrines (glass display cabinets), Circa 1880.

A fine quality piece with superbly cast ormolu mounts against dark mahogany wood. Of rectangular form, the vitrine with oak leaf cresting, above a conforming frieze centred with a bow and quiver...