20th Century Vitrines

French cabinet according to Paul Sormani in transition style. Piano black polished veneer on solid beech. High-rectangular, one-armed, cambered and three-sided glazed corpus on high...

Monumental antique hand-carved elmwood cabinet. Sideboard, 20th century.

Mid-20th century art deco Italian sideboard with display cabinet , Gio Ponti manner blond walnut , polished to wax. Sliding glass engraved with dolomite scenes. Very good conditions ...

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...

Single acid etched brass vitrine Bernhard Rohne for Mastercraft. Brass over wood, mirror back interior, illuminated by two recessed fixture in top.

Year: 1920 Country: French iron and glass paste We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your di...

Beautiful small showcase table from the Art Nouveau period made of ash and oak wood. On all four sides are installed glasses with circumferential facet ...

Stunning vintage mid-century modern to modern chrome & mirrored one-piece etagere or room divider with lower enclosed cabinet portion in the style of DIA or Ello. Beautiful condition...

Venetian Baroque credenza display of the early 20th century in carved and shaped walnut. Two sliding glass doors with two glass interior shelves; two lower doors with frames covered ...

Exceptional central set of shelves - vitrine in solid and veneered mahogany, glass flap door with 2 glass shelves inside, decorated with marquetry and ...

A small chest of drawers for dentist with doors made out of iron and opaline glass. France 1930 ca.

Midcentury credenza sideboard with label ARCA- Via Montenapoleone- Milano, Guglielmo Urlich attributed, in carved walnut, with four closures in burnished plum-colored glass with the top ebonized wood. Cabinet with meticulous attention to detail which show the commitment of the famous architect designer Guglielmo Urlich ARCA Milan plate...

An elegant Asian display cabinet, profusely carved throughout with glass door with carved trim and surround that reveals two long and one short s...

Louis XV Style Vitrine with Original Bronzes – 19th Century An elegant Louis XV style display cabinet in marquetry veneer, richly adorned with its original bronze mounts. This two-d...

C. 1920s flame mahogany individual glass panes double doors display cabinet curio showcase.

Elegant antique vitrine in walnut veneered with refined inlays and bevelled mirrors. Essential line typical of the early Liberty period of the early 1900s. Good internal capacity. Th...

Light Oak Ball Feet Glass Doors Shelves China Curio Display Cabinet Brass Key MINT!

Display case with "Jerry York" engraved on both sides. Pair of sliding doors at the back. An extra glass shelf. England 1920-1930- Original untouched condition.

Medical display cabinet in steel painted with metallic green “hammered” paint. Base and door in polished aluminium. Original glass shelves. Lo...

Art deco credenza with display cabinet in burl walnut , by Ditta Strada Abramo fu Paolo, Milano, Italy. Credenza with showcase in walnut with two bodies: sideboard with two doors ...

Showcase, oak, glass and metal, Europe, 1940s. This large showcase is made in dark stained oak, with sliding glass doors and a glass top and sides. The transparency allows the user ...

A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke. Signed to the corner clasp 'F. Linke'. This elegant...

Slender Art Deco Vitrine made in the 1920s, Argentina. Rectangular frame sitting atop tapered legs. Original glass frame and door. Three glass shelves. Original lock with working key...

A French mahogany vitrine, circa 1900, marble top, the glazed door enclosing a silk-lined interior of three shelves and with glazed cavetto sides, having a central parquetry panel be...

This 1930’s Art Deco desk was produced in France by Rambaudi-Dantoine in sycamore. It has a central well with shelf that is accessed by sliding the top sides out, it has four drawers...

It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...

Mid-Century Modern In The Style Of Milo Baughman Chrome & Glass Shelf Etagere. Very good condition, not solid stock but very heavy, all glass is in pristine conditon. Priced Per Boo...

Cabinet / display case / bookcase with glass door, in walnut. In the style of the productions of Follot, Dufrène. Art Deco. France, Circa 1920. Carved fruit baskets on the door. Pr...

Gorgeous Dutch antique Amsterdam School style tea cabinet. Striking Dutch Art Deco design from the 1920s . The blonde oak looks amazing with the typical Amsterdam School Art Deco dec...

Classic showcase from the 1980s. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with two glass doors, two shelves, two drawers and a black contrasting base. The showcase can be illuminated. Qua...

Stunning French Art Deco bronze face walnut vitrine / dry bar. This dry bar has been professionally refinished having a very high French polish. The two ce...

This 1920 antique wall mounted display cabinet is a wonderful example of historic craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty. Painted in a beautiful blue color, it exudes a charming vintage ...

IBISCO showcase - set of 4 modular modules, 1970s Display case mod. Hibiscus composed of display case with shelves, display case without glass with shelves, chest of drawers, two lo...

Petite French vitrine in the style of Louis XV Rococo Piano white polished veneer on solid beechwood high-octagonal, one-armed, curved body, three-sided t...

Vitrine by Jules Leleu in mahogany marquetry with glass sliding doors and gilt bronze legs Bears its original label dated Nov 9th 1956, and is numbered on the back: 28332 Prove...

American Walnut Danish Mid Century Modern Style Dining Table 2 Extension Boards

Art Nouveau Display Cabinet, Bronze and Carved Wood with a Lacustrine Theme, France, circa 1900 We are pleased to present this exceptional Art Nouveau display cabinet, a rare and el...

Elegant early 20th century hand painted and gilt gold decorated showcase / display cabinet. The showcase features an oval and rounded painted wood side with glass panels, lacquered, gilded and hand painted wood with very pleasant courtship scene decorations on each side. The front body of the display cabinet is equipped with one large wood frame with glass door panel...

An astounding piece of history in this Jules Leleu vitrine. It’s modest and refined with incredible attention to detail and construction. The brass medallions and sabots assist in ro...

For your consideration is this rather stylish 1930s Art Deco English drinks cabinet. Fabulous piece of furniture with not only kerb side appeal ...

Brass and chrome showcase cabinet. The cabinet has a beautiful golden colour that, together with the contrasting chrome, has a wonderful 1970s luxuriou...

Sn4427 Rare and very unusual Edwardian cylindrical display cabinet / vitrine, having original bevelled edge glass to inlaid top, inlaid door fitted with original working lock and a k...

Small half-moon wall display. In varnished wood with a mirror in the background, designed in a half-moon shape and supported by elegant vertical columns that alternate between wood a...

Showcases or presentation desks, walnut, walnut burl, glass, brass, wood, plastic, Italy, 1950s A stunning pair of Italian-made showcase pieces from the 1950s, these tables are an e...

Unique 1950s store cabinet from a former haberdashery. High-quality corpus in oak veneer with ten shelves, many compartments with glass dividers, two sliding doors and a black contra...

Incredible Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Vitrine Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known ...

Early 20th century French Art Deco Vitrine. Display cabinet, salvaged from super high end jewelry or gift gallery in New York City. Superior quality and construction. Tiffany quality, bronze frame, machined fittings, brass shelf brackets...

A very fine French Louis XV style Belle Époque mahogany and tulipwood ormolu-mounted vitrine cabinet with a Brêche violette marble top, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The ...

Classic iron and glass vitrine from Argentina, made in the 1920s. Two doors open wide. 4 glass shelves. Glass on all sides. Mirrored bottom. Gorgeous display cabinet. Great vintage c...

De Coene, showcase, teak, steel, glass, Belgium, 1960s Modernist showcase with lockable doors, accompanied with a steel frame and wooden shelf. The vitrine features the Brutalist characteristics of De Coene. The showcase was originally designed for a governmental building in Brussels. The Kunstwerkstede De Coene was invited to design the interior project in the late 1950s-1960s. De Coene designed several high-quality pieces exclusively for this building, among others these vitrines. For the design of these pieces, De Coene was inspired by the previous furniture in this building, which were designed by master designer Jules Wabbes. This is reflected for example in the steel frame. De Coene was founded in 1887 in Kortrijk (Belgium) by Jozef de Coene, who was at that time 13 years old. In 1895, his younger brother Adolphe joined the company. In their early years, De Coene was inspired by Henry van de Velde, Art Deco and the Arts & Crafts movement. The company made many custom made furnishings which leads to an expansive growth. After world war one, the brother visited the United States where they became acquainted with laminated wood production, and purchased a wood-stripping machine. They were the first company that made triplex in Belgium which led to the ability to mass produce. In 1954 they received the right to produce Knoll furniture. But although the company produced on a large-scale, their were still world famous for their meticulously detailed, high-quality and Art Deco inspired furniture.

***Reduced Delivery Rates - See Below or Click “Ask The Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique RJ Horner Diminutive Oak Vitrine or China Cabinet with Mirrored Back, Curved Glass, Rib...

Wonderful shop counter from the 1950s. Corpus in walnut veneer with eight hinged doors, eight pull-out shelves covered with high-quality fabric in light grey and slanted feet with br...

This French figural bronze mounted collector’s cabinet vitrine in the manner of Adam Weisweiler is an exceptional example of late 19th to early 20th ce...

Italian walnut display cabinet with two glass doors on the top and drawers on the bottom. The cabinet divides into two parts for easy transport. Sturdy shelves to hold your books, cr...

A pair of unusual obelisk shaped étagères. Polished aluminum (aluminuim), with glass shelves and hard plastic capped feet.

This versatile Mid-Century Modern vitrine / wall unit designed by John Keal for Brown Saltman features four shelves behind original sliding glass doors atop a sculptural rendered two...

Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty

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 ...

Thick 3/4" lucite shelves heavy lucite structure etagere shelving unit with table level overhanging shelf. Shelf # 3 can be used as a small writing table....

Opulent pair of large Italian carved altar pedestal vitrine display shelves or pavilion displays made in the grand neoclassical taste. The pedestals feature a stepped base having four column pillars surmounted by a roof. The frieze is reeded with parcel gilt decoration and has a domed top. The top has acanthus carved designs ending with a large finial...