20th Century Vitrines

This unique Mid-century vitrine cabinet, made from solid oak covered by real tortoise shells fully varnished, was made in Milano by a small design studio called Ottini in 1973. It features three transparent glass doors, with glass shelves inside. Ottini were making pieces of furniture to order...

This most artful Hollywood Regency tall Obelisk Cabinet will immediately catch your eye with its high design esthetic in red lacquer and gilt. Undoubtedly inspired by elegance from top to bottom, this obelisk's details compliment one another as the eye wonders. Two door bottom cabinet with large Widdicomb style brass ring pulls and gilt molding. Lacquered interior with single shelf. Gilt neoclassical sphere bases. Obelisk display...

Vintage hospital trolley in good condition. Made of steel and glass that is clamped into the steel by a rubber strip. The cabinet comes from t...

This display cabinet comes from Norway and was manufactured by famous brand - Bruksbo, still has original label underneath. Designed most probably by Torbjorn Afdal. It is a beautifu...

A very Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted four-door vitrine, with two central bombé glass doors and single bombé glass doors on each side, the fluted mahogany...

A real stunner in person. It's a massive and imposing object.

Italy 1940s country Shabby painted buffet sideboard with display cabinet in massive larch Measures cm: H 90 + 105 W 160 D 51 / 38.

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...

Vintage Country French Louis XV Painted Vitrine was designed to display your finest heirlooms on top and store fine linens or flatware below. Originally intended for the dining room,...

A delicate Italian étagère with four shelves on turned columns with finials on top. The étagère is made in walnut and has intricate inlaid designs in mahogany that is also called int...

vintage display cabinet wall cupboard 60s Sweden period 60's design unknown Sweden condition good light signs of use size 189 x 100 x 42 (hxwxd) details teak; oak; glass;...

Maison Jansen, by. Furniture for storing vinyl records made up of smoked glass windows, with its chrome-plated metal frame and casters, opening with two doors, and designed to stor...

Italian bookcase in fir, with two doors, hand painted, with glass on three sides, internal shelves. Very sturdy and elegant. In my warehouse I have two of these bookcases as seen ...

Mahogany and mahogany veneer window opening with two doors with three glass panels and brass hoops, the uprights with half columns. England, 20th century. Measures: High 178 cm...

This French cabinet in massive teck with glass vitrine two drawers and two doors is very original with its rounded corners. Good condition. Shipping: 35 / 87 / 102 cm 63 kg.

A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style Kingwood and ormolu-mounted single-door Vitrine, the demilune shaped cabinet with and arched bonnet, molded trim above a bombé glazed d...

This is a symphony of beautiful materials and quality. The case of this gorgeous buffet is made of finely figured mahogany and superb silver and gold leaf details on the carved flora...

Single door glazed display case with brass star-shaped appliques and slightly trapezoidal body. The pilasters are fluted and slightly shouldered.

Fantastic iron etagere with 6 shelves 4 of them plate glass. Painted Black iron with a tapered support at the sides. Narrows as it gets taller. Cross x brace at the backside bottom. ...

Mid-Century Modern lighted brass finish display cabinet vitrine shelving unit.

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...

A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Vernis Martin Decorated Single-Door Vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The wh...

Louis XVI style Ormolu mounted kingwood Vitrine, Paris, circa 1900, Beautiful quality, with lift top beveled glass top, the case fitted with fo...

French Art Deco elegant rosewood showcase, display cabinet from the 1940's, attributed to Jules Leleu in a very good condition. Features intricate inlay marquetry details on both doo...

Art Deco walnut showacse. Signs of usage, small chips on glass shelves. Glass doors missing.

Fabulous brass bar cart with smoked glass Proudly showcase your finest decanters and stemware! Brass handle. This piece is in very good original condition and shows it was well c...

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...

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 ...

Vitrine exceptionnelle par Léon Jallot – 1910 Magnifique vitrine en bois de hêtre signée Léon Jallot, datant de 1910. Modèle "Fleurs et feuilles de cerisier stylisées", présenté au ...

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 ...

Dimensions 100x19x26cm (LxDxH) Dimensions: approx. 39.4 x 7.5 x 10.2 in Very shapely, simple and elegant shelf made of a veneered U-shaped profile by Wilhelm Renz for German manuf...

This cabinet French oak and glass vitrine is a very good quality copy of the gothic style. It was made by the enterprise Mercier Frères circa 1920. Mercier Frères is a Parisian carp...

This medical cabinet was designed in the 1970s and was produced circa 1975 in hungary. It is made from iron and glass with new glass shelves. The glass is held by a black rubber stri...

***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** RJ Horner School Carved Oak Oversized Display Vitrine C100. Measures - 100.5"H x 74"W x 23.75"D. ...

A rare etagere by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals in brushed steel (hand machined, seemless edges), with glass shelves and a single pull out drawer in a tall pyramid shape.

French Art Deco Marquetry vitrine / cabinet, buffet, rosewood, walnut, polished A magnificently refinished ebony and rosewood walnut inlaid vitrine...

Vitrine or showcase, oak, glass, copper, Europe, 1940s This wonderful Art Deco showcase is made in Europe in the 1940s and is executed in oak wood. The showcase offers plenty of sto...

Vintage arched brass shelf shelves étagères. Chrome has been polished. Glasses are originals. The width is 29.92in + 9.44in .

Large figural oak open bookcase shelf Henredon Baker decor.

Sir Robert Lorimer attributed, for Whytock and Reid Edinburgh. An Anglo-Chinese mahogany and burr walnut display cabinet with green painted and gilded wood.Literature: Savage, Peter,...

Italian Mid-Century (1950s) walnut and maple vitrine cabinet with a Pair of sliding glass doors and 2 interior shelves with a blue glass top (Attributed to VITTORIO DASSI) (Enzo Ferr...

Pair of Obelisk display Vitrines by genius French designer and iconic decorator of 1940s Andre Arbus (1903 - 1969).

Superb elegant looking Vitrine cabinet. Black high gloss top and bottom, brass uprights and eight smoked glass shelves. Nice quality. BelgoChrom Belgium 1970s two uprights have build...

Luxurious looking 1970s Romeo Rega style shelving/display in brass plated metal, smoked glass shelves and black formica finish. Your showcase pieces can be illuminated by the mean...

Giuseppe Rivadossi Tall Glazed Cabinet, Walnut, Italy, 1970s An exceptional tall glazed cabinet by the Italian sculptor and designer Giuseppe Rivadossi, featuring a high level of c...

Chestnut little buffet or side table. This cabinet is carved with motifs and a typical scene of Brittany in France. On the door a sailor in a port awaits the ships of the fishermen ...

This item is raw and sturdy. Its rugged textures and bold lines define that radical character. Its presence is uncompromising and captivating. Signs of age, patina, and the traces o...

Pharmacy Shop Display Cabinet, Turkey Sponge This charming Victorian shop display cabinet is made in plate glass, the top section has a “D” sha...

Slender Art Deco Vitrine made in the 1920s, Argentina. Rectangular frame sitting atop tapered legs. Original glass frame and door. Mirrored back. Four glass shelves. Original hardwar...

A Spanish Colonial vitrine cabinet from the 20th century in walnut with scalloped base and reeded sides and door. Original lock with key. Original glass. and lead solders. The upper ...

American Victorian Country antique white painted apothecary-style cabinet with 24 pigeon hole shelves

A Dramatic and striking Mastercraft burl wood and glass curio display cabinet with gold veined mirror back, arched and finely beveled window pane...

Art Deco, in cerused oak, the upper part is opening by a bronze framed glass door. The upper inside part with glass shelf is lighted from the top. Locked with an adorable small bron...

A large carved walnut display case, velvet lined, with three glass shelves, and two internal lights, English, circa 1910.

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...

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...

Pair of Vitrines in pine with sliding glass doors. Designed by Maa. Mogens Koch in the 1930,s. Perfect for wall mounting also. Edited by Rud Rasmussen cabinet makers in the 1960s ....

1930s Hanging Display Case in Turned Wood and Glass with Rounded Forms