Early 1900s Vitrines

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The top of this cabinet is inlaid with ebony and boxwood banding. The cabinet section has glass windows on all four sides that have shaped framing. The single drawer below the cabine...

This was most likely an old turn of the century French store fitting or display cabinet. Our old plank restoration department thoroughly restored the ca...

Typical Tuscan showcase, rustic Italian, in fir, consisting of base and riser. Honey color. In ancient times the piece of furniture had been painted green and about 30 years ago it w...

A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style 'Belle Époque' Ormolu Mounted and Kingwood Parquetry Single-Door Bombé Vitrine Display Cabinet, by Alexandre Hugnet (French, active la...

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...

Rowntree’s Sweet shop display cabinet Advertising Shop Display Cabinet the cabinet has a rather grand carved cornice with a mirrored Royal Appointment sign and Chocolates in Gold and Silver The Glass on the front of the cabinet is painted and etched with Rowntree’s Chocolates Makers...

A very fine French 19th/20th century Louis XVI style mahogany, kingwood and tulipwood parquetry three-door vitrine with ormolu-mounted floral wreaths, ribbons, female masks and centr...

Beautiful antique French brass table vitrine with the most lovely patina. The display cabinet is from renowned manufacturer Siegel of Paris and has 1 adjustable glass shelf. No key!

Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty Sign: E. Dienst- Paris (Dienst 86 St. Antoine Paris) Year: 1900 Country: French You want to live in the golden years, this is the bookcase that your...

This incredibly beautiful table display case is an original from the Art Nouveau period in France in the 1900s. The exceptionally high quality of the showcase is reflected in the w...

1900s Counter Top Sweet Shop Display Cabinet This glazed Shop Display Cabinet it has advertising banners painted across the top and bottom at the front, these are in the classic ...

This is a masterpiece of English design and construction. The paint decoration is absolutely fantastic and richly done. The condition of the satinwood case and the the finish are imp...

A wooden vitrine created in Spain circa 1900. Glowing with a historical luster, this tall and slender display cabinet dazzles with its time-earned details and painstakingly carved il...

Waring & Gillows attributed a good quality Arts & Crafts oak bookcase with flaring cornice, ebony and fruitwood inlay to the top and the centre, with glazed and leaded doors...

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 ...

Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982..If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button ...

Piero Zen, son of Carlo Zen (1851-1918), was one of the most important designers and manufacturers of Art Nouveau furniture in Italy. His activity - the factory was located in via St...

A very fine 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and gilt metal mounted rosewood vitrine cabinet with malachite tops, by Pierre E. Guerin (1843-1911), in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single-glazed front door tri-level vitrine 'Meuble d'Appui' cabinet fitted with three sectional malachite veneer tops (later) and glazed beveled-glass panels on the sides, surmounted with gilt-bronze and gilt-metal ornamental mounts with playful Putti amongst vines and leaves, ribbons, musical instruments, flowers, torches, masks, wreaths and acanthus, all raised on six fluted and tapered legs with gilt-bronze ring fittings and sabots. The apron mounts with a polychromed Verde-green background. The mounts marked 'P.E. Guerin 527 and other numerals. The interior with two glass shelves and a recent green velvet paneling. Circa: New York, 1890-1900. The marks on the bronze of this cabinet are from Pierre E. Guerin (1843-1911), who established his New York foundry in 1864 providing mounts for renowned cabinet makers such as Leon Marcotte and Pottier and Stymus...

A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Three-Door Vitrine Commode 'Meuble d'appui with a Brêche Violette Marble Top, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The interior of the vitrine with three glass shelves, lined with a burgundy broque fabric and a mirror backing, flanked by a pair of side doors, each fitted with a pair of mahogany...

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

A fine French, 19th-20th century Louis XV style mahogany and gilt bronze-mounted Vitrine by Haentges Freres. The single door cabinet surmounted with or...

France / 1900 / display case / oak, glass / mid-century A large display case made in wood with 3 glass compartments. Made in France around 1900. Beautiful patine and old layers of ...

Beautiful antique mahogany counter / display case with curved glass. Equipped with adjustable shelf and 4 doors. Entirely in good and completely origi...

A Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood vitrine with marble top, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door cabinet fitted w...

Art Nouveau Display Cabinet, Gilded Bronze with Floral Theme, France, circa 1900. Immerse yourself in the timeless elegance of Art Nouveau with this exceptional display cabinet craf...

Black painted set glass case and Mirror circa 1900s mirror is sold so only Glass Curio Display . USA continental in home delivery 2-4 weeks $300

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...

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...

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...

Italian Renaissance style display cabinet of 1900 original in hand-carved solid ebonized fir, with two original glass doors of the time. Patinated cream white color. Three internal ...

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...

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...

Italian Louis XV style chinoiserie and gilt decorated display cabinet with a concave glass door, circa 1900. The decoration on the lower rig...

A very fine French Louis XV style ormolu and jasperware-mounted mahogany single door vitrine, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The two upper front corners surmounted with or...

This statuesque vitrine crafted in France in the early 20th century impresses with the unique patchy texture of the original patina that accentuates bold outlines of the chest: the r...

Sn4481 Stunning Edwardian, mahogany and inlaid china cabinet, having shaped and inlaid upstand, moulded cornice above neoclassical inlays to fri...

This is a stunning 1900s era (1890-1920) vitrine or collector's cabinet designed in the manner of Adam Weisweiler one of France's best known cabinetmak...

Gorgeous and Elegant display cabinet in mahogany wood, original from the English Edwardian period. The furniture of this period achieves great simplicity of lines and a very sober an...

Sn4248 Edwardian mahogany display table of shaped outline, having hinged lid with bevelled edge glass and original working lock enclosing crushed velvet interior, all standing on cabriole legs terminating in sabots. This antique display table...

A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, in manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The u...

A French Louis XVI Style "Belle Époque" Mahogany and gilt bronze Mounted Sever Exhibition Vitrine with Marble Top. The three-sided cabinet with twin front glass doors below a pair of apron drawers, the interior with a single curved glass shelf...

A fine and unusual English 19th century Edwardian style painted satinwood and silver-mounted two-door side cabinet with a twin-front-doors and a single apron drawer. The doors, sides...

A very fine French Louis XVI style Belle Époque gilt bronze and carved verde green and parcel-gilt exhibition vitrine display cabinet with side doors, circa 1900, Paris. Measures:...

Antique Swedish Arts & Crafts wall cabinet with hand-painted tiles will make a charming addition to your decor, especially the powder room! The casework was fashioned from solid oak,...

Introducing the unique custom-made shop window, the 1900 Art Nouveau bar It has been cleaned to the bare veneer, disinfected and hand finished with a high gloss shellac varnish. ...

This pair of shop display cabinets were made from pine with faux oak paint The cabinets have glass on all sides and a door with a brass knob on the back.

This is a fantastic English-made Edwardian vitrine made of walnut and satinwood. The cabinet is in good antique condition with minor signs of age and wear but nothing significant. Th...

This is a superbly crafted English-made Adams style cabinet. The case is a two-piece case and the top section is fitted with lighting and a silk lemon yello...

A superb quality French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, satinwood and satine single door figural vitrine by the renown Parisian master craftsman and cabinet...

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 ...

A Secessionist style Arts and Crafts mahogany display cabinet with two upper beveled glass doors, and a central display cabinet with stylised flora...

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...

A very fine and large French 19th-20th century Louis XV style mahogany and ormolu-mounted Vitrine cabinet with a Veined Mint green marble top, attributed to Georges-François Alix...

A very fine French Belle Époque 19th century tulipwood and gilt bronze-mounted Vernis Martin decorated Vitrine by Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926). The single door case with a hand-painted board depicting a garden courting scene surmounted with ormolu wreaths and a banded frame. The top with a pierced gilt bronze gallery above an ormolu royal tassel trim flanked by a pair of female masks above crossed torches and flames, cross flutes, a tambourine, a pan flute, ribbons and a tassel. Raised of four cabriolet legs with corner ormolu wreaths and leaves ending with hooves, Paris, circa 1990. The back bears the original Majorelle label that reads: "Louis Majorelle, Fabrique a Nancy, 3 Rue Girardel. Depot. 56 Rue de Paradis, Paris." Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, usually known simply as Louis Majorelle, (26 September 1859 – 15 January 1926) was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste. He was one of the outstanding designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style, and after 1901 formally served as one of the vice-presidents of the École de Nancy. The Majorelle firm's factory was designed by famous École de Nancy architect Lucien Weissenburger (1860 – 1929) and located at 6, rue du Vieil-Aître in the western part of Nancy. In the 1880s Majorelle turned out pastiches of Louis XV furniture styles...

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...

A Fine and Large French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Three-Corps Vitrine Cabinet. The converted three door display case with twin bombé (rounded)...

This bookcase was produced by F.Soennecken in the Germany around 1900. It features 3 stackable large compartments with cut glass sliding doors. The interior dimensions of the compart...