18th Century Tuscan Wardrobe

Patinated armoire with hand painted design and original key. Made in Tuscany, circa 19th century.    

Patinated armoire with hand painted design and original key. Made in Tuscany, circa 19th century.

Pine Lovö cabinet with iron details by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet. Made in Sweden, circa 1932.   

19th century console table in black lacquered wood. Made in China circa 19th century.

19th century patinated wood library/refectory table. Made in France, circa 1850s.

Rare “Pernilla” Chaise Longue with wheels by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson. Made in Sweden circa 1940s. Retains original label Firma Karl Ma...

Original Baroque wardrobe from the late 18th century. It was made in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. The wardrobe features an original fittings, original Baroque lock. The wardr...

Impressive Dutch "Kussenkast" cabinet, very contemporary in its simplicity, made of oak, veneer and ebony. Large cornice. Lion head decor. Keyhole concealed behind a central slidin...

Northern German Baroque cabinet from the late 18th century. Walnut veneered on oak. Ebonized head strip and profile strips on the base. Two-door body standing on 5 feet with bevelled corners. Profiled base with large drawer. Curved, blown gable with center console. Original lock and key. Partly restored. Newer door...

This big Baroque wardorbe from Germany is made 1747. This cabinet is made of solid oak with walnut fillings in the doors. All locks, fittings and the key are original. The cabinet i...

A beautiful antique German cabinet that was in the German state of Westphalia circa 1750. The cabinet has two doors with raised panels and ele...

Early 18th Century French Louis XIV / Régence Marquetry Armoire or Wardrobe The rectangular Louis XIV Régence armoire or wardrobe with rounded corners standing on a short base with bracket feet and curved apron with gilt-bronze Apollo head mount; the two doors can be opened by a Pasquil lock to reveal the inside with four removable shelves. The doors decorated with gilt-bronze framed rectangular cartouches displaying elaborate trellis pattern marquetry and gilt-bronze paterea mounts at the corners; the inner sides of the doors each with a large marqueted rhomb motif; the sides of the armoire with quatre-foil mirrored marquetry. Rich gilt-bronze banding, the upper corners and the bracket feet at the front with Louis XIV style gilt- bronze foliage appliques. Although this exceptional Louis XIV / Régence armoire or wardrobe does not bear a stamp (stamping furniture only became commonplace after 1745), its shape, its quality of manufacture and its luxurious yet well-balanced use of Louis XIV/Régence gilt-bronze mounts on an elaborate geometrical marquetry all lead to the workshop of the important cabinet maker Etienne Doirat (1675-1732). Étienne Doirat came from a family of cabinet makers that had been established in Paris from the beginning of the 1600s. Doirat only began to stamp his furniture at the end of his career, and accordingly only few pieces bear his stamp and can serve as comparison pieces for newly discovered pieces of furniture. He constructed various furniture forms, including commodes, armoires, corner cupboards, and tables, often veneered with simple marquetry in exotic woods. Although he did not do the casting, chasing and gilding, Doirat tried to keep exclusive control over the models for his bronze furniture mounts...