Wardrobes and Armoires

Main suite set from the liner Giulio Cesare launched in 1920 in Palermo with first voyage from Genoa in 1922. Completely fitted out by the Ducrot firm of Palermo. Excellent cabinetry...

Beautiful hand-carved 18th-century French hutch.

18th Century French walnut armoire with doors strongly moulded in many curves and counter-curves. The “chapeau de gendarme” cornice richly carved f...

Early 18th century French walnut bonnetiere or small wardrobe armoire. Beautiful patina of walnut, original finish, one door with nice original carvings. Great size.   

A stunning 18th century walnut Dutch armoire. The large angular crown with stepped moulding, above two tall solid cross banded panelled doors separated and flanked by pilaster columns with shaped mouldings to the base and carvings to the top. One key operates the locking right door and acts as a pull. The left door latches from the inside to keep it in place when closed. Just behind the doors are three shelves and two drawers. The base with a repeat shape as the top cornice. The whole is supported by 4 large bun feet. The detail continues with two cross banded panelled sides with soft curved corners. Throughout its long life, the wood finish has acquired a patina that is simply amazing and has an undeniable antique quality. Impeccable craftsmanship. This elegant and richly walnut armoire from The Netherlands will be a great acquisition for contemporary or traditional interiors. Great quality. A good piece of 18th century Dutch antique furniture...

Unique, Massive Wardrobe from the 2nd Half of the 18th Century We present you a three-leaf piece of furniture with two drawers in the bottom section ...

A most impressive Italian 17th century dark patinated walnut Deux-Corps armoire. The armoire is raised by ball feet at the front, below the moulded straight apron. Above are 2 paneled doors...

An exceptional and extremely high quality, mid 18th century circa. 1750, French Louis XVI Period Normandy marriage armoire in dark Oak. The armoire w...

A beautiful Art Deco display cabinet from a former Haute Couture Dress store, suitable for hanging long dresses or coats also very effective for exhibiting...

An absolutely outstanding and exceptional Armoire A' Quatre Portes - 4 door Armoire from the Dolomite region of Italy. Expertly crafted with 4 doors and...

Very rare antique closet dating from the Rococo period of the 1700s, made of walnut wood with brass details, very elegant, fine Italian manufacture. The antique closet is totally made of the finest walnut wood. The base is supported by 4 square feet, placed diagonally, which create a very fine angle. Their workmanship is reminiscent of that of capitals, given the curly detail present on each of them. The wooden base supports the central body of the cabinet composed of a clear glass display case, set into the wood. On the frame is a brass lock. Inside the display case we find a storage space also complete with two drawers below. A brass bar in patina is present. The centerpiece of the closet is its top: it is finely crafted through shapely and sinuous decorations. There are 4 ornamental capitals, one for each corner of the cabinet, also placed diagonally. The top is decorated with a finely worked and curved frieze, also made of walnut wood. On the two front capitals are two decorative wooden structures, reminiscent of those on an ancient cup...

Early oak Welsh wardrobe/armoire 18th century Livery tack, Harness Hall cupboard Bought in the South of England, this is a character rich early oak Welsh wardrobe used in fine houses for storage of livery, tack and harnesses - an early "mud room...

French Provencal closet, walnut wood, 1.60 cm wide at the body, 1.80 at the hat. Top quality wood, remains well proportioned even though it has huge measures. Present only one shel...

A very handsome French 18th century Louis XVI period honey oak armoire. The armoire is raised on bun feet with four doors and 4 interior shelves. Each panele...

This is a gorgeous Italian Armoire from Venice that’s been beautifully painted pale blue and creamy grey. It’s completely outfitted inside with two drawers, a rod for hanging and she...

Outstanding 18th century French carved burl walnut four door armoire from Lyon. This stunning piece has so many functions. It could be a wonderful co...

18th century English oak display cabinet with originals glasses panels.

A grand-scale, paneled, two door, single drawer, clipped corner, hand-carved and painted armoire with rustic finish. The piece in rich shades of green and indigo. The interior contai...

French Louis XV bonnetiere / single door armoire with carved paneled door and lower drawer on cabriole feet.

Grand 18th Century Country French Buffet a Deux Corps in Stripped Oak was rendered from dense, old-growth oak, and features a stately presence with a staid architectural form that em...

An exceptional French 18th century Louis XIV period two-door Oak armoire with extremely fine carvings of flowers, garlands, and at the top, carvings of a face. All original hardware.

18th Century country French Armoire from Normandie is a stunning study in whimsical naturalism, executed in old-growth indigenous oak by the master artisans of the storied region! A ...

Closed in walnut from the 17th century with diamond tip Very beautiful front closet which has the Maltese cross on their top and bottom panels which is rare It is in perfect condit...

Elegant lines and a wealth of charming details gives this antique cabinet a perennial freshness. Made in France in the 1780s, the wood has retained its original finish — a rich aubur...

Small French buffet with two bodies from the 17th century. This old cabinet in carved walnut wood from the Louis XIII period has four doors, four d...

A fine French 18th century Louis XV period walnut 'Deux Corps', mounted with all of its original hardware. The bottom is raised by cabriole legs and has two doors above a scalloped a...

As soon as 1540 France's second Renaissance is in the making, intimately linked to the rediscovery of the Antique world. The development of the printing and engraving industry allows the spread of artworks and models in many cities and countries. The Italian influence can be perceived in every artistic field. While the French king entrust the most talented Italian artists with major projects such as Il Rosso or Primaticcio in Fontainebleau, French artists also travel to Italy to form themselves to this new style. In Italy they get acquainted with the work of Leo Battista Alberti the first to theorize perspective (De Pictura, 1435-36) and architecture (De re oedificatoria, 1541). Those two publications would have a revolutionary impact on arts. Furniture is marked by the work of the most famous Italian architects of the time as well as French architects. Indeed Philibert de l'Orme competes with Alberti and by the end of his life publishes several treaties including one devoted to a theory of architecture (1567). Unfortunately he would not live to complete the second volume. In this treaty he expresses his interest for mathematical norms applied to architecture, copied from the Antique. His journeys in Italy allowed him to accumulate the most sophisticated references. Jean Bullant, another architect of great talent also theorizes his practice. He establishes rules characterizing Greco-Roman art staying faithful to Vitruvius. Following this new inspiration the structure of furniture evolves. From then on appear columns, capitals, cornices, friezes and architraves. The ornamentation uses this inspiration as well with egg-and-dart, palm leaf and rose adorning the most beautiful pieces. In Lyon, crossroad where meet merchants from everywhere those new experiments are welcomed. Lyon florishing printing industry allows the spreading of models and treaties essential to the artist's work. Thus the first publication of Vitruvius' De Architectura in France would be printed in Lyon in 1532. Artists from Lyon rediscover and familiarize themselves with the Antique knowledge very early. They adopt those new ideas and use them in their own creations. Lyon cabinet-makers re interpret Antique architecture and Italian Renaissance palaces to give their pieces a pure and harmonious architectural structure. Grooved pilasters are particularly favored. They are topped by capitals of diverse orders always respecting the sequencing with simpler ones for the lower levels and the richest ones on the higher levels. As for the ornamentation, one of the great distinctiveness of Lyon workshops remains the architectural perspective illusions, drawing inspiration from Tuscany. True masterpiece of the Second French Renaissance this important cabinet illustrates Lyon workshops' taste for fine Italian architecture inspired by Antiquity. An architectural perspective of great quality is treated in symmetry on each panel. This two-bodied cabinet without recess stands on four rectangular feet. The base comprises a molding, a palm leaf frieze and is bordered by a braid. The lower body is divided by three grooved pilasters with Tuscan capitals framing two door-leaves. The two panels are encircled by a moudled frame with palm leaves. They are finely carved with a decor of fantasized architecture depicting an Italian Renaissance palace erected symmetrically on each side of a grooved pilaster. On the ground floor a door opens through a stilted arch while the stories are opened with mullioned windows, dormers and occuli. Two large pegged-boss cladded pillars support the entablature enriched by a palm leaf frieze upon which stands an arch whose coffered intrados is centred by a rose. Behind this arch a pyramid appears, standing in front of a second facade with a window topped by a broken curvilinear pediment under a cul-de-four with a shell. The checker flooring gives depth to the low-reliefs creating vanishing points structuring the panels and guiding the eye of the observer. A thin laurel braid highlights the belt of the cabinet where are located two drawers. Their facades are adorned by palm leaves in hoops. The upper body is encircled with palm leaves. The same ternary division as in the lower body appears. However, the pilasters are topped by Ionic capitals with volutes and egg-and-dart. The door-leaves are framed with flowers. On the panels the artist has designed another architectural decor. On the foreground open two arches on top of grooved pilasters with rectangular capitals adorned with palm leaves. The arches are enriched with braids and the coffered intrados bears a decor of roses. The spandrels also bear a flower decor. In the background another arcature hosts a fluted grooved column topped with double basket acanthus capital, characteristic of Corinthian order. The triangular pediment is interrupted by a choux bourguignon. A large cornice crowns the cabinet. It stands on pilasters and forms an entablature comprising a palm leaf frieze and an egg-and-dart, triglyph and palm leaf cornice. The cabinet's sides have also been carefully considered. The lower body's panels are enriched with an arch rising above a broken pediment portico hosting a twisted column. Flowers garnish the spandrels. An architectural facade completes the decor. The upper body's panels present two arches supported by a facade opened with dormers and mullioned windows as well as cartouches (one bears the inscription 1580 dating the cabinet) suggesting the interior of an Italian Renaissance palace, confirmed by the chandeliers. The flooring leads our gaze to a second arch with a broken curvilinear pediment where stands a flower vase. This arch opens onto a perspective of another facade along a road. Inside the cabinet, on the lower body door-leaves appear two designs. On the right door is depicted a Crucifixion. Saint Mary and Saint John flank the Christ on the cross. In the bottom part is inscribed « Dure uiator abis nihil haec spectacula curas / Pendenti cum sis unica cura Deo. / Tota suo moriente dolet natura Magistro. / Nil qui solus eras caussa dolenda doles. ». The signature [Christoff Swartz Monachiensis pinx[it] / Ioa[nnes] Sadeler sculp[it]] tells us it was made by Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after Christoph Schwartz (1548-1592). This engraving belongs to an ensemble depicting the Passion of Christ Johan Sadeler executed in 1589 after an altar piece painted by Christoph Schwartz for the private chapel of Renée of Loraine, wife of Duke William V of Bavaria. This altar piece made of nine copper panels has been destroyed during the 19th century. The Crucifixion panel once in the centre of the altar piece is the only one that survived and is today kept in Munich's Alte Pinakothek. On the left door appears Saint Francis receiving the stigmata. The inscription says : « Signastidomine Servum Tuum. Franciscum. Signis Redemptionis Nostrae ». This Renaissance cabinet with an architectural decor appearing as much in the structure faithful to Antique rules...

Italian, bergamasque wardrobe in solid walnut, made in the 17th century, measuring 240 x 165 x 65 cm, refined and elegant in every part including the superb construction of the hat. ...

a fine and largewardrobe from the city Namur in Belgium from the 18th century in the Louis XIV style Very beautiful work in relief on the doors Rare Louis XIV wardrobe with a c...

C1750 18thC French Provincial Carved Oak Buffet De Corps Measures: W130 x D50 x H217 cm.  

Original lock and key This piece of furniture shows no recess on its upper part. It opens with four folding-doors and two drawers within the belt. The key bears the date 1524 above cross motifs. Burgundy and Lyon regions subordinated themselves to architecture in a different manner than the other french schools. Rather than using particularly columns and pediments pieces of furniture from Lyon borrow architecture’s organization principles and rigorous designs. On the upper body a strong feeling of balance and symmetry appears with the folding doors reliefs. Swags of flowers and fruits held with knot cloth centered by a man seating on his arms. Here profiles, masks and chou de Bourgogne mingle with the structuring scrolls. The two lateral terms wear draperies and the goddess Diana in the center wears a belt of fruits similar to Hugue Sambin’s designs (Termes de Diane et de Venus, 1554, BNF). The two palm-leaves enriched drawers and the alternating scrolls belt balance the weight of the cornice with its alternatings consoles and tops. The lower body is also adorned by three terms with a feminine one in the center, all three are wearing fruits on their heads. The folding doors are centered upon a motif of cut cuirs by a mask in high relief. Wearing a feathered tiara...

Original 18th century Liège wardrobe. Rare version in cherry wood. Dismountable corpus with sloping rounded pilasters and heavy cornice with cranked profile. Two doors hung on ext...

18th century French Provincial Bonnetiere, likely Brittany, a stepped crown over a single door with large exposed hinges, a lower drawer, raised on with a wide stepped base, the fron...

Typical of Ile-de-France furniture from the early 1700’s, this walnut armoire has unadorned panels, allowing the beautiful, curved moldings to take prominence. The walnut wood has be...

This Renaissance Cabinet reveals the great mastery of the Lyon workshops which are at the origin of its realization. Sculptors and wood-carvers worked here in symbiosis to express an...

Collection Jean Thuile Around the mid-sixteenth century French furnishing evolves in its conception and ornamentation. The start of major archi...

A 18th century "Hamburg Schapp". Walnut veneered on oak. In the second half of the 18th century, the first "Schapp" were created in northern Germany for the entryways of wealthy m...

This charming hand painted Swedish corner cupboard still maintains its original paint, with deep dark green panels and a traditional background in earth-toned colors with reddish bas...

A rare carved walnut wardrobe opening with four door-leaves and two drawers in the lower part. The doors bear architectural views in low reliefs, fluted pilasters and Ionic capitals. Upper Body Two door-leaves with carved architectural perspectives open the wardrobe framed by three fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. Each door-leaf depict two semi-circular arcades whose cornice and base shows a central vanishing point. Likewise the pavement’s lines act for the artisan as a way to create depth. The vaulting instead leads us to think the vanishing point has to be situated where the handle is, between the two complementaries reliefs. The elegant moulded belt hides an internal secret space, accessible through a moveable plank in the upper body. Lower Body Two door-leaves identical to those of the upper body framed by three fluted pilasters with Doric capitals. The base of the wardrobe opens with two large drawers. The sides also bear panels depicting architectural perspectives. The external pilasters share their Ionic capital with the facade’s pilasters. Thus we can observe on the wardrobe’s sides the capital’s lateral parts with the elegant volute specific to the Ionic order. This palace wardrobe is topped by an overlapping cornice standing on three consoles for the facade and two consoles on each sides. Placed right above the pilasters each console are adorned by fully expanded leaves. During the 15th century a major interest for architecture and perspective studies arises and influences patrons tastes. The work of great theorists such as Leon Battista Alberti...

This interesting oak cabinet of germanic workmanship is a wedding furniture. The cabinet rests on a molded base, opens with two doors located on e...

Antique Tyrolean (Northern Italy) carved wardrobe, mid-18th century Measures: H. 187cm, L. 156cm, P. 60cm Wardrobe with two doors and two drawers, notched, in fir wood. The front is slightly convex, a typical process in the area of?? Origin of this wardrobe. The whole surface is embellished with carvings with baroque cartouche...

Dutch Chippendale burl walnut bombay graduated three-drawer linen press with serpentine carved floral cartouche, flanking foliage hinged doors,...

This is a fine French Louis XV fruitwood armoire. There is a shaped cornice over wide frieze with ornamental carving and two long doors with beveled...

This bleached oak armoire was made in the Netherlands, circa 1780. It features an ornamented crest, popular in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Dutch furniture, with a scallop shell...

German baroque cabinet made of oak. Around 1780. Probably from the Aachen area. Wax polished 2-door body standing on ball feet with bevelled corners and profiled base with 2 drawe...

Circa 1780s. This antique trunk is made of oak wood, originates from France. Hand carved detailing along the bottom portion of the trunk.

With strong internal shelves, this piece sacrifices nothing to absolutely maximize storage while maintaining a graceful and elegant aesthetic. Created in the early 20th century, the armoire combines sinuous curves with more geometric lines; a style iconic of the Jugendstil movement which creates a sense of dynamism and movement. Other "key" details include period brass escutcheons/pulls, exterior mirror...

French wardrobe Louis XVI style cherrywood armoire In wealthy families, wardrobes were given as gifts to newlyweds. They contained all the household linen for future years. The speci...

A fine and rare 18th century two-part George II mahogany secretaire linen press, circa 1750-1760. England. Attributed to Giles Grendey. The de...

The French custom of a father's gift to his newborn daughter was the crafting or purchase of an armoire carved with symbols of plenty and happiness, which stored her trousseau to use in her own home once she married. This beautifully hand carved, two-door, French wedding armoire...

This large, elegant antique "bonnetiere" (one-door armoire) would make a beautiful addition to any living room or bedroom! Crafted in the Perigord region of France circa 1750, the si...

This grand, monumental armoire is derived from the chateaux region of the Loire Valley of France. The region includes notable palaces including Cham...

Original 18th century French solid walnut two-door armoire. This traditional French armoire has wonderful proportions. It is an armoire from the region of Dole (Jura) late 17th / ear...

Provencal style wardrobe. Walnut wood and root, wrought iron fittings. Century XVIII. Top trim missing. Double-door wardrobe with a drawer in the lower part raised on two legs in ...

This armoire has exposed double pegged construction. The hinges are original and escutcheons are later. Each door has shaped raised panels framed with carved molding. The feet are la...

Large late 18th-century Louis XVI style armoire or cabinet from France. Made of solid oak and waxed. Circa from the end of the 18th century. Body, with rounded corners, partially car...

A fine wardrobe from Normandy of the 18th century in oak Louis XV-France Superb cabinet of very good quality with a pear and lemon wood inlay in the top The wardrobe is temporari...

French Provincial (18th Century) two door large scale armoire in walnut with original hardware and shield, bird, and foliate carving on cornice.