French Faux Bamboo Armoires, a Pair

A 19th Century French faux bamboo vitrine or wall cabinet made of pitch pine with turned cherry wood details and finials. Glass paned door with thr...

An early 20th Century French Louis XV style mahogany armoire with carved crown and corner details. The door, once mirrored, has newly gold painted steel wire grillage. The wood panel...

An 18th Century French Provincial miniature sample armoire from the Burgundy region. Made of walnut and burl of oak with pine as a secondary wood. A rare early armoire, nicely crafted with subtle carved details and beautiful wood grain to the burl panels. Bottom dovetailed drawer is lined with tin compartments. Original brass hardware. Lock and keys in working condition. Waxed patina. Hooks have been added so that it may be hung as a small wall cabinet...

A 19th century Louis XV style French armoire, or wardrobe, from the Loire Valley. Made of solid cherry with scroll carving on the door panels and simple carved details at the top and...

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...

Limed oak two door armoire. Height 210 cm. Width 127 cm. Depth 64 cm.

French Art Deco armoire made of amboyna burl with marquetry and inlaid mother-of-pearl. Large rectangular mirrored center door and two large si...

19th Century French Faux Bamboo Armoire recalls the heady days of the Belle Epoque, a period in France of enviable prosperity and burgeoning of the arts. This style was born from an...