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Material: Walnut
Art Deco Hexagonal Top wardrobe
Located in Barnstaple, GB
A truly beautiful Art Deco Wardrobe with hexagonal top. A lovely warm honey colour with striking burr walnut inlaid motif to the centre, segmented inlay to the upper section accentua...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
Antique 18th Century French Carved Walnut 2 Door Bonnetiere Armoire Cabinet 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique French Louis XIII style carved walnut bonnetiere armoire circa 1780.
The bonnetiere of unusual diminutive form, having a simple ogee shaped crown with twin doors below...
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1780s French Louis XIII Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis Philippe Solid Walnut Wood Antique Large Wardrobe
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this spectacular antique wardrobe in solid walnut wood, made in the mid-19th century in Italy, Louis Philippe period.
This wardrobe is very rare for its large size, equip...
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1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Outstanding Quality Large Antique Figured Walnut Floral Marquetry Inlay Wardrobe
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality large antique Victorian figured walnut floral marquetry inlaid wardrobe
having an outstanding quality figured walnut floral marquetry inlaid carved cornice above...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Modern Lane 5 Drawer 2 door Walnut tall Wardrobe Chrome legs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare Mid-Century Modern Lane patchwork walnut and rosewood Wardrobe dresser Armoire circa 1970s well built. Has 2 center front cabinet doors with 2 Interior drawers behind them. Has ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Chrome
$2,160 Sale Price
40% Off
Gaetano Borsani for Atelier di Varedo Wardrobe or Higboard
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gaetano Borsani for Atelier di Varedo - Gaetano Borsani, wardrobe, walnut burl, brass, mirrored glass, metal, linoleum, Milan, Italy, 1930
An exceptional armoire designed by Gaetan...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Metal, Brass
Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Style Walnut Armoirette or Wardrobe
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This small scale early nineteenth century French walnut armoirette or wardrobe features hand pegged paneled sides and doors. The piece is crowned with a multi-beveled cornice. Its tw...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Iron
Florentino Black Cabinet With Colourfully Painted Interior - IN STOCK
By Brett Paulin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Elevate your space with the luxurious Florentino Black Cabinet. Expertly crafted from premium figured maple, white oak, and walnut woods, this hand made armoire is a stunning piece o...
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2010s Canadian Bohemian Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Oak, Walnut
Antique 19th C. French Louis XV Walnut Carved 3 Door Mirrored Wardrobe Armoire
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful antique 19th Century French Knockdown Armoire / Wardrobe. Features a walnut frame with three large beveled glass mirrored doors The cabinet opens to a large central are...
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19th Century Louis XV Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Skyscraper tallboy
Located in Barnstaple, GB
A beautiful figured walnut Art Deco skyscraper Tallboy dating to 1930. The 4 deep, graduated drawers run smoothly and boast beautiful white phenolic bar handles with chrome supports ...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Burr walnut double wardrobe
Located in Barnstaple, GB
Here is an opportunity to acquire a wonderful burr walnut Art Deco wardrobe, in immaculate condition having recently been refurbished in our workshops. This wonderful example feature...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
A matching pair of Art Deco Pale Walnut Wardrobes in the style Epstein
Located in Barnstaple, GB
A truly stunning pair of matching Art Deco wardrobes in the style of Epstein. These beautiful wardrobes have fabulous pale highly figured bu...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Small two-door wardrobe by Italo Gamberini
By Italo Gamberini
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2833
Italo Gamberini (1907-1990)
Small two-door wardrobe with geometric motif on the front.
Custom made for a villa in Como.
Italian manufacture, 1940.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
English Art Deco Smaller Blonde Walnut Triple Breakfront Wardrobe, C1930
Located in Barnstaple, GB
For your consideration is this very impressive looking Art Deco three door triple wardrobe of smaller dimensions and is absolutely stunning, inside and out!. Dating to the 1930's the...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Beautiful Asymetric Art Deco Triple Wardrobe with Royal Provenance
Located in Barnstaple, GB
We are delighted to be able to offer you this wonderful triple asymmetric Art Deco Wardrobe veneered in birdseye maple and dating to the 1930’s and with a Royal connection. This fine...
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1920s European Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
French 18th Century Solid Walnut Armoire
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French carved, solid walnut armoire built in the Louis XV period. A Chapeau de Gendarme cornice tops the body of the armoire. Two solid walnut d...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Small Biedermeier Wardrobe, Walnut, Southern Germany, circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Small antique Biedermeier wardrobe
Southwest Germany
Walnut
Biedermeier circa 1830
Dimensions: H x W x D: 171 x 99 x 52 cm
Description:
Two-door piece of furniture standing on rou...
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Fine Biedermeier Walnut Armoire. Vienna, c. 1825.
Located in Vienna, AT
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We would like to offer you this truly exquisite, early Biedermeier walnut armoire. The piece was made in Vienna circa 1825.
Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sop...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Wardrobe in Walnut, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Two-door Biedermeier wardrobe featuring paneled doors and a chevron-patterned center stile with mirror-matched walnut veneer. The rich, symmetrical grain emphasizes the elegant propo...
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1830s Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Antique 18th Century Louis XV French Provincial Burl Chestnut Walnut Armoire
Located in Portland, OR
A good tall antique French Provincial chestnut & walnut Louis XV armoire, circa 1790.
The armoire with a removeable cornice and a ribbed gallery to the front and sides, the armoire w...
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Chestnut, Walnut, Burl
French A Deco Dressing Armoire Beveled Mirror Many Drawers & Shelves, circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
French three doors cabinet. A bevelled mirror on the central door.
Mahogany veneer and brass. 11 drawers in the two part sides. Two of the little drawers can be locked.
Made circa 1...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
French Empire 19th Century Walnut Armoire
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An impressive French Empire armoire built in the 1800’s. The pronounced cornice makes a statement above the pair of paneled and carved doors all ...
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19th Century French Other Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass, Steel
Tobago Brutalist Mid Century Walnut Armoire Dresser
Located in Countryside, IL
Tobago Brutalist Mid Century Walnut Armoire Dresser
This armoire measures: 40 wide x 21.25 deep x 72.5 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vinta...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco "Tombstone" Walnut Men's Armoire by Raven Furniture
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1930 Art Deco Gentleman's Walnut Armoire by Raven Furniture K&T t with original key and fully working locking doors. This wardrobe features a "tombstone" front with beautifully decor...
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1920s American Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
$1,380 Sale Price
40% Off
Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Il settimanale Arcate fa parte di una collezione esclusiva che include comodini e comò, ideata dal rinomato studio milanese Accardi Buccheri per il brand MEDULUM. La scocca, realizza...
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2010s Italian Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
19th Century, Biedermeier Walnut Wardrobe
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This exquisite Biedermeier wardrobe is a true gem, showcasing the timeless beauty and elegance of a bygone era. Crafted from high-quality walnut veneer on a softwood body, this wardr...
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut, Softwood
$10,101 Sale Price
20% Off
Edward Wormley, Cabinet, Walnut, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A sizeable walnut wardrobe or cabinet designed by Edward Wormley and produced by Dunbar, Berne, Indiana, USA, c. 1950s.
Interior has glass shelving and backside has round air grids ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
French Walnut Art Deco Door with Mirror, circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
Door to be integrated into a wall cabinet. Simple yet sophisticated design, typical of the art déco style.
This door comes from an armoire.
Good condition
Shipping:
82 / 180 / ...
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1930s European Industrial Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
Original “Compactom” Art Deco Gentlemans Walnut Wardrobe
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Original “Compactom” Art Deco Gentlemans Walnut Wardrobe
This is an amazing piece it is a fully fitted Gentleman's Wardrobe, the wardrobe has 2 wide and deep doors to the front, whe...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Lane Staccato Mid Century Walnut Brutalist Highboy Armoire
Located in Countryside, IL
Lane Staccato Mid Century Walnut Brutalist Highboy Armoire
This armoire measures: 38 wide x 18.75 deep x 64.25 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restor...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Louis XIV Style Hand-Carved Walnut Armoire
Located in Chicago, IL
Louis XIV Style Walnut Armoire. Moulded crown over two-door armoire, the doors with deep diamond coffered carving, diamond carved panels to sides, on large bun feet; the interior wit...
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Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Italian Architectural Wall Unit in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall unit or wardrobe, walnut, Italy, 1970s
This striking wall unit from the 1970s reflects a bold modernist approach with an architectural appearance. Crafted from rich walnut, the...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Luciano Frigerio Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass and Walnut Wardrobe, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Designed by Luciano Frigerio, wardrobe with eleven doors in brass and walnut wood, Macassar ebony is a precious essence that is widely used in cabinet making, fine carpentry, turning...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
$15,152 Sale Price
30% Off
Restored Bauhaus Chromed Tubular Steel Wardrobe from Hynek Gottwald, 1930s
Located in Żory, PL
This Bauhaus-style wardrobe in walnut was manufactured by Hynek Gottwald in Czech Republic in the 1930s. Features three doors, two shelves and two clothes rails. The wardrobe stands ...
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Early 20th Century Bauhaus Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Steel
1970s Large Architectural Bookcase in Walnut and Smoked Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall unit, walnut, smoked glass, Italy, 1970s
This bookcase, dating from the 1970s, embodies a quietly assertive modernist ethos with a distinctly architectural sensibility. Crafted...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Early 19th Century French Country Armoire Linen Press Wardrobe Cabinet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning early French country walnut armoire linen press wardrobe cabinet, featuring carved provincial details and a customized interior ...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Teak Wardrobe from Uniflex, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
A freestanding double door teak wardrobe from Uniflex - designed by Gunther Hoffstead
Made during the 1960s
Fitted out with a clothes rail the full width
The style of this wardrobe ...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Teak, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Bonnetiere, Armoire
Located in Carmel, CA
Louis XV walnut bonnetiere with original lock and decorative face plate, hinges and key. This handsome one door cabinet has a recessed panel with scrolls, wheat and cricket detail. T...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
1860s Austrian Biedermeier Wardrobe Cupboard in Walnut, Polished to Wax
By Vienna School of Arts and Crafts
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Elegant 1860s Biedermeier wardrobe cupboard in walnut with hand-carved parts. Recovered in Villach, in the beautiful Alpine region of Austria, a tourist area full of lakes. Restored...
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1870s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Italian Last 19th Century Neoclassic Wardrobe Cupboard in Carved Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important antique neoclassic wardrobe cupboard in hand-carved solid walnut with mirror and drawers. Restored and polished to wax
Measures cm: H 222, W 236, D 80.
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1890s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Vintage Art Deco Style Wardrobe, 1940s
Located in South Shields, GB
An Art Deco style mahogany wardrobe, circa 1940s
Featuring a hanging rail and a shelves
The piece stands on Queen Anne style feet
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1940s British Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Renaissance Palace Wardrobe with Perspectival Views
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Armoire Dresser by Lane “Pueblo Line”
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A stunning vintage Lane “Pueblo” Brutalist Armoire Dresser, designed in the iconic mid-century modern brutalist style, In the style of Paul Evans. This highly collectible piece featu...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Art Deco Style Burr Walnut Wardrobe, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
An Art Deco style walnut wardrobe - circa 1950's -
With an beautifully fitted out interior for plenty of storage.
There's a hanging rail, a pull out hanging rail, shelves, drawers a...
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1950s British Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th Century Small, Single-Door Biedermeier Wardrobe, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Small Biedermeier Wardrobe
Austria
Walnut
Biedermeier circa 1830
Dimensions: H x W x D: 165 x 91 x 45 cm
Description:
Very small, single-door cabinet from the Austrian Biedermeier...
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1830s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Paul McCobb 4 Drawer Cabinet on Brass Base
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb rare 4 drawer dresser Irwin Collection by Calvin- Irwin Collection. Walnut Chest on a brass base. In wonderful original condition showing nice grain patterns an...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XVI Armoire
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut armoire from France. The arched crown is wonderfully molded and sits atop a grand case. The doors have arches at the top, and are raised paneled with central ov...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
1930s Bauhaus Wardrobe in Walnut, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Item has been carefully refurbished and finished with renover oil
- Chrome plated legs in good original condition with some signs of use
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th Century Walnut Wood Antique Large Wardrobe Four Doors
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Antique italian wardrobe in solid walnut wood made in late 19th century. This truly spectacular wardrobe is very rare due to its large dimensions equipped with four doors. The interi...
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1880s Italian Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Gothic Style Walnut Entry Wardrobe with Five hangers and carvings
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Gothic Style Walnut wardrobe with Five hangers and carvings
The doors features heads and symbols from gentlemen of this period.
The original iron hardware makes so special t...
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20th Century Spanish Gothic Revival Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Single Italian Door Wardrobe in Solid Walnut with External Mirror
Located in Buggiano, IT
20th century Single Italian door wardrobe in solid walnut with external mirror, with internal drawer and clothes rail.
The piece of furniture can be completely disassembled into 10 p...
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20th Century Italian Rustic Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut, Fir
Antique French Louis XIII Armoire or Cupboard Walnut 300-Years Nice Old Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
Classic Antique French Louis XIII Armoire or Cupboard over 300- years old and remarkably still intact and functions as intended. In collecting and purchasing Louis XIII furniture for...
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17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Steel
Vintage Art Deco Birch & Walnut Wardrobe, 1930s
Located in South Shields, GB
A vintage birch and walnut Art Deco triple door wardrobe, circa 1930s.
Inside, beautifully fitted out with a a clothes, shelves and drawers.
The matching compactum wardrobe and b...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Art Deco Cloud Figured Walnut Wardrobe, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this fabulously styled Art Deco wardrobe dating to the 1930's. Small and well proportioned this wardrobe has stunning Walnut grain with book paged veneers w...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Monumental French Mirrored Louis XVI Directoire Armoire Curca 1890s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your deliv...
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1890s French Directoire Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
$3,036 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Biedermeier Wardrobe, Bohemia, Prague, circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
19th Century Biedermeier Wardrobe
Prague
Walnut
Biedermeier circa 1830
Dimensions: H x W x D: 180 x 122 x 50 cm
Description:
Two-door piece of furniture standing on skirted square...
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1830s Czech Biedermeier Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Large Italian Art Deco Wardrobe or Highboard in Walnut 1940s
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wardrobe or highboard, walnut, wood, Italy, 1940s
This large, elegant sideboard embodies the refined aesthetic sensibilities characteristic of the Italian Art Deco period of the 19...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
1890s Tuscany Renaissance Cupboard Wardrobe in Carved Walnut by Dini e Puccini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1890s Renaissance Revival cupboard wardrobe in carved walnut, with two internal mirror on doors by Dini & Puccini (Cascina - Tuscany)
It can be used as a bookcase by adding internal ...
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1890s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
United Furniture Mid Century Diamond Walnut Highboy Dresser
Located in Countryside, IL
United Furniture Mid Century Diamond Walnut Highboy Dresser
This highboy measures: 44 wide x 20 deep x 49.75 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
Important Renaissance Cabinet from Lyon 'France' with a Decor of Perspectives
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Walnut Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut