National Mt. Airy Curly Maple Ebonized Biedermeier Vienna Armoire Wardrobe

An exquisite American Empire diminutive wardrobe, circa mid 19th century. Made from flame mahogany with double doors over large lower drawer. Features 3/4 cut reeded columns with fol...

Antique French Louis XV knockdown wedding armoire / wardrobe / linen press. Made of mahogany featuring baroque styling with carved egg and dart crown over a floral and bird theme wr...

An exceptional 18th century French Knockdown Armoire. Made from oak with beautifully hand carved inset paneled doors featuring diamonds, French foliate and scrolling wing motifs. T...

A quaint 20th century chinoiserie Ming style lacquered wardrobe / tv cabinet. Features a beautiful hand painted scene along the front with two ducks amidst a flowery meadow. The hard...

Massive antique Renaissance Revival walnut carved knockdown bookcase armoire Made from walnut with extensive carvings and matchbook veneered outer panels. There are three-door compa...

An exquisite French Renaissance Revival Bibliotheque, Linen press or display cabinet. Circa mid 19th cenutry. A large rectangular oak case centered by original 3/4 length glass between turned and fluted columns. Lower side of doors features an inset baroque cartouche with fruit basket and foliate motif within an arched deisgn. Upper molding is stylized with a dentil molding over acanthus frieze. Opens to four adjustable shelves. Case is supported by bun feet. With large full length doors, we often look at antique armoires as passageways to secret rooms or even different worlds. While most antique armoires don’t take us to a different dimension, they nonetheless add incredible charm and beauty to both new and old homes alike. Before closets were built into rooms, a solid wood free-standing wardrobe or “armoire” (French for Wardrobe) was standard for storing clothes. However, not all could afford such a luxury, and many antique wardrobes belonged to the upper classes who owned more than one set of clothes. Thus, on antique armoires from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, we often see artistic embellishments and luxurious details. Antique French armoires often have Rococo or Gothic carvings, mirrored doors and naturalistic carvings. These feminine elements on antique French armoires demonstrate a high level of craftsmanship and artistry afforded only by the rich. The phrase Knock-down referes to the ability for these pieces to be easily disassembled and re-assembled. This allowed for these massive...

Biedermeier Armoire, Walnut Veneer, Full Columns, Austria/Vienna around 1825 Beautiful restored neoclassical Biedermeier Armoire / Wardrobe / Cabinet Walnut veneered on softwood wi...

Biedermeier Armoire- veneer of walnut, fruitwood and ebonized wood. Rectangular step molded top, flanked by ornamental intarsia pilaster, ebonized circular columns above inlaid pilas...

Biedermeier Armoire/Cabinet made of walnut and root wood with 2 large doors, ebonized colums and gilt fittings.

Austrian Viennese Biedermeier (Circa 1830) maple armoire cabinet with 2 doors and inlaid trim with fluted design pediment

A shelf cabinet/ storage cabinet from the Biedermeier period, made in the 1830s and featuring a walnut veneer and decorative motifs typical for this period. This cabinet was professi...

Very nice beautiful cabinet with straight lines. The cabinet dates from the Biedermeier period and was made of cherrywood, partly solid and partly veneered on spruce wood around 1830...