18th Century and Earlier Wardrobes and Armoires

18th century carved Oak French armoire has the original brass escutcheons and hinges. The cornice is carved with interlaced acanthus leaves and...

A fine late 18th century neoclassical mahogany linen press/wardrobe in fantastic original condition. With two large cupboard doors over three drawers. The cabinetmaker used only the...

circa 1800 Large 19thC French Provincial Bleached Oak Armoire sku 1595 W144 x D45 x H190 cm

A Rare Blond Olive Oyster William and Mary Chest of Drawers, Circa 1690, England. This exceptional chest of drawers is constructed from hand-cut oysters of horizontally sliced oliv...

Rare and difficult to find Louis XIV period chateau bonnetiere. Solid walnut. An exceptional example from the Lyon region of France, renown in the 1700s for its superior production o...

Simply the best armoire I have ever seen. This incredible work of art is from the 18th century and made in the south of France of walnut. Clearly an important commission of the time...

The essence of traditional Chinese furniture is fully expressed in the simplicity and graceful presence of this 18th century two-door cabinet. Crafted of southern elmwood with tradit...

This elegant, antique fruitwood "Armoire Lyonnaise" was carved in France, circa 1760. The tall, impressive cabinet sits on escargot feet over the scalloped apron. The piece is dresse...

A joined oak clothe or hanging press with geometric mouldings. English, 17thC most likely from the North Country. With two drawers below double doors. Some restoration as you would e...

A handsome French armoire (or bookcase display cabinet) of burled or burr elm from the 18th century, featuring a moulded crown above two framed doors (each with decorative brass escu...

This exquisite William and Mary period chest of drawers, crafted in the late 17th century, showcases outstanding artistry in both form and material. The chest is constructed from ric...

Antique Country French Provincial Louis XV Style Walnut Bonnet Top Armoire Wardrobe Cabinet. Item features a bonnet shaped cornice, hand-forged iron hinges, peg joined construction, ...

Single door pine 6' tall armoire; monogram of MPD and date of 1753 indicate this may have been a wedding or dowry present. Note the decorative base, carved panels along door and flan...

Late 18th century oak armoire from the Ardennes Region of Belgium, hand-rubbed tung oil finish with hard carnauba French wax. Featuring 3 beautiful molded panels on each door. Comes ...

Antique carved walnut cassone coffer on paw feet from Spain, circa 1880. Very versatile as well: Could be used as a seating bench, or an entry piece o...

Constructed entirely of solid walnut and having a fitted cornice atop a conforming case with two doors each with three panels, the feet carved into the front and side panels, entirel...

A large and impressive 17th century European cabinet. Made in two parts, both with elaborate carved decoration and burled panels and details. The upper cabinet with heavy overhanging...

A stunning and unique baroque early 18th century Swedish Gustavian cabinet that features two doors with shelving inside and sets on ball feet. This piece completely breaks down to he...

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

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...

French Provincial 18th century walnut two door large scale armoire with foliate carved detail on doors and cornice with original hardware supp...

One-door wardrobe in fir from 1700 Measures: Height 185cm – Width 115cm (130 to the frames) – Depth 50cm (57 to the frames) Spruce wardrobe, with one door, in excellent conditi...

This beautiful and grand "Armoire Lyonnaise" from France was carved, circa 1760. The antique fruit wood cabinet stands on scroll feet over a scalloped apron, the cabinet features a d...

An Early 18th Century Oak Court Cupboard A lovely piece of Georgian furniture with exceptional coloring, the Initialed ‘AM’ and dated ‘1727’ Adams Antiques...

A French early 17th century large scale period Louis XIII oak wardrobe with two doors over one drawer, geometric décor and original hardware. With this piece, we are in the middle o...

Antique German Baroque Armoire or Cabinet with two doors built in the mid-1700’s, based on the hardware and construction. The Antique Armoire is...

18th century French Louis XVI period mahogany armoire is a true gem of the cabinetmaker's art! Only rarely do we come across pieces from the Louis XVI period around the time of our g...

An outstanding 18th Century Danish paint decorated and profusely carved kas or armoire, the double domed to with rich faux marble arched cove moldings, the front with two applied car...

American Queen Anne cherry flat top highboy with a molded edge cornice, two flanking upper case drawers with a centered fan carved drawer and four low...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 1738 dated Antique German Marriage wardrobe / Folded linen cupboard in the oldest and most original paint I have ever seen I have recently purchased a very large collection of these original, antique painted wardrobes...

18th century Italian neoclassical painted armoire represents the epitome of master Italian craftsmanship and artistry melded into one instant family heirloom! First, the rectilinear ...

Beautiful wardrobe made entirely of solid walnut, with doors and sides finely carved with geometric tiles, which give an elegant and sophisticated decorative effect. The hat has a si...

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 unique armoire from the early 1700’s was made from walnut and olive wood and features a plinth base with central cherub mascaron along the crown. At just under 86 inches tall and 78 wide at the crown, this armoire has a more manageable size, compared to many of the very large armoires of the same period. The unique construction allows it to be easily disassembled for transport. At one point, this walnut and olive wood armoire was the property of a chocoladefabriek (chocolate factory) in Strasbourg, located in the region of Alsace, near the German border. It was originally one armoire in a pair that were commissioned in Eastern France in the early 1700s. The ebeniste who created the armoire decided to use olive wood for the door panels and some of the side panels. Olive wood was a highly valued wood among wood workers of the 18th century because of its pretty color and the richness and nuances of its veining. In the center of the crown is a foliate and floral ring surrounding a cherub mascaron. The crown and the top of the door frames have both been carved in an arch, mirroring the shape of the door moldings. Each door is mounted on iron hinges and separated by recessed molding into three uniquely shaped panels of olive wood (the rest of the armoire is constructed with walnut). Both upper panels of the doors are adorned with a series of undulating C-scrolls, while the bottom panels are rectangles with concave tops. The two sections are separated by a simple ovate center panel. Armoires date back the 17th century when French menuisiers created the storage cabinet to house clothing. Early armoires such as this one were without feet (plinth style base) and were often seen in paneled boiserie...

"""The essence of beauty lies in imperfection."" — Japanese Proverb "**French Rustic Cupboard, 18th Century** ""La matière a une âme, il faut savoir l’écouter."" — Pierre Chapo A...

This exquisite William and Mary period chest of drawers, crafted in the late 17th century, showcases outstanding artistry in both form and material. The chest is constructed from ric...

A very handsome 17th century Armoire from Northern Italy. Beautifully constructed from walnut and chestnut woods with 2 doors, center style, interior shelving, very handsome hardwar...

This beautifully proportioned "en chapeaux de gendarme" or "gendarme's hat" style French provincial armoire brings together form and function in dramatic fashion. At almost 2.5 meter...

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...

A Louis XV Carved Oak Armoire, originating from Normandy France during the second half of the 18th Century. The case consists of a carved frieze and paneled doors above a shaped apron, all resting atop cabriole feet. Most notable is the top crest which is adorned with a deeply carved basket of flowers and fruit, and the center door panels carved with doves and grapevines. Reference: "The Antiques...

circa 1790 Large 18thC French Carved Walnut Armoire Exceptional quality sku 1771 W167 x D64 x H230 cm Weight 135 kg

Antique 18th century French Provincial marble top wardrobe cupboard. It is a very unusual example in carved walnut with a marble to and cu...

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...

Elegant wardrobe in solid walnut, finely carved, which represents a perfect combination of functionality and aesthetics. The structure is characterized by two large front doors decor...

Antique biedermeier wardrobe armoire cupboard in solid wood. All in whitened solid larch the external part and walnut-colored internal parts and legs The legs, are in walnut, all th...

From the Regence period, this oak armoire was hand carved in France, circa 1720. Regence was the period of French history when the nation was governed by Philippe d’Orléans while the...

This is a charming period Louis XV provincial walnut cabinet or bonnetiere. This cabinet has a uncommon configuration with two drawers separating the two storage sections. The bonnet...

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 ...

Rustic Armoire in solid oak, France 18th century. This old cabinet was unearthed in a farm in the Pyrenees, it is an authentic piece of rustic furniture. Handcrafted in the 1700s, made from raw wooden...

An impressive Dutch oak cupboard formally also as a 'Kast' or 'Kas'. Dating from the late 17th century, this cupboard would have originally been use...

Superb cabinet in solid walnut from the 17th century from Italy Very beautiful and rare Italian workmanship with a superb carved top as well as base. Typical of Italian wardrobes ...

Dating from the mid-late 1700s, featuring three large brass hinges on each door, long detailed escutcheons, three interior shelves and three drawers, one with a key. Beautiful patina...

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...

A late 18th Century, Normandy Style armoire in solid oak with an incredible amount of exceptionally fine carvings from it’s Cornice down to the skirt. The frieze features a carving o...

Small Swedish cupboard with green patinated paint.

Elegant 18th-century armoire Bordelaise in solid mahogany. Opening two large doors, decorated with fluting, "gendarme hat" cornice molded with boudins and ogee. Cremone bolt and t...

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...

The molded cornice above two raised paneled doors, opening to a shelved interior with two small drawers; above a carved frieze all resting on cabriole leg feet.