Victorian Wardrobes and Armoires

This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a large and handsome knock-down pine armoire at a very reasonable price. Beneath a bold crown molding and a shallow frieze, the two sides...

"Impressive Late Victorian knockdown armoire. Made from walnut with a matchbook veneer burled front over an oxbow base with large dovetailed drawer. The interior opens to three shelves along the left and a hanging bar for garmants to the right. Features carved acanthus and scrolled accents, ornate brass hardware and panelled siding. 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 refers to the ability for these pieces to be easily disassembled and re-assembled. This allowed for these massive armoires...

An late Victorian carved walnut combination wardrobe with shaped and moulded cornice, fitted a cupboard enclosed by bevelled plate mirror panelled door flanked by a cupboard enclosed...

This is a stunning antique English Victorian burr walnut wardrobe, circa 1870 in date. It has been accomplished in the very finest quality French burr walnut. The wardrobe feat...

Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut Bookcase Display Case Gorgeous Eastlake Victorian walnut display case/bookcase is just a gorgeous piece of a...

This substantial antique oak wardrobe has simple, elegant lines and great functionality. The timeless design adds to the appeal of the gorgeous oa...

An antique Victorian Eastlake style armoire, unbranded, from the 19th Century. Made of walnut with burl walnut inlays, brass hardware, decorative carvings to entablature, crown moulding...

Here we have an early Victorian superb quality mahogany turret wardrobe. 19th Century the center section having 4 graduated Mahogany lined drawers with original turned knobs and br...

We are is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 1850 Antique German Marriage wardrobe in very a rare blue colour with Religious Icon panels and super rare 1870 giltwood pediment I have recently purchased a very large collection of these original, antique painted wardrobes...

Outstanding quality large antique Victorian burr walnut and olive wood carved wardrobe having a fabulous quality carved burr walnut shaped pedimen...

Ant. Victorian inlaid walnut linen press, Armoire, Scotland, 1840 Scotland, 1840. Solid walnut and veneers. Original finish. It has a cornice top with inlaid moulding. Above two doors each with cross banded satinwood...

Antique Victorian quality figured mahogany breakfront wardrobe having a quality figured mahogany shaped cornice above a large shaped mirror door op...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original mid Victorian G Trollope & Sons stamped triple bank wardrobe with original mercury plate...

Offering a stunning antique wardrobe with solid joints and hand-cut dovetail work, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Superior ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this original Antique fully stamped Mellier & Co made, George Hilton & Son’s retailed Anglo French Shabby Chic wa...

We are delighted to offer for sale this finest quality Waring & Gillow Lancaster, burr walnut inlaid wardrobe which is part of a suite. This piece is part of a bedroom set, I have in total a triple bank wardrobe...

A 19th century wooden cabinet produced in the United Kingdom, flaunting an opulent auburn finish and a luscious natural patina. The lower case is fitted with four elegant and practic...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this one of kind, highly collectable, finest quality, custom made to order by Sir William Cocker, flamed mah...

We are delighted to offer this very well made antique Hungarian hand painted Housekeepers pot cupboard circa 1880 Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers wi...

Beautiful armoire hand-made in France in the early 1900's the piece can be taken apart for shipping. All original. Beautiful wood inlay floral design, adjustable shelves and 2 ...

Very 1870s Scandinavian rosemaling hand painted small chest cupboard with internal drawers and two shelves with a storage area with door, all behind two French style doors...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning highly collectible Victorian pine housekeepers cupboard for linens or pots A very charming and highly collectable piece, this is o...

We are delighted to offer for auction this very rare original Victorian Satinwood bedroom suite by Hampton & Son’s of Pall Mall London. A very rare bedroom suite made by one of the great Victorian furniture makers Hampton & Son’s of Pall Mall London. The suite is circa 1890, made from the finest Satinwood available and with silver leaf painted detailing, each piece is Stamped with the button Label of Hampton's Pall Mall East London apart from the chair which has the Hampton plaque on the underside The dimensions of each piece are below, the main wardrobe is very large, the wardrobe with drawers is actually very small and a tallboy size, the dressing table comes with a matching chair and stool We have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, the glass in the Cherval mirror is lightly perished and aged as it’s the original plate, otherwise for me its in time warp condition Hampton and Sons were cabinet makers of Antique Furniture and were first established in ca. 1830 by William Hampton. He opened his first shop selling General household to more Fine furniture in Cranbourn Street, in London. In 1869 Williams Two sons George and William joined his business and they expended and moved to the larger premises 8 Pall Mall, London. Hampton and Sons furnished some impressive properties and boats from the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, the Theatre Royal of Drury Lane, the Duke of York Theatre, the Dorchester and the Mayfair Hotels and the palaces of two Indian princes, the Nizam of Hyderabad & the Maharajah of Kashmir. Hampton and Sons had a few disasters throughout its history, it suffered a major fire in 1890 but they re-established and went to expand their business further. They bought several cabinet making firms starting with James Coulson and Co of Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1898, and then Goodall, Lamb and Highway of King Street, Manchester and Robson and Sons...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very grand, hand carved extremely large continental oak wardrobe dated to the base 1844 A truly stunning piece, this is a tour de force of ...

We are delighted to offer this stunning antique hand carved oak, Dutch Armoire linen wardrobe with original plate glass mirrored doors This piece is part of a suite, I have the matching pair of bedroom...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Howard & Son’s Berners street late Victorian light mahogany linen press A very well made and collectable piece, produced by...

Exceptional English cabinet first Victorian period, Sheraton style, with very elegant forms embellished with classic inlaid Sheraton on the front, hat temple also inlaid. in excellen...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original Howard & Son’s Berners Street fully stamped light mahogany wardrobe This has to be one of my ...

English Victorian bamboo single glass door armoire cabinet with pediment top and rush veneer under bamboo trim with open side shelves and small rose...

19th century Victorian carved Walnut armoire wardrobe "Charles Jenner & Co" Scotland 1890, H167 Scotland 1890 Solid Walnut Original finish Int...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 Where to begin, this cabinet is stamped to the rear “Fabrique De Meubles Pauly & Cie Venise. Pauly & Cie” who were a world famous glass foundry and later equally famous furniture manufacturer. Their grotto furniture has an immense following across the world. This piece was most likely retailed through them as it was made by Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim who is a fellow venetian There is one other known example of his works which is very similar, it is currently retailing for no less than £900,000 however it is accompanied by a few other pieces from a drawing room suite. The suite came from Palazzo Papadopoli, a Renaissance palace on the Grand Canal in Venice built for the Coccini family by Giovanni de Grigi around 1560. I will include some further history below on both Pauly CIE ET and Moses Michelangelo Guggenheium On to the armoire, it is clearly the most ornate tour de force of carving you will ever see, I’m thankful it has managed to survive so long without being broken up by salvagers looking to reclaim the sculptures. You can see in the carving elements of Pauly’s inspiration in the form of shells. You also have Putti’s riding dolphins and so on. We have fully treated it as there were various signs of old worm, it’s then been cleaned waxed and polished. One of the hidden hinges has been replaced, otherwise it is in near perfect condition for the age. The insides houses three wood shelves Dimensions Height 255.5cm top to bottom, without the removable top carving 211cm Width 170cm arm to arm of the chaps on the outside, 172cm at the top, 166cm at the bottom Depth 63cm top, 55cm middle, 59cm bottom Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim Leading expert of decorative arts in late 19th century Venice, Michelangelo Guggenheim (1831-1910) also was one of the greatest antiquarians and a modern furniture producer in the “City of Water”. His collections stored in the Balbi Palace on the Grand Canal were an outstanding sight, that art amateurs would recommend. At the age of 20, he founds a "Stabilimento d’arti decorative e industriali" which purpose is the industrial creation of objects bearing an artistic force. The furniture that made him worldwide famous re-imagines ancient styles, freeing their aesthetic powers to serve modern imagination. Often in walnut, his pieces of furniture sent to World Fairs impress people by the finesse of their sculptures. A prized designer as well, he reorganizes princely interiors in the same spirit. His most famous work is the Palazzo Papadopoli's design about 1874, where he unfolds the vocabulary of several periods. He conceives there a richly furnished Neo-Renaissance Cabinet that relived the Italian golden age. For the exceptional result he is awarded the Gold Medal of merit for science and arts by Ludwig II of Bavaria. Pauly & Cie Venise Since its foundation (1866), Pauly & C. has stood for elegance, creativity and Venetian luxury. The ancient Roman technique known as “murrine”, which today is the symbol of Murano glass, was reproduced for the first time in its workshops and was presented to the world at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878. In 150 years of business Pauly & C. has produced unique works for royal palaces, public buildings, private villas and has served an international client base that includes some of the most prominent names from the world of culture and art, figures from the world of industry and finance, politicians and nobility. Pauly & C. - C.V.M. (compagnia Venezia Murano) works are currently held in many private collections and exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums in the world. In the last years of activity, Pauly has been active with three distinct brands: • Pauly & C. CVM, the time-honoured company that produces classic objects, recreating old designs and collections and offering modern reinterpretations of them. • Pauly Glass Factory, which continues its association with artists and designers to produce artistic works with modern lines. • MVM Interior operates throughout the world with architects, interior designers and design studios for the creation of prestigious personalized projects History Compagnia di Venezia e Murano C.V.M. began as Salviati &C. in London in 1866 under the direction of Vicenza attorney Antonio Salviati and with the backing of two British men: archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and antiquarian Sir William Drake. The company was dedicated to using ancient techniques and utilized master glassblowers in its efforts to do so. It called in specialists from other fields like goldsmithing and engraving to ensure authenticity and employed artist Giuseppe Devers to teach the techniques of enamelling and heat-applied glass gilding to company artisans. Archaeologist Layard was particularly interested in the mosaic glass techniques of Roman and pre-Roman artists, and he spent years personally overseeing the work of the company's technicians and glassblowers in attempting to revive those techniques. In 1872, the company was successful, managing to replicate the type of glass commonly known as "murrina". The company was renamed Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company Limited in 1872, and, in 1877, Layard purchased Salviati's interest so that Salviati could pursue other interests. The company quickly earned a reputation for quality original glass art and reproductions as well as its many mural mosaics in Great Britain and elsewhere in Europe. In 1878, the murrine produced by Compagnia di Venezia e Murano was included in its exhibit at the International Exhibition in Paris, which was the chief attraction in Italian glass. In its observations of the display, the United States Commission to the Paris exposition commented not only on "Roman murrine glass", but also particularly on the mural glass mosaics, the "perfection of which" had "engaged the earnest attention of the company." Mosaics produced by the company during the time period are still in existence in diverse areas such as Gonville and Caius...

Dresser/Armoire from the Puerto Rican cabinetmaker Rafael Margarida who established his workshop in Old San Juan since 1892. The pediment has two inverted...

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...

English Victorian black lacquered armoire with gilt embellishments, painted Moorish scenes, and mirrored door.

This is an antique wardrobe in English walnut, a compactum bearing the cabinet makers name plate to the rear reading 'R. James Art Cabinet Maker & Carpet Factor, 14 Northgate St. Glo...

Original circa 1910 Louis Vuitton grand wardrobe. Owned by Emma Rickels.  

English Victorian mahogany armoire cabinet with 4 doors have a carved design framing a burl wood panel with a fretwork design cornice

Solid oak cabinet - meuble deux corps, France, circa 1780 real minimalistic type of antique furniture suits well in an antique inspired or e...

French Victorian faux bamboo pine and maple trimmed armoire cabinet with large mirrored door, 1 small door, 5 drawers & shelf with open pediment ...

Fine quality Heal & son Victorian satinwood double wardrobe. The wardrobe is in fantastic condition with a wonderful grain and colour ,very rare to find ...

Large 19th century English original painted pine linen cupboard / wardrobe. Can be used for hanging or shelves. 1850. Dimensions 60 inches (152 cms) Wide 25 inches (64 cms) De...

Antique Victorian Pine farmhouse Welsh dresser, buffet, sideboard, Scotland 1870, H352 Scotland 1870 Solid Pine Original finish Moulded cornice on top with carved frieze below With ...