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Item Ships From: Europe
18th Century Dutch Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
Dutch Renaissance cabinet with two doors and one drawer. Made from solid oakwood with mahogany veneer. This cabinet has a rare and authentic ...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

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 Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

Acerbis mobile bar designed by Giotto Stoppino, 1970
By Acerbis, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Vittoria, IT
Bar cabinet or sideboard model Parioli produced by Acerbis and designed by Giotto Stoppino
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Sheet Metal

French Directoire style 3-door hand-crafted buffet in solid cherry wood
Located in Landivy, FR
This 3-door buffet is a craft handed reproduction of the world-renowned French Directoire style, which dates back to the end of the 18th century. This range is characterized by stra...
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2010s French Directoire Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

19th Century Antique Biedermeier Cherrywood Chest of drawers
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Biedermeier Chest of drawers, South Germany ca. 1820 The chest with three drawers is standing on four solid block feets. Cherry wood veneered on softwood. Continuous grain from the...
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Fruitwood

Mid 20th Century Italian Rococo Olivewood and Burl Walnut Inlaid Bookcase
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful 20th century Rococo style bookcase with drawer on top. The whole piece is decorated with intricate inlaid patterns of flowers and leaves. The piece has a serpentine front...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Olive, Walnut, Burl

Art Deco Amsterdamse School Credenza by Pieter Vorkink & Jacob Wormser, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare large Art Deco Amsterdamse School credenza or sideboard. Design by Pieter Vorkink and Jacob Wormser. Striking Dutch design from around 1920. Solid oak and ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Glass, Macassar, Oak

Midcentury Freestanding Bookcase in Teak by Kurt Østervig, 1960s
By K.P. Møbler 1, Kurt Østervig
Located in Lejre, DK
Bookcase in teak designed by Kurt Østervig M.A.A. for K.P furniture in 1960s. Made in Denmark, great condition.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Floor-to-ceiling wall Unit in the style of Franco Albini, 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Uccle, BE
Floor-to-ceiling wall Unit in the style of Franco Albini, 1960s Product details Dimensions D: 40,5 cm H: 320 cm (125.98") W: 265 cm (104.33")
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood

Josef Hoffmann Jugendstil Wiener Werkstaette Art Nouveau Coat Hook, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant handmade coat-hook. Literature: Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstaette – Avant Garde Art Deco, Industrial Design, 1985 Vienna p. 49. Different hooks are available see pi...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Regency breakfront side cabinet attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A fine Regency breakfront side cabinet attributed to Gillows of Lancaster in well figured rosewood veneer. The cabinet displays several typical Gillows design features including the ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Rosewood

Mid-century Italian Bookcase Or Shelving Unit, 1960's
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A unique 1960’s bookcase or shelving unit. Italian designer manufacturing, consisting out of a brass structure with wooden shelves. Wear consistent with age and use. Heavily patinate...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Cees Braakman "Combex"-series Cabinet / Secretaire CB01 for Pastoe, 1950's.
By Cees Braakman
Located in CASTENRAY, NL
Vintage Birch "Combex" series cabinet / secretaire CB01, designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, 1950s. This cabinet/secretaire has a birch veneer finish, stands on four characterist...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Italian Wood Cabinet, 1960s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian wood cabinet, 1960s. Dimensions: H= 83 cm; W= 130 cm; D= 43 cm.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood

Italian Wood Cabinet, 1960s
Italian Wood Cabinet, 1960s
$415 Sale Price
50% Off
Parchment and ebonized wood bar cabinet
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant Art Deco bar cabinet. Made in France in the 1930s, this unique bar cabinet is made of ebonized wood. The doors are parchment and the handles are brass. It also has a handy bo...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Small 19thC English Pine Linen Press
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880 Small 19thC English Pine Linen Press W124 x D56 x H213 cm Base W121 x D54 x H104 cm Top W124 x D56 x H109 cm.
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1870s English Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Pine

Small 19thC English Pine Linen Press
Small 19thC English Pine Linen Press
$7,679 Sale Price
20% Off
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley Size S with 3 Drawers in Cumin for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Boby' Trolley for B-Line. Designed in 1970, current production. Part of the permanent collection of MoMA in New York and the “Triennale” in Milan, Smau Prize in 1971. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Plastic

French Natural Oak Cabinet, 1940
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Introducing a compact French cabinet that exudes timeless elegance and authentic craftsmanship. This exquisite piece, crafted from sturdy oak, showcases the mastery of traditional wo...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

French Natural Oak Cabinet, 1940
French Natural Oak Cabinet, 1940
$2,100 Sale Price
50% Off
Monumental 19thC English Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880 Monumental 19thC English Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Breakfront Bookcase sku 2007 Together W258 x D38 x H223 cm Base W247 x D38 x H88 cm Base right section internal shelf dep...
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19th Century Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

English Painted Three Drawer Dresser Base
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th century English painted three drawer oak dresser base. 1740. Code: 8852 Dimensions: W: 77" (195.6 cm) H: 31" (78.7 cm) D: 19.5" (49.5 cm)
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18th Century English George II Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

Industrial Congresso Bookcase in Red Steel by Lips Vago
By Lips Vago
Located in London, London
'Congresso' shelving unit by Lips Vago. In red lacquered steel, Italy, 1960s. With adjustable shelves. One available in red and a further five in different colours. Please see additi...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Steel

Danish Art Deco Console Table with Drawers in Elm & Burl Wood, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
This Danish Art Deco small console table, crafted in the 1940s by a skilled Danish cabinetmaker, exudes timeless elegance and functionality. The table features a sturdy elm wood base...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Elm, Burl

Arne Vodder Sideboard in Brazilian Rosewood for Sibast Møbler, Denmark, 1960's
By Arne Vodder
Located in Uithoorn, NL
Arne Vodder Sideboard in Brazilian Rosewood and Metal, Denmark, 1960's Sideboard designed by Arne Vodder, made in Denmark in the 1960's, with signature tambour doors that slide smoo...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Venetian Credenza Sideboard Mid 19th Century Biedermeier in Walnut wax polished
By Bassano's Ebanisteria
Located in Vigonza, Padua
All original, elegant and important Venetian sideboard from the mid-19th century, Biedermeier period, in solid walnut and walnut veneer, with two doors and two drawers, wax polished ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Biedermeier Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

Hand-Carved Oak Chest of Drawers, France, 18th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful oak chest of drawers, a wonderful testament to craftsmanship and timeless elegance. At first glance, the dresser enchants with its intricate details. The three drawers are ...
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18th Century French Rustic Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood, Oak

Dutch Baroque-style Chest of Drawers, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Dutch four-drawer Baroque-style chest in trapezoidal form, featuring the characteristic serpentine front and sides, carved claw feet, and rocaille decorations on the curved apron. Th...
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19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Antique Wooden Wall Shelf with Vine Leaf Carvings - Brienz / Black Forest
By Black Forest, Brienz Switzerland
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique wooden wall shelf features intricate carvings of vine leaves and tendrils, showcasing exceptional craftsmanship typical of t...
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1890s German Black Forest Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood

Large Vintage Bookcase – Fine Quality Display Shelving by Maison Jansen
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Large Vintage Mahogany and Brass Bookcase – Circa 1950, believed to be by Maison Jansen This vintage mid-century mahogany and brass bookcase, dating to approximately 1950, is a high...
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1950s Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

19th Century Empire French Semainier Commode
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Empire Semainier, Mahogany, France, 1825-1830 ,,The Empire style is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other de...
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1820s French Empire Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Sideboard, Bleached Oak, France, 1940s
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Sideboard, Bleached Oak, France, 1940s Echoing the Vernacular Modernism of French Provincial Workshops Influenced by Art Deco With its commanding central spindle and deeply sculpted...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

brutalist sideboard oak sideboard 60s Danish
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Lemmer, NL
brutalist sideboard oak sideboard 60s Danish Stylish brutalist sideboard in oak. period 60s design style Henning Kjaernulf Denmark condition good light signs of use size ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

Early 19th Century Swedish Marriage/Dowry Chest
Located in Staffordshire, GB
1815. Early 19th century Swedish marriage chest with original hand painted decoration, hardware and hinged candle box. Measures: W 156 x H...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Pine

Buffet in Carved Oak, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
This French buffet unfolds like a carved hymn to symmetry and craft. Its tripartite façade is marked by a rhythmic procession of concentric rosettes, each hand-carved with meditative...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

Chinese Jumu Wood Apothecary Medicine Chest
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese elm apothecary / pharmacy medicine chest with 20 drawers. Made in Jumu wood, also called "Southern Elm". Jumu wood has a dramatic grain and lovely finish which makes it very...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Elm

Petite armoire type commode avec tiroirs et penderie vintage Gautier en pin
By Meubles Gautier
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Petite armoire type commode vintage des années 70 80, attribuée à la marque Gautier, en bois de pin, 6 tiroirs et 1 porte avec penderie, jolis détails d’assemblage, intérieurs en mél...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Pine

Antique Wardrobe, English, Walnut, Compactum, R. James Gloucester, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
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...
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

Art Deco Amsterdamse School Oak Cabinet, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant Art Deco Amsterdamse School cabinet. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with two original black lacquered metal knobs on the doors. Both doors ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Glass, Oak

French Drinks Stand Dry Bar in Gilt Wrought Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Scrollwork Wrought iron lattice drinks stand / Side Table / Planter, France, 1930s This stylish squared gilt iron jardinière / stand has filigree scroll lattice panels and cabriole l...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Commode chiffonnier semainier vintage en rotin, bois et cannage des années 70
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Commode chiffonnier semainier vintage des années 70, en rotin, bois et cannage, 7 tiroirs à coulisses, 2 petits et 5 grands, intérieur des tiroirs en mélaminé, fond du cannage couleu...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Rattan, Wood

French Art Deco Cabinet in Parchment, Maple and Black Lacquer, 1940s
Located in Meda, MB
This Art Deco small sideboard was produced in France in the 1940s. The structure, the base and the top are black lacquered, some of the frames and the interiors are in maple, the mi...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Fornasetti Consolle Facciata Quattrocentesca White/Black/Yellow Handcrafted Wood
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
The Fornasetti console is a wooden storage piece of furniture silkscreened and laquered by hand following the Atelier's traditional method. The m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood

Rare Swedish Pine Cabinet, 1930s
By Otto Schulz
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Swedish dark stained pine cabinet with beautiful patina. Produced in Sweden, late 1930s.
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Pine

Early 20th Century Natural Oak Drawer Cabinet
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A drawer cabinet from the early 20th century. Made from solid oak. Ready for everyday use. High rectangular oak body standing on a plinth with 24 drawers under a slightly protruding...
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Early 20th Century European Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak, Pine

19th Century French Armoire
Located in London, England
Two door French walnut armoire with arched top and shaped panelled doors. refinished and in great condition. France circa 1880.
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1880s French French Provincial Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Walnut

Antique Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
Edwardian antique inlaid mahogany breakfront sideboard which has a stunning mahogany top crossbanded in satinwood, one cutlery drawer to the...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass, Other

Pierre Balmain Vintage Bookcase in Wood and Glass
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous vintage wooden bookcase designed by Pierre Balmain in the 80s, fine French craftsmanship. The vintage bookcase is totally made of wood and has a rectangular shape. It is composed of two showcases in both extreme sides: on the right the smaller showcase has one door, while on the left it has double doors. The larger display case...
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Glass, Wood

Antique Italian Carved Walnut Wood Three Shelves Open Bookcase Credenza Cupboard
Located in Carimate, Como
A beautiful Italian antique walnut three shelves piece with greatly carved bobbin turned sides and top adjustable lectern, reading desk. This rustic antique piece can be used as a bo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Wood

Spectacular Sideboard with Blue "Grisinato" Glass and Brass Trim, Made in italy
Located in Guazzora, IT
This exquisite Italian sideboard in light green birch is a masterpiece of mid-century modern design. Handcrafted with meticulous attention to detail, it features four beautiful 'Gr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Antique Master Shipwright's Chest, English, Mahogany, Tool Trunk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique master shipwright's chest. An English, ebonized mahogany tool trunk with ornate interior, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. ...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Mahogany

Mobile Bar vintage Hollywood Regency set from the 1970s.
By Regency, Willy Rizzo
Located in Palermo, IT
Furniture bar design hollywood Regency attr. to Willy Rizzo 1970s. His cocktail and bar designs are among his most prolific and therefore most sought-after items. Questo particolar...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass, Chrome

Fine Quality Edwardian Satinwood Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5508 Superb Edwardian satinwood vitrine or bookcase of breakfront design, having cavetto cornice above a dentil inlaid moulding and string inlaid frieze, four string inlaid glazed ...
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Early 20th Century English Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Satinwood

Hollywood Regency Italian Chrome and Brass Etagere by Renato Zevi, 1970s
By Renato Zevi
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Hollywood Regency etagere or display piece. Design by Renato Zevi. Striking Italian design from the 1970s. Original chrome and brass frame with five glass shelves. This ...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass, Chrome

White Lei Lui Armoire in Birdseye Maple
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Armoured jewelry armoire in polished white bird’s-eye maple and 24-karat gold hardware. Inside, safe with biometric opening device. Drawers and pull-out trays lined for jewelry. Six ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birdseye Maple

Pair of 21st Small Black Lacquered Commodes or Bedside Tables Biedermeier Style
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of small commodes or night tables, in Biedermeier style, with two drawers. The commodes are a handmade production, made by us, our craftsman...
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2010s Spanish Biedermeier Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Brass

Art Deco Credenza in Solid Oak, Rustic, France, 1940s
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Experience the rustic charm of a hunting lodge with this remarkable vintage Art Deco Brutalist sideboard. Crafted in France during the 1940s, this piece exudes a sense of timeless el...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak

French 18th Century Régence Period Chinoiserie Cabinet
Located in Kastrup, DK
Beautiful and decorative cabinet from the French Régence period. Elegantly adorned with well-preserved chinoiserie designs depicting landscapes, people, birds, and houses in gold lea...
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Late 18th Century French Regency Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Oak, Pine

Swedish mid century birch low open bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish mid century birch low open bookcase circa 1950. Good example of elegant and functional Swedish furniture design. Low footprint on this piece allows it to sit in many areas ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Birch

A MODERNIST Wardrobe CABINET in the Spirit of ALAIN RICHARD & ARP, France 1950
By ARP (Research Plastic Studio)
Located in PARIS, FR
An elegant small wardrobe, Modernist, Bauhaus, Reconstruction, veneer wood structure in clear warm color, a large door opening on the shelving system, with four drawers, one writing desk and shelves with...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

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Metal

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...
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16th Century European Renaissance Antique Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Black Turtle Bookcase, Designed by Marcantonio, Made in Italy
By MARCANTONIO
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2.2) In Stock in Los Angeles A multipurpose turtle: its carapace acts as a support for a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets

Materials

Metal

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