Philadelphia - Vitrines

Stunning in concept and execution, this large, impressive Moderne-Art Deco cabinet consists of four parts, all centered around an internally-lit porthole vitrine with glass shelves and convex window, all finished in a golden flame mahogany that has a warm, lovely color. The vitrine and storage area below is flanked by two arms with shelves designed in a Greek Key form. At the center of each arm is a drawer fronted by black Vitrolite, an opaque structural glass...

Gilbert Rohde formal dining room display/ China cabinet. Designed in the mid 1930's, unique design that has glass corners and combination of exotic ...

Antique Primitive Blue Distress Painted Wooden Cupboard Cabinet Vanity with Cast Iron Sink. Item features a blue distress painted finish, green distress painted interior, cast iron b...

French Early Classic Art Deco cabinet/vitrine by Maurice Dufrene, circa 1912, in gilt sculpted wood . This cabinet is pictured in Dufrène's own Hôtel Parrticulier (private residence), at 22, rue Bayard in Paris, taken in 1918 (see photo below). The lemonwood version of this cabinet was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1912 and is now on permanent display at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris (see photo below). This cabinet is in original condition and a scan of the original drawing is shown here. Maurice Dufrêne (1876 - 1955) One of the premiere French designers of the 20th Century, Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He was educated at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. By 1899, at the age of just 23, he became the director and manager of La Maison Moderne. This shop represented an association of artists who were working together to create designs which could be produced in multiples. Dufrene's work was first shown at salons in 1902 and from 1903 he regularly exhibited at Salon d'Automne and Salons of Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. At the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (which would later give the movement "Art Deco" its name), Dufrene's designs included luxury boutiques, the living room of Une Ambassade Francaise pavilion, the music salon...

The arched top having a beautiful crest and frieze above two glass doors opening to wooden shelves. Notice the carvings that are resting on the glass, this is an unusual detail and i...

The top having an arched crown with a central foliate carving over a single arched, 9-pane glass door (one pane cracked) that reveals two glass shelves. The base having a single doo...

French Art Deco cabinet with vitrine. Rosewood with beveled glass sliding doors and bronze mounts, circa 1938.