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Period: Early 1900s
Antique Oak Smokers Cabinet, Corner Cabinet, Scotland, 1900, H086
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique oak smokers cabinet, corner cabinet, Scotland, 1900, H086 Scotland 1900 Solid oak Original finish Shelf above Simple beveled gl...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Cabinets

Materials

Oak

Big Art Nouveau Solid Ash Wood Three-Door Wardrobe / Cabinet / Bookcase
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The Art Nouveau cabinet from circa 1900 from Germany was made in solid ashwood. The panels of the side doors are made of cherry wood. In the middle is a mirror with facet. The handle...
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Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Wardrobes and Armoires

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Ash, Cherry

19th Century Tapered Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese tapered cabinet. Solid elm wood with round corner details, tapering 33 at the top to 34 at the bottom. Classic Chinese ...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Cabinets

Materials

Elm

Antique Walnut Single Door Display China Cabinet, Scotland 1900, H142
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Single Door Display China Cabinet, Scotland 1900, H142 Scotland 1900 Solid Walnut Original Finish With shaped pediment on top Above single glass door with a geometric...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Cabinets

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Walnut

1900s Antique Japanese Elm Wood Cabinet with Iron Hardware & Patina Finish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the rich history and craftsmanship of our antique Japanese cabinet, a remarkable piece from the 1900s. Handcrafted from durable elm wood, this cabinet stands in e...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Antique Oak Art Nouveau, Arts Crafts Leaded Glass Bookcase, Scotland 1900, H1163
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Oak Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts Inlaid, Leaded Glass Bookcase, Display, Scotland 1900, H1163 Solid Oak Original Finish With Projecting...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Art Nouveau Cabinets

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Oak

Antique German warm honey color oak single door cabinet circa 1900
Located in Casteren, NL
Offered here is a magnificent antique cabinet crafted in Germany around 1900. This cabinet is entirely constructed from solid oak wood and features a single door with two drawers bel...
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Antique Early 1900s German Cabinets

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Oak

French 19th C. Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Vernis Martin Cabinet by F. Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Satinwood Parquetry Vernis Martin Decorated Meuble D'Appui Side-Cabinet by François Linke (1855-1946) - Index Number 204 - Paris. The serpentine Griotte de Campan Rouge marble top above a single bombé door painted with a scène of a couple running through the forest flanked by cupids and angels over a waterfall, the interior fitted with one wooden shelf, the front angles each with a scrolling foliate clasp, the bombé sides decorated with square parquetry fields, on cabriole legs and acanthus-cast sabots. The lockplate engraved 'Ct. LINKE - PARIS'. The ormolu cast stamped 'FL' on the back. Circa: Paris, 1890-1900. François Linke (1855-1946) was one of the most celebrated ébénistes of his time. Born in Pankraz, Bohemia, Linke moved to Paris in 1875 and six years later established independent ateliers at 170, rue de Faubourg St. Antoine. As was the practice among contemporaries and noteworthy predecessors, such as Alfred Beurdeley and Henry Dasson, Linke initially produced furniture derived from styles popular during the 18th century ancien régime. By 1900, his worldwide reputation as an individualistic master of high quality furniture was already established. However, with a huge display, placing his extravagant pieces in room settings and winning the Médaille d'Or for his Grand Bureau...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Ant American Carved Oak Open Bookcase, American 1900, H946
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ant American Carved Oak Open Bookcase, American 1900, H946 American 1900 Solid Oak Original Finish Three quarter carved gallery on top Half shelf below A further five Open sh...
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Antique Early 1900s American Cabinets

Materials

Oak

Antique Victorian Display Cabinet, Parlor Curio Cabinet, Scotland 1880, H233
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian display cabinet, Parlor Curio cabinet, Scotland 1880, H233 Scotland 1880 Solid walnut Original finish Carved pedim...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Victorian Cabinets

Materials

Stained Glass, Oak

Antique Edwardian Chinese Chippendale Mahogany China Cabinet Etagere Curio
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 2 piece Edwardian mirrored china, curio cabinet, or barback, circa 1900s. Top section comprised of 6 beveled mirrors and large cabinet, surmounted by carved latice canopy, pierced floral spandrels and meticulous fretwork. Tiers are linked together by quad turned columns. Includes two lower hand dovetailed serving drawers flanked by velvet lined cabinets...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chippendale Cabinets

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Vintage Jacobean Revival English Carved Oak Library Bookcase Dresser Cupboard
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime circa 1900 hand carved Jacobean Revival oak library bookcases with beautifully curved glass panes ...
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Antique Early 1900s English Jacobean Dressers

Materials

Glass, Oak

Large English Oak Haberdashery Collectors Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1900 Large English oak Haberdashery Collectors cabinet with 70 drawers Measures: W 126 x D 38 x H 191 cm.        
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Antique Early 1900s British Cabinets

Materials

Oak

Antique 19th Century English Mahogany Commode
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
English chest of drawers with curved front, in mahogany and mahogany veneer. This dresser is equipped with five drawers of different dimensions, good storage capacity. Mahogany pull ...
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Antique Early 1900s British Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Arts & Crafts Oak Smokers Cabinet, Wall Cabinet, Scotland 1900, H761
Located in Vancouver, BC
Arts & Crafts oak smokers cabinet, wall cabinet, Scotland 1900, H761 Scotland 1900 Solid oak Original finish Shaped gallery on the top with finials Pair of original glass door...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Cabinets

Materials

Oak

Fine Antique Chinese Butterfly Hand Painted Lacquered Large Side Table Cupboard
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage circa 1900's hand painted and lacquered Chinese Wedding cupboard decorated with gold leaf butterfly's to be used for folded lin...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Italian Renaissance Style Display Cabinet Original in Hand-Carved Solid
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian Renaissance style display cabinet of 1900 original in hand-carved solid ebonized fir, with two original glass doors of the time. Patinated cream white color. Three interna...
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Rustic Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Fir

French Display Cabinet or Store Fitting Restored
Located in Chicago, IL
This was most likely an old turn of the century French store fitting or display cabinet. Our old plank restoration department thoroughly restored the ca...
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Antique Early 1900s French Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Wood

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Metal Mounted Rosewood Cabinet Vitrine P.E. Guerin
By P. E. Guerin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and gilt metal mounted rosewood vitrine cabinet with malachite tops, by Pierre E. Guerin (1843-1911), in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single-glazed front door tri-level vitrine 'Meuble d'Appui' cabinet fitted with three sectional malachite veneer tops (later) and glazed beveled-glass panels on the sides, surmounted with gilt-bronze and gilt-metal ornamental mounts with playful Putti amongst vines and leaves, ribbons, musical instruments, flowers, torches, masks, wreaths and acanthus, all raised on six fluted and tapered legs with gilt-bronze ring fittings and sabots. The apron mounts with a polychromed Verde-green background. The mounts marked 'P.E. Guerin 527 and other numerals. The interior with two glass shelves and a recent green velvet paneling. Circa: New York, 1890-1900. The marks on the bronze of this cabinet are from Pierre E. Guerin (1843-1911), who established his New York foundry in 1864 providing mounts for renowned cabinet makers such as Leon Marcotte and Pottier and Stymus...
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Antique Early 1900s North American Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Malachite, Metal, Bronze

French 19th C. Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Vernis Martin Vitrine, Linke Attr
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Vernis Martin Decorated Single-Door Vitrine, probably by François Linke (1855-1946). The white m...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Edwardian Inlaid Music Cabinet, Display Cabinet, Scotland 1900, H614
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Edwardian Inlaid Music cabinet, display cabinet, Scotland 1900, H614 Scotland 1900 Wood Original finish Three quarter gallery with finials Single inlaid drawer with original...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Cabinets

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, François Linke Attributed
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, possibly by François Linke (1855-1946). The upp...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Rare Large circa 1900 Military Campaign Chest Trunk Zinc Lined for Champagne Etc
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very large full sized Military Campaign zinc lined chest or trunk with original locks and key designed as a wine / champaign cooler...
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Antique Early 1900s English Campaign Cabinets

Materials

Zinc

Small inlaid Mahogany Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
Small inlaid Mahogany Cabinet, is inlaid with boxwood and ebony stringing and bandings of bees wing satinwood. The center of the doors are inlaid with ...
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Antique Early 1900s English Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Fine French Belle Epoque 19th Century Vernis Martin Vitrine by Louis Majorelle
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Belle Époque 19th century tulipwood and gilt bronze-mounted Vernis Martin decorated Vitrine by Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926). The single door case with a hand-painted board depicting a garden courting scene surmounted with ormolu wreaths and a banded frame. The top with a pierced gilt bronze gallery above an ormolu royal tassel trim flanked by a pair of female masks above crossed torches and flames, cross flutes, a tambourine, a pan flute, ribbons and a tassel. Raised of four cabriolet legs with corner ormolu wreaths and leaves ending with hooves, Paris, circa 1990. The back bears the original Majorelle label that reads: "Louis Majorelle, Fabrique a Nancy, 3 Rue Girardel. Depot. 56 Rue de Paradis, Paris." Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, usually known simply as Louis Majorelle, (26 September 1859 – 15 January 1926) was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste. He was one of the outstanding designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style, and after 1901 formally served as one of the vice-presidents of the École de Nancy. The Majorelle firm's factory was designed by famous École de Nancy architect Lucien Weissenburger (1860 – 1929) and located at 6, rue du Vieil-Aître in the western part of Nancy. In the 1880s Majorelle turned out pastiches of Louis XV furniture styles...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Art Deco Vitrine Cabinet, Beech, Jacob & Josef Kohn Vienna, Austria, 1906
By Jacob & Josef Kohn, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beech vitrine cabinet Jacob & Josef Kohn Vienna, Austria, c. 1906. Labelled (see photos). Attributed to Josef Hoffman. Beech, marble, brass, beveled glass Measures: 86¼ H × 55½ W ...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Cabinets

Materials

Marble

Antique circa 1900 Side End Table Lion Hair Paw Carved Feet Part of Large Suite
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite quality circa 1900 Mahogany side table with lion hairy paw feet This piece is part of a large suite, I have in total a pair of oc...
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Antique Early 1900s English Late Victorian Side Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of French Louis XV Style Tulipwood Slender Side-Cabinets Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style tulipwood and gilt bronze mounted two-Door Meuble D'Appui (Side-Cabinets) with a Brêche d'Alep marble top. The slender cabinets...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique Art Nouveau, Inlaid Wood, Music Cabinet, Scotland 1900, H129
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Art Nouveau, inlaid wood, music cabinet, Scotland 1900, H129 Scotland 1900 Solid wood - veneer Original finish Moulded rectangular top Single inlaid drawer with original bra...
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Cabinets

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Cabinet, Sweden, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers / cabinet from the end of the 19th century. Bidermeier style Dimensions: Height 152 cm / width 79 cm / depth 56 cm.
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Antique Early 1900s Swedish Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Painted Pine Cabinet with Storage Bins, circa 1900
Located in Evergreen, CO
Can't you picture this cabinet with storage bins in a small general store? There are four deep bins, which are covered by an arched lid that lifts...
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Antique Early 1900s European Cabinets

Materials

Pine

Historic Corner Commode from Around 1900, After Renovation
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique chest of drawers from the turn of the century. Very good condition, after professional renovation, chest of drawers finished in polytone. ...
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Antique Early 1900s German British Colonial Cabinets

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Kingwood Parquetry Vitrine
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th/20th century Louis XVI style mahogany, kingwood and tulipwood parquetry three-door vitrine with ormolu-mounted floral wreaths, ribbons, female masks and centr...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted & Tulipwood Vitrine Cabinet, Attr. F.Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Three-Door Vitrine Commode 'Meuble d'appui with a Brêche Violette Marble Top, at...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Biedermeier Mahogany Cabinet from circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
A stylish chest of drawers from the turn of the century. Furniture after professional renovation, finished in polythene. Wood: mahogany, Year: circa 1900, Origin: Northern E...
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Antique Early 1900s Danish Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood parquetry and mahogany gilt-bronze mounted three-door Meuble d' Appui (Side cabinet) with marble top, Paris, circa 1900. Measur...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XV Style Belle Époque Mahogany & Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Attr. Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Louis XV style Belle Époque mahogany and tulipwood ormolu-mounted vitrine cabinet with a Brêche violette marble top, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The ...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Antique Chinese Export circa 1900 Redwood Lacquered Inlaid Wash Stand Sideboard
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 Chinese Export redwood & inlaid wash stand sideboard with glass top A very good looking and well made decorative antique...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Teak

Antique Italian Neoclassical Hand-Painted Buffet/Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Venetian Hand-Painted Buffet/Commode is the perfect choice for adding a refined neutral color and elegant neoclassical flair, while adding a functional surface and storage. ...
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Buffets

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Pine

English 19th Century Edwardian Style Painted Satinwood & Silver-Mounted Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and unusual English 19th century Edwardian style painted satinwood and silver-mounted two-door side cabinet with a twin-front-doors and a single apron drawer. The doors, sides...
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Cabinets

Materials

Silver

French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Figural Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb quality French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, satinwood and satine single door figural vitrine by the renown Parisian master craftsman and cabinet...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze, Hardwood & Marble Corner Cupboards
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Louis XVI style mahogany and walnut marquetry inlaid corner cabinets with gilt metal fittings and solid marble top A very go...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Cupboards

Materials

Marble

English Satinwood Cabinet or Étagère
Located in Wilson, NC
English satinwood cabinet or étagère, with satinwood being the primary wood, and all sides, doors, and shelves are crossbanded with mahogany. The cre...
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Antique Early 1900s English Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Lovely circa 1900 Oriental Hand Painted Side Cupboard Bookcase Metal Strap Work
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1900 eastern hand painted with floral details side pot cupboard with original metal strapwork door supports A very well made a...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Metal

Arts & Crafts Solid Oak Barrister's Stacking Desk Shelf Cabinet
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Quarter Sawn oak English barrister's desk cabinet with sliding panels, 1890-1900. Panels slide effortlessly. Utilitarian understated piece with elegant construction.      
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Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Bookcases

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Oak

Art Nouveau Oak Small Side Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Small side cabinet made of oak from the Art Nouveau period, very nice simple shape, practical in use. In very good restored condition.
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Cabinets

Materials

Oak

Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood Vitrine
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted tulipwood vitrine with marble top, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door cabinet fitted w...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

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Ormolu, Bronze

French 19th-20th Century Baroque Revival Carved Oak Bombé Figural Bombé Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Baroque Revival carved oak Bombé figural vitrine. The single front-door display cabinet with bowed front and side beveled glass panels, with two interior g...
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Antique Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Vitrines

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Glass, Oak

French, 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Vitrine by Haentges
By Haentges Freres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French, 19th-20th century Louis XV style mahogany and gilt bronze-mounted Vitrine by Haentges Freres. The single door cabinet surmounted with or...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Vitrine, François Linke Attributed
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Louis XV style ormolu and jasperware-mounted mahogany single door vitrine, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The two upper front corners surmounted with or...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Art Nouveau Cherry Cabinet with Mirror or Vanity Cabinet
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful antique, a cabinet with mirror made of solid cherrywood from the period of Art Nouveau. The mirror is facetted. Original fittings and locks made of brass. In very good rest...
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Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Vanities

Materials

Cherry

19th-20th Century Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted, François Linke Atrributed
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century kingwood and tulipwood marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The slender single door display cabinet with a red-velvet backing and bowed glass panels surmounted with acanthus and floral gilt-bronze mounts in the style of Léon Messagé (French, 1842-1901), the serpentine shaped front door with an ornate marquetry and ink colored panel depicting wreaths, ribbons and tied acantus leaves, all raised on four cabriolet legs ending with gilt-bronze paw-feet, Paris, circa 1900. Linke was born on 17 June 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinet maker, Neumann, which he completed in 1877. Linke’s work book or Arbeits-Buch records that he was in Vienna from July 1872 to October 1873 at the time of the International Exhibition held there in 1873. He subsequently travelled to Prague, Budapest & Weimar before finally arriving in Paris in 1875. It is documented that he obtained employment with an unknown German cabinetmaker in Paris, and stylistic similarities, photographs and geographical proximity have led some to suggest that Emmanuel Zwiener was the most likely candidate. After a period back in his home town of Pankratz, he returned once and for all to Paris in 1877. In 1878 Paris hosted the third great International Exhibition, a remarkable success for a country ravaged by war only seven years earlier. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. By 1889 another World’s Fair, as they were often referred to in America, took place in Paris. Monsieur Eiffel erected what has become the most iconic building in Paris for the exhibition and the atmosphere of wealth and confidence may well have encouraged Linke to think that he could contribute an important part to the next great exhibition. As early as 1892 this was decreed to take place at the end of the century, in an attempt to pre-empt Berlin from staging the last great show of the century. In 1892, Victor Champier (fr) one of the commissioners for the 1900 Paris Fair had appealed, “Create in the manner of the masters, do not copy what they have made”. It was an appeal against mere reproduction and Linke rose to this challenge in an unparalleled way with his unique display that was to include the Grand Bureau. Determined to outshine the competition at the Exhibition, Linke had set about creating the most ambitious pieces he could envisage, and more extravagant than had ever been displayed before. The items he exhibited marked a transition from the historicist interpretation of Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, an interpretation that was the mainstay of his nearest rivals, to something startlingly new and vital in its immediacy. [6] Together with Léon Messagé he developed a new style for the 1900 Exhibition that paid homage to the Louis XV rococo in the fluidity of its approach, but an approach fused with the lively flowing lines of the contemporary and progressive 'art nouveau'. The Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's stand: "The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed". Linke's stand would have appeared refreshingly new to contemporary onlookers, the traditional designs of the eighteenth century melting seamlessly into an exuberant naturalism. The 'Revue' described Linke's style as 'entièrement nouveaux' and noted "This opinion is universally accepted. Linke's stand is the biggest show in the history of art furniture in the year 1900". It is perhaps the most extraordinary and remarkable aspect of Linke’s personal history that he produced such expensive and luxurious furniture of exquisite quality for the 1900 exhibition without any commission or any potential buyer in mind. [9] At a time when other more established furniture businesses such as those of Beurdeley and Dasson were closing down, he made a huge investment in his stand and the furniture he supplied for it. Linke recognised that to move his business forward he needed to appeal to a more International clientele and the new emerging rich who were at this time amassing fortunes on an unprecedented scale. For this reason he gambled everything he had on his display for the 1900 exhibition. Had this not succeeded he would almost certainly have succumbed to bankruptcy. Linke’s notebook records visitors to his stand from England, Europe, the Americas, Egypt and Japan and including; the King of Sweden, three visits from the King of Belgium, Prince Radziwill, the Prince d’Arenberg, the Comte Alberic du Chastel, Miss Anna May Gould, the American heiress, distinguished furniture makers and the President of France Emile Loubet. This risky endeavour was a resounding success, and with his reputation established, La Maison Linke became the pre-eminent furniture house until outset of the Second World War. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented was never to be repeated. His showrooms expanded into prestigious premises in Paris, in the Place Vendôme as well as the Faubourg St. Antoine where his workshop had been established. He embarked on many important commissions in the years up to the outbreak of the First World War, making and designing furniture for leading international industrialists and bankers. After the 1914-1918 World War, Linke undertook the extraordinary commission to furnish the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria for King Fuad of Egypt, possibly the largest single furniture commission ever conceived, eclipsing even Versailles. Linke flourished and remained active until the middle years of the 1930s and died in 1946 Léon Messagé (1842-1901) was a French sculptor, best known for his sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet...
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Renaissance Revival Walnut Cabinet Circa 1900 in Light Brown
Located in Opole, PL
Renaissance Revival Walnut Cabinet Circa 1900 in Light Brown Rare, exquisite and unique - these words can surely be used to describe this article of furniture. In the past, cabinets...
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Antique Early 1900s Dutch Renaissance Revival Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Early 20th Century Chinese Cabinet
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautiful Chinese cabinet in mainly black and red lacquer with red decorations. Contains several shelves and four drawers, all with original brass hardware.
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Cabinets

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Meuble D'appui
By Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style mahogany, kingwood and stainwood ormolu-mounted marquetry two-door Meuble D'Appui attributed to either Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener or Zwien...
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Antique Early 1900s European Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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