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Material: Metal
Mid-Century Modern Medical Display Cabinet in Steel - Italiy 1945-50
Located in Girona, Girona
Medical display cabinet in steel painted with metallic green “hammered” paint. Base and door in polished aluminium. Original glass shelves. Lo...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
100 Gallon Slate Bottom Aquarium, c1910
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A real stunner in person. It's a massive and imposing object.
Category
20th Century Unknown Metal Vitrines
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Pair Modern Black Lacquered & Brass Curio Display Cabinets by Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of modern Mastercraft black lacquered, brass and glass display cabinets or vitrines. These beautiful cabinets feature a burnished brass over a black lacquered frame, three adjus...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Mastercraft Brass Empire Style Vitrine
Located in Hanover, MA
Mastercraft model 260 'China Cabinet' or vitrine, display cabinet, curio in the empire style with pediment.
Hardwood structure clad in patinated solid brass and black mirror trim.
Beveled glass sidelights and windowed doors. Storage cupboard behind lower square doors with solid brass ring pulls.
interior is fitted with three removable glass shelves and smoked antique mirror back
Recessed lights with...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
George Nelson for Herman Miller Low Walnut Credenza
Located in Denton, TX
Rare Glass sliding doors on a walnut display cabinet with adjustable shelves.
Chrome legs with original Domes of silence glides.
The Herman Miller badge is missing, please see pictur...
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Dry Bar Cabinet attrib to Jules Leleu, French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet
By Jules Leleu
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet, Attributed to Jules Leleu.
This elegant and captivating French Art Deco display cabinet, attributed to the renowned designer Jules Leleu, embodies ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair of Henredon Black Lacquered and Brass Display Cabinets/Vitrines
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional pair of tall 1970s black lacquer and brass vitrines by Henredon. Featuring clean lacquered frames with brass trim on the doors. The cabinets feature beveled glass sides a...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
De Coene Showcases in Glass, Steel and Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
De Coene, showcases, teak, steel, glass, Belgium, 1960s
Modernist showcases with lockable doors, accompanied with a steel frame and wooden shelf. The vitrines feature the Brutalist...
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Antique French Carved Oak Vitrine Cabinet Bookcase Barley Twist Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
Antique French carved oak vitrine cabinet bookcase barley twist renaissance from France. A gorgeous antique French bookcase cabinet, unusually...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Romeo Rega Brass Etagere with Display Window, Italy 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Naples, IT
Etagere, display case, bookcase, made of brass on a black lacquered wooden base, the etagere consists of a central two-door display case with brass handles, 6 glass shelves' fume, th...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Vintage Iron And Glass Medical Cabinet, 1970’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This medical cabinet was designed in the 1970s and was produced circa 1975 in hungary. It is made from iron and glass with new glass shelves. The glass is held by a black rubber stri...
Category
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Asian Finished Cabinet / Vitrine
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid-Century Modern Asian style faux finished display cabinet / vitrine with pagoda style top and ebonized base featuring inside glass shelves with double brass pull door. The cabinet...
Category
1950s European Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
1800s Antique French Louis XV Style, Ormulu, Curved, Exceptional Vitrine!!
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning 1800s Antique French Louis XV Style, Ormulu, Curved, Exceptional Vitrine!!
1800s Antique French Louis XV Style, Ormulu, Curved, Exceptional Vitrine.
Exceptional French Louis XV style display cabinet, late 19th c., ormolu and marquetry...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Ca. Early 20th Century French Vitrine Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine jewel like Vitrine Table in Louis XV style. Shaped square form with hinged glass inset top and glass sides. The inside lined in a dusty blue herringbone fabric. The top with bra...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Rare Vintage Oakley X Metal Cube, 3 tier Sunglasses Countertop Display Cabinet
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Made of aluminium and acrylic.
With 2 working keys.
Two shelves included.
The frame is made of aluminium and the transparent part is acrylic.
This item was used in a shop so it had s...
Category
Late 20th Century Metal Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Aesthetic Movement Carved Cherry Faceted & Mirrored Corner Cabinet c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique aesthetic movement corner cabinet offers cherry construction in faceted form with carved foliate frieze surmounting cast with single beveled glass door opening to shelved ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Double Door Iron and Glass Vitrine, 1920s Argentina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A gorgeous Art Deco Vitrine made in the 1920s, Argentina. Perfect for displaying collectibles, valuables, and miscellaneous curiosities. Spacious and elegant, this piece was made to ...
Category
1920s Argentine Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Metal
Two Neoclassical Brass Vitrine Cabinets by Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Bold but elegant, these eye-catching Vitrines, bookcases or china cabinets designed and produced by Mastercraft circa 1970s. Exceptionally fine quality, brass-clad frames with black ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Antique French Glass and Brass Shop Cabinet / Vitrine, circa 1920s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This very nice brass and glass vitrine was designed and made around the 1920s in France. It was made from brass and finished with an oak top. The build quality of the item is very so...
Category
1920s French Industrial Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Pair of Luxurious Illuminated Étagères by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
An exceptional pair of tall illuminated vitrines by Henredon, gracefully combines traditional forms with modern design elements. Good design, meticulous tailoring and superior constr...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Vintage medical cabinet, 1970’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Made of steel and glass that is clamped in the steel by a rubber strip. The cabinet is from the 1970s and was produced in Hungary. Well-functioning locks with keys. The cabinet comes...
Category
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Burl Wood Thick Glass Shelves 3 Bay Wall Unit
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mirror chrome polished stainless steel frame, burl wood cabinets, thick glass shelves Mid-Century Modern wall unit. Secretary drop desk compartment....
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Antique and Meaningful Dutch Arts & Crafts Bookcase w. Learning Theme Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique three-door Arts & Crafts bookcase / book shelves with hand carved sculptural door panels.
If you are looking for a truly stylish and top quality crafted bookcase, then this ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Pair of Mastercraft Brass Display Cabinets
By Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Offered is a pair of Mastercraft vitrines with highly polished lacquered brass along with two main compartments: two adjustable glass shelves in the top section and one in the lower ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco / Moderne' Vitrine, Bar, Cabinet Attrib. to Jules Leleu 1940s
By Jules Leleu
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning French Art Deco / Moderne' vitrine, bar, cabinet attrib. to Jules Leleu 1940s. Classic design, wonderful grained cherry mahogany wood. Button-tufted interior, two glass shel...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Cylinder Shape Liquor Bar Cabinet Walnut
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cylinder drum shape walnut liquor cabinet. Rare cabinet in as is (minor damage as pictured) condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Marble Top Vitrine / Bookcase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century French Louis XVI style Mahogany with brass mounted marble top vitrine / bookcase. This was designed to display your most prized possessions or one of a kind collec...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Louis XVI Style Ormolu, Marble and Parquetry Vitrine
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style ormolu, marble and parquetry vitrine
French, Late 19th Century
Height 158cm, width 68cm, depth 40cm
Crafted in late 19th century France, this splendid vi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Burl Wood, Brass and Glass Showcase Curio Cabinets
By Tomlinson
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of china vitrine cabinets by Tomlinson are an excellent example of their timeless quality and design. This rectangular top cabinet features two doors with glass panels and brass...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
19th Century Louis XV Style Curio Display Table, Mahogany with Bronze Mounts
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Louis XV style curio display table, mahogany with bronze mounts
French Louis XV style elegant mahogany and bronze decorated display...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Demilune Top Display Vitrine / Cabinet Louis XVI Style
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Unique Louis XVI style display cabinet, built around 1890, this demilune cocktail cabinet with an elegant curved legs and top display cabinet was made of different woods and richly d...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Framed / Mahogany Base Curio Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French two piece gilt bronze mounted and glass frame with gilt accent mahogany wood frame holding base curio cornered display cabinet. The curio / vitrine cornered cabinet features a demilune shape , giltwood legs with a Y shape stretcher bar with a gilt accent centered finial top. The cabinet also features a gilt bronze adorned laurel wreath top inset with a glass door. There is only one adjustable and removable glass shelve. The bronze pegs can be adjusted as well. The backdrop and the bottom base is mirrored. The cabinet is well kept and in great condition. The door isn't flush close all the way. Minor wear to the mahogany wood base related to use / age. The curio stands...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Glass and Brass Showcase, Mahogany Stand, France, C. 1920
Located in Kastrup, DK
Art deco display case made from glass and brass on original mahogany stand.
The interior, back and bottom, is covered with black velvet. Glass shelves on original brackets.
Franc...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut Vitrine. Vienna, C. 1820-25.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello,
We would like to offer you this truly exquisite, early Biedermeier walnut vitrine. The piece was made in Vienna circa 1820-25.
Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design and excellent craftsmanship and continue to have a great influence on modern design.
In our thirty-year Biedermeier collecting career, we have acquired only a few similar pieces. It is a very rare gorgeous piece!
Most of the glass and mirrors are original. The beautiful two keys are also absolutely authentic. These are very important details proving the artistic and historical value of this fine vitrine. Each piece of furniture is artfully crafted.
The entire interior including the shelves is finished in lovely light maple.
The vitrine have beautiful highly figured walnut veneer and gorgeous details with lovely light deep amber color and 200 years old patina.
The brass hardware, lock and the key are original.
Pieces of such quality as this fine, exceptional Viennese Biedermeier display cabinet are very rare and hard to find.
This piece is great for displaying porcelain...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Orion Display Case With Textured Gold Leaf Interior
Located in Barcelos, PT
Orion is a display case that combines luxurious finishes, with an amazing sculptural shape. Its made of resin reinforced with fiberglass, with exterior lacquered in black with high g...
Category
2010s Portuguese Metal Vitrines
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Display Armoire ~ Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut display Armoire ~ Bookcase is a majestic example of fine craftsmanship, executed in what experts consider the finest indigenous wood ever availabl...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Modern Milano Antique Restoration Mirror Bathroom Vanity Nickel Frame by Ercole
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Modern Milano Restoration Mercury Glass Mirrored BATHROOM Vanity features three drawers on top framed with nicked metal and a selenite handles graft...
Category
2010s North American Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
French Louis XV Style Ormolu and Vernis Martin Vitrine Attributed to F. Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu mounted plum pudding mahogany veneer, mahogany and Vernis Martin decorated vitrine à Deux Corps, probably by François Linke (1855-1946). The lower structure fitted with finely chased gilt-bronze mounts with female masks, musical instruments, floral drapes, bows and acanthus, centred with a frieze drawer and a cupboard door with three painted panels. The centre front painted panel with a Romantic courting park setting scene amongst sheep and a sculpture fountain of Putti; the side panels both with parks scenes of a resting lion sculpture and fountain flanked by grassing sheep. The lower cabinet interior with three drawers, the upper vitrine case with two glass shelves, a bowed beveled front door and sides, crowned with a fine gilt-bronze wreath mount with ribbons, all raised on four cabriolet legs with cast lion paw mounts. Unsigned, Paris, circa 1890-1900.
The style of this cabinet is closely related to those produced in the Paris furniture making trade in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in the 1880s and as such, without a signature or identifying mark, is unattributable. However, there are similarities with the firm Raoux et Brunet, some of whose mounts were designed by Léon Messagé and later used by François Linke. Indeed many of the mounts on this cabinet, whilst not exclusive to him, are very similar to the work produced in his early years in Paris in the 1880s. At this time Linke was making furniture to order...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Mastercraft Brass Vitrine
By Mastercraft
Located in Hanover, MA
Mastercraft model 326 vintage 1970s Palladian style brass, glass and antiqued smoked mirror vitrine display curio cabinet, designed circa 1970 by ...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Linke Style Louis XV Curio / Vitrine Cabinet 19th-20th Century, Bombe Inlaid
Located in Manhasset, NY
F. Linke style Louis XV Curio / Vitrine cabinet, 19th-20th century. This bombe shaped parquetry and floral inlaid curio is simply stunning with the fine...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Country French Regence Vitrine ~ Curio Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Country French Regence Vitrine ~ Curio Cabinet is an interesting blend of styles not uncommon in those produced in the provinces, and in this case a blending of Louis XV...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Kingwood Parquetry Vitrine
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Brass Glass Hanging Single Door Wall "Picture" Hanging Showcase Display Shelves
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Brass Glass Hanging Single Door Wall "Picture" Hanging Showcase Display Shelves MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
1910s Huge English Museum Display Case Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
1910s English museum display case or vitrine. Full clear glass on all sides and top with safety film to prevent shattering. Maple parquet floor with wear from use. Brass hardware mar...
Category
1910s English Industrial Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Steel
Stunning French Art Deco Bronze, Glass, Marble Carved Wood Vitrine-Display Case
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early 20th century French Art Deco Vitrine. Display cabinet, salvaged from super high end jewelry or gift gallery in New York City. Superior quality and construction. Tiffany quality, bronze frame, machined fittings, brass shelf brackets...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Metal Vitrines
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Vitrine, Paris, circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Louis XVI style Ormolu mounted kingwood Vitrine, Paris, circa 1900, Beautiful quality, with lift top beveled glass top, the case fitted with fo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Metal Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Modernist Secretary Showcase, Lacquered Wood, Chrome-Plated Metal, Customizable
By GMD Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
German modernism 'Dahlem' secretary showcase designed and manufactured by GMD Berlin. Wood lacquering in various colors and finish. Available on reque...
Category
2010s German Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Vintage Elegant Mid-Century Mastercraft Black Lacquered, Brass and Glass Vitrine
By Mastercraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mastercraft brass and glass vitrine, operational dome lighting and switch.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Metal
Pair of Louis XV Style Vitrines Attributed to J.-E. Zwiener, France, Circa 1885
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted curved shape vitrines attributed to J.E Zwiener. Glazed on all sides, they open with two doors framed by gilded and chiseled Rocaille style foliated bronze mounts. Resting on four cabriole legs ending with lion’s paws, the whole is covered by a « brèche de Benou » marble top. This model was probably designed by L. Messagé.
Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener was born in Germany in 1849. In 1880 he sets up his extensive workshops in rue de la Roquette in Paris where he creates many original pieces of furniture. He imitated practically every style, ranging from ‘’Boulle’’ to Louis XVI and including extraordinary personal interpretations of the Louis XV ‘’exuberant’’ style. He participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibition, held in Paris, and was awarded the gold medal for his remarkable copy of that most famous piece of furniture, Louis XV’s desk. The catalogue of the exhibition included a wonderful elegy qualifying the work as perfect : « No criticism what-so-ever could be made ». As that other famous cabinet-maker François Linke, Zwiener had most of his bronzes modelled by Léon Messagé whose work was considered as being of the best possible quality.
Léon Messagé is a renowned designer and sculptor who integrated in his ornaments related to the Rocaille asymmetry, new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. But even though, Messagé found inspiration with these 18th century artists, such as Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, he didn’t simply copy their work and showed great originality, even extravagance, with some designs contained in "Cahier des dessins et croquis style Louis XV". He realized numerous sketches on grey paper before the execution of a reduced or life sized model of his ornaments, made of wax or terra-cotta. From 1885, Léon Messagé started working with important Parisian cabinet...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Henredon Display Cabinets Etageres Vitrines Scene One Campaign, Set of 4
By Henredon
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a
Set of 4 1980's Henredon scene One campaign style Curio Display Cabinets Etageres...
Category
1980s Campaign Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
French Marble-Top Display/Bookcase
Located in Wilson, NC
- This French marble-top display/bookcase has doors with a scalloped shape and are crossbanded with bookmatched flame mahogany. The sides have flamed bookmatched mahogany panels. The...
Category
1920s French Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Brass
Brass and Chrome Display Cabinet, 1970s Belgium
By Belgo Chrome
Located in Beerse, VAN
Brass and chrome showcase cabinet. The cabinet has a beautiful golden colour that, together with the contrasting chrome, has a wonderful 1970s luxuriou...
Category
1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Art Nouveau Vitrine, 1900, Sign: E. Dienst- Paris (Dienst 86 St. Antoine Paris)
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Sign: E. Dienst- Paris (Dienst 86 St. Antoine Paris)
Year: 1900
Country: French
You want to live in the golden years, this is the bookcase that your...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Credenza Sideboard Display Cabinet, ARCA Milano, Guglielmo Urlich attributed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Midcentury credenza sideboard with label ARCA- Via Montenapoleone- Milano, Guglielmo Urlich attributed, in carved walnut, with four closures in burnished plum-colored glass with the top ebonized wood.
Cabinet with meticulous attention to detail which show the commitment of the famous architect designer Guglielmo Urlich
ARCA Milan plate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Large 19 Century French Rococo or Neoclassical Revival Style Vitrine
By David Roentgen
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning 19th century French Empire, neoclassical/Rococo Revival style Marquetry vitrine or display cabinet, of large proportions!!
A real statement piece!
Made of a fabulous variety of veneers, including kingwood, satinwood, tulipwood, harewood and walnut with quality classical ormolu mounts.
It has ebonized pillars in the Empire style, with walnut and exotic hardwood friezes in the Rococo style.
Double glass doors to middle section and single glass doors on either side.
The glass on the doors are framed in ormolu banding.
Floral Marquetry panels on front and parquetry on the sides.
The front central section is a pullout / pull-out drawers with gorgeous walnut frieze panel and original carved walnut knobs.
Scrolling pelmet on the top in 3 sections banded in ormolu beading.
Scrolling base with cabriolet feet and ormolu mounts on base.
Various ormolu mounts, floral mounts, mounts of Baachus and mounts of neoclassical female figures.
In 3 sections. with 2 side cabinets and large central section with 3 section pelmet, stunning piece!!!
The quality ormolu mounts are marked with the letter “R” and what appears to be “FR 678”.
We were originally of the belief that this piece might have been made at the very end of the 19th century, but having regard to the quality of workmanship throughout this piece we are of the opinion that it was most likely made in the third quarter of the 19th century, circa 1870 and by an obviously top quality Parisienne maker with a surname beginning with “R”.
It is definitely in the style of David Roentgen who was known for his Rococo/neoclassical styles.
David Roentgen, (born Aug. 11, 1743-died Feb. 12, 1807, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau), cabinetmaker to Queen Marie-Antoinette of France; under his direction the family workshop at Neuwied (near Cologne), founded by his father, Abraham Roentgen, became perhaps the most-successful firm of furniture production in the 18th century.
After succeeding his father as head of the Neuwied workshop in 1772, Roentgen strove to broaden their clientele, an ambition that brought him first to Hamburg and ultimately to Paris (1774), where in 1779 he was spectacularly successful in selling his finest furniture to King Louis XVI of France for £3,300 to £4,000, an unprecedented sum for the time.
Appointed cabinetmaker to the queen, Roentgen was granted admission (1780) as maître-ébéniste (master cabinetmaker) to the trade corporation of Paris cabinetmakers, making it possible for him to keep in Paris a stock of the furniture manufactured at Neuwied. Thus he was able to compete with such great cabinetmakers as Jean-Henri Riesener and Adam Weisweiler, reputedly his former pupil at Neuwied. After his first visit to St. Petersburg, Empress Catherine II the Great bought huge quantities of his furniture; King Frederick William II of Prussia was also his client. When in 1795 the French Revolutionary armies threatened to cross the Rhine, Roentgen evacuated his establishment and moved his stock farther inland. Unfortunately, he lost everything in his Parisian salon and in his Neuwied workshop, both of which were sacked by Republican troops. He was crushed, despite his appointment as court furnisher to the king of Prussia. Although he never succeeded in starting production again, former apprentices of his whom he helped to establish in the German cities of Berlin (David Hacker...
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Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Corner Cabinet ~ Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Corner Cabinet ~ Vitrine is a marvelous combination of artistic form & function! The tailored, classically inspired architecture includes a...
Category
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Marquetry Vitrine / Cabinet, Buffet, Jewelers Cabinet
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Art Deco Marquetry vitrine / cabinet, buffet, rosewood, walnut, polished
A magnificently refinished ebony and rosewood walnut inlaid vitrine...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Metal Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Two-Door Vitrine
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI Style mahogany and ormolu mounted two-door vitrine, after a model by Adam Weisweiler (French, 1744-1820) with two-doors below a finely chase...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
