Early 20th Century Vitrines

Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School vitrine or display cabinet. Design by Max Coini Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid walnut base with origina...

A grand Louis XVI-style bookcase crafted around 1900 from solid oak and walnut veneer. This elegant piece stands out for its balanced design featuring three glass-paned doors, offeri...

An extraordinary masterpiece of English cabinetmaking and one of the finest expressions of the Chinese Chippendale movement, this exceptionally rare dragon-carved collector’s cabinet...

Medicine cabinet from the 1920s. This cabinet is made of iron and glass, creating a rugged industrial look. The cabinet has been stripped down to the metal and finished with a rust-p...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Hand Painted Wood, Original Curved Glass, Brass Accents, Original Skeleton Key Style: French Louis XV This elegant curio vitrine ...

A beautiful Art Deco display cabinet from a former Haute Couture Dress store, suitable for hanging long dresses or coats also very effective for exhibiting...

Louis XV style bronze mounted China display cabinet / vitrine with exterior inlaid design details. The interior of the cabinet has two glass she...

Bring timeless European charm into your home with this exquisite Italian paint-decorated bombe style vitrine, a stunning display cabinet that embodies the romance and artistry of classic Italian furniture design. Featuring a gracefully curved bombe base and an elegant glass-front upper cabinet, this piece seamlessly blends functionality with decorative appeal, making it a perfect statement addition to any refined interior. Handcrafted with a soft, antiqued cream finish, the vitrine is beautifully adorned with delicate hand-painted motifs, including pastoral scenes and subtle floral accents. These artistic details evoke the charm of 18th-century Italian craftsmanship, giving the cabinet a warm, inviting character. The gently distressed finish enhances its vintage appeal, making it ideal for French country, shabby chic, or traditional interiors. The upper display section features glass panels on multiple sides, allowing for maximum visibility of your treasured collectibles, fine china, or decorative objects. Inside, spacious shelves provide ample room for display while reflecting light to create an airy, open feel. The bombe-shaped lower cabinet includes drawers for convenient storage, offering both beauty and practicality in one elegant piece. Graceful cabriole legs and subtle carved details complete the silhouette, emphasizing the cabinet’s refined proportions and fluid lines. The compact yet impactful design makes it suitable for living rooms, dining areas, bedrooms, or entryways where a touch of European elegance is desired. This Italian bombe vitrine cabinet is perfect for collectors and design enthusiasts seeking a painted curio cabinet...

A fine, elegant antique Edwardian Art Nouveau display cabinet vitrine, with elements of Sheraton Revival, mahogany with inlaid marquetry, by S. J. Waring of London and Liverpool, cir...

Exceptional Parisian Art Deco display cabinet from the 1930s, executed in richly figured burl walnut and fitted with original patinated brass hardware. Offered in fully original cond...

Medical cabinet from the 1910s, manufactured in Budapest, Hungary. This cabinet is made of iron and glass, creating a rugged industrial look. The cabinet has been stripped down to th...

PAIR Antique French Glass Vitrine Display Cabinets Burl Mahogany Mirror c1900. Direct from France, a beautiful true matching pair of antique Fren...

This beautiful display cabinet rests on elegant legs. It is equipped with mirrored backing and a single large swing door with key (lock does not work). From a fine boutique in Pari...

Early 20th Century Rustic Wood Small Wall Cabinet By unknown manufacturer from France In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.

A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Vernis Martin Decorated Single-Door Vitrine, in the manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The wh...

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 ...

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...

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...

Stylish Edwardian period museum glazed vitrine. Circa 1910-1920. Hinged glass and bronze framed top that opens for your fine valuables to be put on display. Light green stretched and...

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...

Waring & Gillows attributed a good quality Arts & Crafts oak bookcase with flaring cornice, ebony and fruitwood inlay to the top and the centre, with glazed and leaded doors...

Very rare cabinet from the short period when the Wiener Werkstätte has had its own cabinet makers workshop in the Neustiftgasse in Vienna. Attributed to Koloman Moser or Emanuel Marg...

Beautiful Art Nouveau vitrine or display cabinet from the early 20th century in Austria. An absolute fantastic designed Art Nouveau vitrine elaborately made of mahogany around 1910 w...

This small Japanese cabinet, manufactured around 1920, is a characterful piece of furniture with an understated appearance and a functional layout. The cabinet features a glass door,...

Antique mahogany tabletop display case, England, circa 1900. This wonderful six-sided glass vitrine features a vertical sliding panel in the back. All original wavy glass and mahoga...

A stately and rare 1900s Moroccan vitrine. This beautiful display cabinet has traditional stylized intricate geometric inlay detail, two drawers, with glass sides , doors and shelves.

A charming antique countertop display cabinet featuring a warm wood frame, clear glass panels, and a sliding rear door for access. Raised on tall, turned black legs, it has a light, ...

French Art Deco display cabinet in ebonized (black-polished) wood, featuring glass on all four sides. The cabinet includes a full-height glass door with a brass handle. Inside, it h...

A pair of Edwardian satinwood vitrine tables with shaped tops with banded edges above single drawer, and raised on square tapering legs with string inlay, joined by stretchers surmounted by circular...

French wooden hand carved large square vitrine with an arch on the top. It has one front door with original key and is in very good condition with no re...

Belle Époque Bronze & Curved Glass Vitrine / Angled Showcase, Paris, circa 1900 A refined French Belle Époque bronze and glass tabletop vitrine o...

An antique French Louis XVI style vitrine, crafted circa 1920, showcases gilt wood with ormolu detailing. This display cabinet features a two-part construction, with an upper glass-f...

A museum-quality French Louis XV style vitrine of exceptional craftsmanship, bearing the signature of the celebrated ébéniste François Linke (1855–1946), one of the most renowned cab...

This 1900s French wooden vitrine features a charmingly worn patinated finish, highlighting its long history and character. Designed with eight glass-paned doors, four above and four ...

Beautiful antique French brass glass table display cabinet - vitrine. The lid can be fixed in an open position and can be locked by twisti...

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, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The interior of the vitrine with three glass shelves, lined with a burgundy broque fabric and a mirror backing, flanked by a pair of side doors, each fitted with a pair of mahogany...

A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style Kingwood and ormolu-mounted single-door Vitrine, the demilune shaped cabinet with and arched bonnet, molded trim above a bombé glazed d...

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Venetian Baroque credenza display of the early 20th century in carved and shaped walnut. Two sliding glass doors with two glass interior shelves; two lower doors with frames covered ...

Superb and rare solid oak display cabinet/bookcase dating from the 1920s, combining classic elegance with generous storage capacity. This finely crafted piece stands out for its cle...

Superb 1930s Art Deco walnut cathedral display cabinet. Gorgeous mid to light tone walnut veneers, still with original working key and two glass shelves. Generously spaced interior, ...

Monumental antique hand carved elmwood cabinet. Sideboard, 20th century.

A superb antique French shop counter in solid oak, featuring a glazed display top and original brass fittings. This beautifully crafted piece was designed for presenting fine goods i...

Bookcase or Vitrine from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece has made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. The bookcase has been ebonized and finished with a lustrou...

Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School display cabinet or vitrine. Design by Napoleon Le Grand for 't Modelhuis N. Legrand Amsterdam. Solid macassar ebony base with two ori...

A very fine 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and gilt metal mounted rosewood vitrine display 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, 1900-1920. 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...

Handsome old French brass display cabinet from around the year 1900, in classic Art Nouveau style, which one can see on the charming brass shelf jacks. Equipped with a large glass d...

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...

This early 1900s French Louis XV–style oak vitrine exemplifies the graceful curves and refined ornamentation associated with the period. Crafted from solid oak, the cabinet features ...

Very elegant Art Deco bar cabinet France, circa 1930. Height: 155 cm Width: 90 cm Depth: 40 cm The upper section features a glass panel set in a brass frame and a mirrored bar c...

French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet, Attributed to Jules Leleu, 1920s French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet by Jules Leleu Modernist French Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet attributed to Jules Leleu ...

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A superb quality Palatial French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, satinwood and satine single door figural vitrine by the renown Parisian master craftsman an...

Handsome art deco display cabinet, in quality nickel-plated brass, from France circa 1930s. This practical and stylish vitrine rests beautifully on elegant legs, and is equipped wit...

Gorgeous E. 1900's Antique French Louis XV Style, 'Vernis Martin' Cabinet, Vitrine!! Antique Vitrine, Display Cabinet, French Louis XV Style, 'Vernis Martin', Mahogany, Marble Top...

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrine ~ Bookcase with Carrara Marble is an elegant piece crafted in solid mahogany, reflecting the enduring tradition of fine French cabinet...

Japanese inspiration for this Majorelle vitrine in blond mahogany. The silk fabric inside in perfect condition is the original one from the period, this large display cabinet is in a...

Early 20th century mahogany wood frame and glass display cabinet with two adjustable glass shelves. The cabinet features two front glass door with two interior removable glass shelve resting on four ball claw feet and three top finials. The cabinet is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. It measures 82 inches high x 40 inches wide x 18 inches deep.

A bespoke display cabinet, crafted by one of Munich's most distinguished cabinet makers, Heinrich Pössenbacher, during the early 20th century (specifically between 1908 and 1918).The...

This 1900s Belgian industrial wooden vitrine blends utilitarian design with timeless character. Crafted with a simple rectangular form and paneled glass doors, it showcases natural w...