Baroque Cabinet with Turned Columns, 18th Century

Large baroque cabinet featuring two doors, two drawers, and compressed bun feet. The high base and wide cornice are intricately profiled. Chamfered corners and raised panels adorn th...

A four-door cabinet in Renaissance style standing on ball feet with lion's head mascarons and half-columns with volute capitals. The doors with panels and vine decoration are separat...

A large two-door Baroque wardrobe crafted from solid oak in the 18th century. The wardrobe features a strongly profiled base zone and doors with intricately designed paneling, with t...

Two-door miniature top furniture with two-drawer dresser base and broken pediment top. The body is veneered in walnut and has brass fittings. The interior consists of one shelf and t...

RENAISSANCE TWO BODY CABINET 19th Century In oak wood Upper part with two profusely carved doors. Lower part with two drawers and two doors. Decorated with plant motifs, zoomorphic ...

18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Or Deux Corps This handsome antique French Baroque cabinet has plenty of storage. with two door above three...

Rustic Swedish 2 part baroque cupboard circa 1790. Stained pine baroque cupboard, a real piece of Scandinavian rustic made furniture.  Shaped cornice below and double door cupboard ...

Former collection Altounian At the beginning of the reign of Henri II (1547-1559) the furniture’s ornamentation evolves. The few medieval motifs that were still used are eventually relinquished. Furniture becomes more sober showcasing moulded panels and perfect architecture. Cabinet-makers use ornaments such as curved fluted or plain columns, feather quills, roses or winged putti heads. High-relief carving becomes more scarce and compositions lighter. To that end cabinet-makers draw inspiration from Fontainebleau motifs filtering them and adapting them to French taste. During this period cabinet-makers turn into a kind of architects. Indeed the architectural balance of furniture is the centre of their concerns. The study of Antic formulas is then a necessity. From this care given to proportions appear refined cabinets with pure lines. This style is characteristic of the reign of Henri II and disappears soon after under the regency of Catherine de Medici (1560-1574) when an abundance of high and low-relief ornaments comes back on furnitures. This two-bodies cabinet...