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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Queen Anne Walnut Secretaire Chest / Escritoire, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Queen Anne walnut secretaire chest / escritoire, circa 1710 in date.
The upper section features a moulded cornice above a secret bulge front frieze drawer, this is above a hinged fall front clad in burr walnut-figured book veneers framed in broad cross-banded borders edged with feather-banding.
The interior housing three pairs of pigeon holes concealing secret compartments above a central cupboard flanked by three side drawers on each side with six further drawers below, all clad in burr figured veneers edged with feather banding and fitted with brass pendant handles. The rear of the central cupboard is a concealed panel that sildes away to reveal four further secret drawers.
The base of the chest comprises two half-width drawers above two full width drawers, all fitted with pendant shaped brass drop handles, The cabinet is raised on bracket feet.
The walnut secretaire is outlined throughout with decorative herringbone stringing.
Complete with working locks and original keys.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 176 x Width 102 x Depth 59
Dimensions in inches:
Height 5 foot, 9 inches x Width 3 foot, 4 inches x Depth 1 foot, 11 inches
Anne was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702 until 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. Anne continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714.
The Queen Anne style of...
Category
Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Bargueño End of 16th Century Portugal "Writting Desk" with Drawers, Bargueno
Located in Miami, FL
Bargueño writing desk, cabinet in walnut tipical from Portugal.
This sort of early chest of drawers were use for papers and documents, it was used as a transportable writing desk.
...
Category
Portuguese Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Dutch Ebony Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, GB
An 18th Century Dutch Ebony cabinet with elements in walnut and rosewood, mounted on a later, 19th Century, painted and parcel-gilt stand.
This piece has ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut, Ebony
Antique 17th Century Dutch of Flemisch Honey Color Oak Rennaisance Cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
This fantastic two-piece 17th-century oak cupboard was made in Antwerp, Flanders, circa 1680. It consists of two pieces, a lower and an upper cabinet. The lower cabinet can be used w...
Category
Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
$15,741 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Walnut Armoire
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully carved walnut armoire from the Normandy region of France.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$10,800
antique swedish gustavian corner cabinet 18th century
Located in Kiel, SH
Swedish Period Gustavian painted wood corner cabinet, circa 1770-1780. This Swedish late 18th century antique corner cabinet features a curvy bow front shape, with recessed upper cab...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Cherry Buffet a Deux Corps
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an early French Louis XV provincial cherrywood buffet a deluxe corps with an arched cornice over a carved conforming frieze above two glazed doors situated on a bottom sectio...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Cherry
Antique Dutch Renaissance Portal Cabinet in Solid Oak, 18th Century
Located in Casteren, NL
This rare Dutch cabinet is made of the finest oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age”
This cabinet is made in t...
Category
Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
17th C. Painted Cabinet with Chalk, Graphite Panel Drawings, Turin, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An incredibly unique find on a hill top Villa in Turin, this cabinet has resided in the same home since its creation and hence is in remarkably good condition. The drawings and pain...
Category
Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Swedish Baroque Cabinet
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Baroque cabinet with an overhanging pediment cornice, intricately carved and recessed panels across the front and doors. Four small unique diamond-shaped cut-outs adorn the...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Antique Italian Renaissance Era Brass Mounted Walnut Table Cabinet Wall Cupboard
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and unusual antique Italian walnut table-top cabinet (now also wall hanging cupboard), 17th century and later elements, with handsome warm rich dark patina and interesting pro...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Iron
Outstanding 18th Century Quality George III Antique Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality George III antique mahogany bureau having a quality mahogany fall opening to reveal a fitted interior consisting of eight drawers (one fitted with the original in...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Dutch Glazed Display Cabinet
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Late 18th century Dutch painted oak glazed display cabinet with a dome top. Stunning original hand blown green glass in the doors. 1780.
Code: 9078
Dimensions:
W: 55" (139.7 cm)
...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Blown Glass, Oak
17th Century Dutch Renaissance Cabinet with Arched Doors
Located in Casteren, NL
Beautiful and rare Dutch Renaissance two-door cabinet. This cabinet stems from an era in Dutch history that is called "the golden age'.
This cabinet has the typical arched panelled doors and is called a 'poortkast' or portal cabinet.
It is made in the best quality solid oak. It stands on ebonized bun feet with an ajour cut skirt. The panelled doors have a hand-carved arched top. The top corniche has beautiful hand-carved elevated panels depicting cupids holding garlands. The whole cabinet is enriched with inlaid parts of ebony...
Category
Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
$13,833 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Spanish Cabinet, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Spanish Cabinet 17th century
in blackened wood and tortoiseshell veneer.
It opens with eight drawers framing a central door, surrounded by two columns.
Richly decorated w...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
French 17th Century Cabinet
Located in Stockbridge, GA
What a wonderful piece, full of character with the ornaments at the base and the putties carved in the wood.
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Walnut
18th Century William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine quality William and Mary style double dome bureau bookcase or antique English walnut cabinet. This bureau bookcase has an outstanding quality double dome shaped top with...
Category
British William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Late 18th Century Georgian Oak Cabinet / Cupboard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Late 18th century oak cupboard, The top part has two doors with fielded panels. The lower part has four drawers with brass handles. The cabin...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Grey Danish Oak Pedestal Attributed to Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
By Caspar Frederik Harsdorff
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 18th Century, single antique Danish Gustavian pedestal cabinet made of hand crafted painted Oakwood designed and produced most likely by Caspar...
Category
Danish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Alpine Vernacular Cabinet, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
This 18th-century Alpine cabinet is a fine example of traditional mountain craftsmanship from the Piedmont region, near Mount Viso. Built from solid larch, it features a single door ...
Category
Italian Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Magnificent Italian Baroque Secretary, circa 1700
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The upper case with swept pediment and stepped molded edge fitted with 11 drawers and an arched door. The lower case with a slant front opening over a well above three long drawers e...
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Maple, Olive
French Carved Walnut Double Trunk Buffet - Renaissance circa 1600 - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
From a Norman manor house of the 16th century this very nice double trunk with four-door buffet decorated with inlaid hearts for the upper part and geometric motifs in the lower part...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
$4,193 Sale Price
20% Off
18th century George I walnut cabinet on chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century George I walnut cabinet on chest circa 1710.
We are pleased to offer this stunning cabinet in the manner of Coxed and Woster.
The piece is lavishly veneered in burr wa...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Antwerp Cabinet In Ebony And Bone, 17th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Antwerp cabinet in ebony and bone, 17th century interior theater in rosewood and lemon wood veneer. Ebony veneer on all 4 sides.
Category
Belgian Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Ebony, Bone
Amazing Philippine Cabinet Philippines, 17th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Philippine Cabinet
Philippines, 17th century,
rosewood with ivory inlays depicting geometric motifs, with nine drawers simulating sixteen. Bronze hardware and handles.
Signs of us...
Category
Philippine Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Genuine Handmade Baroque Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish baroque cabinet. The cabinet is a genuine Swedish country house furniture from the late 1700s. It is a proper statement piece made by hand in solid pine. The cabinet ...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Charlotte Perriand – Les arcs 1600 cabinet
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Charlotte Perriand – Les arcs 1600 cabinet , 1970s
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
IMPRESSIVE COUNTER Indo-Portuguese 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
17TH CENTURY INDO-PORTUGUESE COUNTER
17th-century Indo-Portuguese Mughal cabinet,
Teak, ebony, and ivo.....
Hinged top with 6 drawers and a central interior door. Decoration depic...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
George II Japanned and Gilt Hanging Corner Cabinet, circa 1730
Located in Kastrup, DK
English hanging corner cabinet with a bowed front from the George II period, circa 1730.
Originally decorated with japanned motifs executed in gold leaf on a black and red ground, de...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Pair of Antique Arte Povera Pine Commodes - Tuscan Cabinets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 19th Century, antique Italian pair of commodes in the Arte Povera technique, made of hand crafted painted Pinewood in good condition. The Tuscan cabinets are composed with thr...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Large Louis XV Armoire in Walnut
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Excellent French Louis XV period armoire built with book matched panels.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Circa 1780 English George III Period Bedside Cabinet Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 George III period bedside cabinet commode, English. Mahogany with ebony geometric inlaid cabinet doors. The lower section now as a drawer rather than a chamber pot holder....
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th Century, French, Armoire in Walnut
Located in Charleston, SC
18th Century French walnut armoire with doors strongly moulded in many curves and counter-curves. The “chapeau de gendarme” cornice richly carved f...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
17th Century English Oak Joined Chest or Trunk
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English panel carved coffer or chest (trunk) of oak from the Jacobean period (King James II), featuring an iron-hinged, panel top, mounted t...
Category
British Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
FIRST HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY VENETIAN WALNUT FOLDING CABINET
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant and sumptuous Venetian folding cabinet, entirely veneered in walnut and burl wood, embellished with refined geometric motifs. The structure is distinguished by a wavy front, ...
Category
Italian Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Fine William
Mary Chinoiserie Cabinet on Giltwood Stand
Located in Kent, Dover
A William and Mary Gilt-Japanned Chinoiserie cabinet on gilt wood stand. The cabinet depicting Court and rural scenes, with pierced and engraved strapwork mounts and elaborate escutc...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Burr Walnut Cabinet on Chest
Located in Folkestone, GB
A very fine quality late 17th century burr walnut cabinet on chest from the Queen Anne/William and Mary period with outstanding patina and nutty colour, and of desirable compact prop...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$33,060
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Hand Painted Armoire
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian neoclassical painted armoire represents the epitome of master Italian craftsmanship and artistry melded into one instant family heirloom! First, the rectilinear ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Dutch Burl Walnut Cabinet on Bombe Base-Exceptional Quality
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A burl walnut cabinet on bombe-shaped base. Of the highest quality. With outstanding golden color, tightly burled veneers, and lovely shape. Retaining the original ormolu hardware. T...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Early 18th Century Baroque Period Ten-Drawer, One Door Specimen Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian early 18th century Baroque period ebonized fruit wood, tortoiseshell and bone ten drawer, one door specimen cabinet. The cabinet is raised by claw and ball feet below a mottled border. Each drawer displays two exquisite central tortoiseshell reserves framed within an etched bone foliate border and a mottled border with a fine pierced brass foliate keyhole escutcheon. Each drawer is separated by charming and detailed pierced brass rosettes. Leading up each side are intricately etched bone inlayed plaques with masks and foliate garlands. The central door displays a sensational bone inlay on rosewood, of a striking monument with grand columns and a superbly detailed horse and rider spearing a dragon. The door opens to reveal an additional drawer with two detailed charming scenes. The beautiful finished interior, with the original mirror plates in the background, is framed within impressive columns and a unique and most decorative bone and ebonized fruit wood checkered floor...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Fruitwood
16th Century Prie-Dieu
Praying Kneeler
Made of Walnut and Burl
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian Prie-dieu (Praying Kneeler) made of Italian walnut and burl wood.
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Burl
Italian 18th Century Venetian St. Hand Painted Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Italian 18th century Venetian st. hand painted cabinet. The most unique two door two drawer cabinet is rai...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
The Ditchley Park Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A MAGNIFICENT BRASS-MOUNTED PIETRA DURA, EBONY AND EBONISED CABINET-ON-STAND, DUTCH, CIRCA 1650-80, THE PIETRA DURA PANELS FLORENTINE, MID 17TH CENTURY.
Inset overall with paired Fl...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Alabaster, Limestone, Marble, Breccia Marble, Brass
$895,391
16th Century Venetian Renaissance Cedar Wood Cassone Chest
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A large 16th century Venetian cedar. wood Cassone is an exquisite example of the craftsmanship characteristic of the Italian Renaissance period, featuring beautifully detailed scenes dating to circa 1550-1580.
Made from cedar wood, the chest has a deep, rich patina. Cedar wood was prized during the Renaissance for its durability and resistance to decay, making it an ideal choice for fine furniture intended to last for generations.
In Renaissance Venice, cassoni were a standard part of a bride's dowry among the nobility and wealthy merchant classes. Venice was a thriving trade hub with a population of about 150,000 in the mid-16th century, and the upper classes commissioned these chests .
The decoration of the chest is particularly breathtaking. Its surface features intricate figural panels that depict various scenes, which include historical, mythological, and symbolic representations. Among these are 16th century knights, chariots, mythical beasts, and lions. The designs are expertly silhouetted against a recessed ground, giving a three-dimensional quality that enhances their visual impact.
The use of punch-work, a decorative technique involving the stamping of the wood with a mesh-like pattern, adds texture and depth to the surfaces. This technique is indicative of the meticulous attention to detail for which artisans in Italy were known during this period.
Overall, this Venetian Cassone...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Iron
18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
Italian cabinet on table. Walnut and rosewood, hawksbill, bronze in color and gilded, 17th century.
Sample desktop pool located on ball and claw with handles on the sides. The front...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Mahogany George III Library Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
A monumental late 18th century George III period mahogany breakfront library cabinet with burled detailing in warm towns of brown. The upper section has electang intact glass doors w...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique 18th C French Provincial Chestnut Brass Studwork Cabinet Cupboard 1720
Located in Portland, OR
A most unusual antique 18th century French Provincial chestnut cabinet, Brittany, circa 1720.
The cabinet is made from solid figured chestnut, decorated with the original brass stud-work. Twin cupboards...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$3,956 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century English Mahogany Bowfront Hanging Corner Cupboard
Located in Savannah, GA
Late 18th century English mahogany bowfront hanging cupboard featuring string inlay on the doors with bone escutcheons, three curved interior drawers with brass pulls and four interior shelves. The intricate fruitwood inlay at the top of the cornice features carved dentals with seashells on either side of the Grecian lamp...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$2,156 Sale Price
20% Off
William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare William & Mary-period walnut double-dome bureau bookcase / cabinet. Circa 1685.
Of compact size and proportions.
In excellent overall condition with old, waxed, well-patinated surfaces of very good color.
This bureau bookcase, or cabinet, divides into three separate sections (which helps date it to the last quarter of the 17th century). The bold double-dome pediment and cross-grain mouldings are typical of this period, and are repeated in the side returns. The book-matched, hand-cut veneers are well figured throughout, and are contained within herringbone lines.
The bookcase section has candle slides, contains shelves and fitted drawers. Gilded finials are later.
The centre section with a quarter-veneered fall reveals a fitted interior, concealed well and a secret compartment.
The writing section is raised on a three-drawer base with an unusual and boldly-arcaded apron, in turn raised on its apparently original walnut bun feet.
The drawer dividers are faced with cross-grain walnut ‘D’ mouldings.
The brass engraved mounts are correct for period but not original, however the locks and hinges are.
It is unusual to encounter these early bookcases / cabinets constructed in three stages; an indication of a transition taking place from the 17th century into the 18th century.
This is a fine, rare and sophisticated piece of late-17th century walnut furniture...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$26,360 Sale Price
45% Off
French Renaissance Armoire
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Original lock and key
This piece of furniture shows no recess on its upper part. It opens with four folding-doors and two drawers within the belt. The key bears the date 1524 above cross motifs.
Burgundy and Lyon regions subordinated themselves to architecture in a different manner than the other french schools. Rather than using particularly columns and pediments pieces of furniture from Lyon borrow architecture’s organization principles and rigorous designs.
On the upper body a strong feeling of balance and symmetry appears with the folding doors reliefs. Swags of flowers and fruits held with knot cloth centered by a man seating on his arms. Here profiles, masks and chou de Bourgogne mingle with the structuring scrolls. The two lateral terms wear draperies and the goddess Diana in the center wears a belt of fruits similar to Hugue Sambin’s designs (Termes de Diane et de Venus, 1554, BNF).
The two palm-leaves enriched drawers and the alternating scrolls belt balance the weight of the cornice with its alternatings consoles and tops.
The lower body is also adorned by three terms with a feminine one in the center, all three are wearing fruits on their heads. The folding doors are centered upon a motif of cut cuirs by a mask in high relief. Wearing a feathered tiara...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$95,400
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Period Cabinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period late 18th Century Swedish Rococo cabinet.
With decorative deep carved pediment. With carved detailing to the doors opening to storage, below a bow fronted base, with two fur...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Wood
16th Century French Walnut Cabinet with Marble Inlays
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
On the left post of the lower body, is written the date 1596 in a cartouche
This cabinet has two bodies. The upper part, set back, is moulded and carved. At the bottom, the cabine...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Antique North German Pine Sun Armoire with Gesso Appliqué
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
This exceptional one-of-a-kind armoire from the area of Bremen has the original pink gesso appliqués, circa 1790. Fabricated from a beautiful knot-less dense pine, the carved ribbed...
Category
German Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Gesso, Pine
$7,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Table Cabinet, Mid-17th Century, Flemish Baroque, Ebonized and Tortoishell
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This cabinet was made in Flanders in the mid-17th century as a prestigious item for an affluent member of the professional classes. The significant amount of tortoishell employed dem...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell
18th Century Swedish Painted Pine Two-Tiered Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Swedish Painted Pine Two-Tiered Cabinet is ideal for the casual decor, providing both visual impact and abundant storage in one! The top ti...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Pine
16th Century Belgian hand carved single door cabinet in full oak
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 16th Century / cabinet / oak / Antique / Rustic
Primitive Antique cabinet in full oak. Hand crafted and carved in the 16th Century in Belgium. Crafted from blond solid oak...
Category
Belgian Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Flemish 18th Century Tortoiseshell Inlaid Cabinet on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A traditional Flemish ebonized wood cabinet, made in Antwerp in the 18th Century, with gorgeous tortoiseshell inlaid, supported on a stand with matching tortoiseshell panels and bun ...
Category
Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Wood, Ebony
18th Century Swedish Pine Corner Cabinet
Located in Round Top, TX
The deep patina of the warm pine in this corner cabinet is a reflection of generations of use, and is crowned by a lovely "bonnet" which was a traditional Swedish style element of th...
Category
Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This rare Renaissance cabinet is richly decorated on the doors and drawers with carvings depicting the four seasons, and on the uprights and the entablature, alternating flower bouquets inlaid with mother of pearl. This is a beautifully conceived piece of furniture, representing a crowned portico with its entablature and cornice.
The upper body
Articulated separately in a ternary rhythm, as with the lower body, the upper part opens with two carved doors. The doors are framed by both the lateral uprights and the casing. There are cartouches carved into the casing in which mythological figures are depicted with flower bouquets.
On the doors:
On the right: Spring, a female figure crowned with a wreath of leaves, holding a basket full of flowers. She is wearing necklaces and bracelets on each arm, with drapery discretely wrapped around her body and is standing on a winged putti’s head. On each side are depicted a tree and a village with a steepled church. Above her head floats the three signs of the zodiac corresponding to the season: Aries, Taurus and Gemini.
On the left: Summer, a bearded man crowned with ears of corn and bearing armfuls of corn. He is standing on a similar winged putti, flanked by a tree and an ear of corn. The following three signs of the zodiac appear: Cancer, Leo and Virgo.
On the uprights and the central casing a number of smaller figures seem to represent virtues and vices that newly wedded couples should aspire to and avoid.
On each side, at the bottom of the uprights, there is a dog representing fidelity. Above, a lion embodies power, wisdom, and justice.
In between, on the left upright, there is a figure of noncombatant Athena wearing a helmet and holding a spear, an arrow pointing down and in her left hand, a shield, symbol of protective power. On the right upright, the goddess Venus controls the arrow of Cupid.
The iconography here acts as a clear reminder of the required virtues that both parts of a young couple need to fulfill: fidelity, power, wisdom and justice. For him, the goddess Athena focuses on the power. Whereas for her, it is Venus who shows how to control Cupid’s arrow.
On the central casing at the bottom, by way of contrast, there is a peacock, a symbol of pride and at the top, a monkey representing lust and mischief. In between, a woman holding a chain and a cup full of precious stones while on the floor sits a half empty opened casket. This can be interpreted as a symbol of extravagance.
Above, the entablature, decorated with male figures resting on leaking urns, may symbolize the passing of time. They are flanked by two consoles decorated with acanthus leaves and separated by flower bouquets (inlaid with mother of pearl). Finally on top, a cornice acts as a crown for the piece of furniture.
The lower body
The moulded base stands on four round, flattened feet.
Represented on the doors:
On the left: Autumn, a stocky, naked man crowned with vine leaves, holding fruits in his right hand and with his left, picking a bunch of grapes from a climbing vine. Standing on a mound, he is surrounded by a vine and a hill, at the foot of which a man presses the grapes in a big vat after the harvest. Above the climbing vine appear the signs of Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
On the right: Winter, an elderly man wearing a fur cloak...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Carved Oak Tabletop Tabernacle Curiosity Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rustic antique French Baroque carved oak tabernacle curiosity cabinet, 18th century or earlier, having an architectural form with elaborate molded cornice, over central niche, surr...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Cabinets
Materials
Brass
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Galvanized Metal Cabinet