Neoclassical Cabinets
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Early 20th-Century English Gilt and Painted Cabinet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A remarkable Early 20th-century English cabinet showcasing refined artistry and timeless elegance. The double doors feature exquisite hand-painted scenic on canvas panels above mirro...
Category
1920s Vintage Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Canvas, Mirror, Wood
French Armoirette in solid cherry wood with a folding gray-lacquered door
Located in Landivy, FR
This French armoire is part of the Mélanie collection, a modern interpretation of the French Directoire style of the late 18th century.
This style is famous for its straight, classi...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Brass
French Cabinet in Solid Oak, Royal Brown Stained and Pearl Grey Lacquered
Located in Landivy, FR
This cabinet belongs to our RIVE GAUCHE Collection, very elegant and full of charm in a typical French classical style.
The top is royal dark brown...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Iron
French Handcrafted Cabinet in Solid Oak, Chestnut Oak Stained, Satin Polished
Located in Landivy, FR
This Cabinet is a handcrafted typical French Countryside style. It is a 100% made in France with French solid oak.
This neat, white cream lacquered and chestnut stained cabinet fe...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Wood
Italian Neoclassical Crotch Mahogany Linen Press, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian graduated three-drawer crotch mahogany neoclassical linen press with carved molded edges, side corner Corinthian ormolu mounts, interior shelving, original brass pulls and te...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Italian Late Neoclassic Walnut
Marble 2-Piece Altar Cabinet, Mid 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
currently in a fine home in Genova, Italy this two part cabinet has a thick slab of Carrara marble between the sections, the bottom cabinet has been reduced in depth and opens to rev...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Marble
$15,580 Sale Price
28% Off
2 Doors Classical Cabinet in Cherry, White-Cream Lacquered, 100% Made in France
Located in Landivy, FR
This 2 doors cabinet is a handmade and modernized interpretation of the French Directoire style at the end of the 18th century. This period style is remarkable with its straight, cla...
Category
2010s French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Cherry, Oak
Bleached Theodore Alexander Demilune Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Bleached Theodore Alexander Demilune Cabinet. Has beautiful inlay work done. Item has been bleached and is ready to place.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Wood
French Aesthetic Movement Limed Oak Cabinet, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
A French Aesthetic Movement cabinet in neoclassical style, made in limed oak and inset with sixteen painted panels depicting classical figures and mythological scenes, each framed by...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Russian Neoclassical Mahogany Brass-Inlaid Cabinet, Circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Russian neoclassical mahogany cabinet with brass inlay, circa 1820.
Upper cabinet fitted with glass sides and front glass door with three ...
Category
19th Century Baltic Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Early 19th C. Italian Petite Neoclassical Cabinet w/Decorative Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian small-sized neoclassical commode with decorative foliage inlay from the early 19th century. This antique cabinet from Italy features decorative inlay throughout; with an o...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Italian Neoclassical 18th Century Walnut Demilune Cabinet with Marquetry Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian neoclassical period walnut demi-lune cabinet from the 18th century with yellow marble top. Created in Italy during the 18th century, this demi-lune cabinet features a semi...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of Russian Plum Pudding Mahogany Bookcases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Russian (Circa 1820) plum pudding mahogany bookcase cabinets with brass trim and "X" design on 2 front doors, with 2 lower doors and fall...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
$85,000 / set
Neoclassical Italian Painted Pyramidal Cabinet with Giltwood Details
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century Italian neoclassical painted pyramidal cabinet, in two parts, the tapering upper case with shelved interior, and brass mesh doors. The low...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Wire
Antique French Neoclassical-Style Carved-Wood Buffet Console, in Blue Color
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French neoclassical style carved and painted wood buffet cabinet from the early 20th century. This antique cabinet from France features a rectangular-shaped top top, with pronounced rounded corners, which rests atop a neoclassical style case which houses three drawers set horizontally above a pair of doors, flanked within rounded and fluted side posts (whose carving is repeated down the rear side posts). This server is nicely raised upon rounded and flute-carved legs, which taper gently and terminate into petite metal feet. The doors open to reveal an interior shelf and plentiful storage space within. This piece has a custom blue palette (including shades of turquoise, teal, and aqua) with a slate blue top. This early 20th century French buffet server...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Escritoire Desk
Located in Brea, CA
This Louis XV style vanity gilt bronze-mounted desk has one wide drawer in front and there are 6 drawers on two lines for even more storage. Fine writing desk with curved sides and g...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Hardwood
Butler
s Desk and Etagére, New York, Possibly Duncan Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in New York, NY
Butler’s Desk and Etagére, circa 1825
New York, possibly by Duncan Phyfe
Mahogany (secondary woods: mahogany, pine, poplar), with ormolu mounts, marble,...
Category
1820s American Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Faux Marble Painted Wood Pedestal or Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Probably American with a cabinet door with enclosed shelves. Large scale. Collection of William Hodgins.
Category
1820s North American Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Italian Neoclassical Painted and Gilt Wood Arched Glass Display Case, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Neoclassical gilt carved wood and painted arched glass display case with flanking acorn finials, bell flowers, original glass, interior adjustable shelves, and resting on cla...
Category
1790s Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Chippendale Fretted Open Cabinet
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An exceptional George II design Chinese Chippendale mahogany open fret cabinet, suitable as a bedside or drawing room dwarf book cabinet. The Chippendale ...
Category
16th Century British Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
$4,285 / item
Tall 19th Century Neoclassical Palisander Cabinet
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Probably the tallest cabinet on the market.
A breathtaking neoclassical palisander cabinet from the 19th century. Presumably of French origin.
Solid rosewood and veneered on oak.
...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Oak, Palisander
Pair of Continental 19th Century Neoclassical Style Cabinets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most unique pair of Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. ebony, ash wood, ormolu and Portoro marble cabinets. Each cabinet is raised by a straight base with eleg...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Continental Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt Étagère
Located in Dallas, TX
Superb quality and uniquely designed early 19th century neoclassical mahogany étagère with mirrored back. The shaped top above half round open shelves with supporting columns having ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
A Pair of Neoclassical Design Two-Part Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
A pair of two-part cabinets in a Neoclassical design. The lower cabinet with oval pierced fret panel backed with fabric, concealing multiple mahogany drawers fit for cutlery and dini...
Category
1890s Swedish Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
$16,000 / set
Pair of Large Italian Neoclassical Walnut Architectural Cabinets
Located in Milford, NH
An impressive pair of large Neoclassical walnut architectural cabinets, each with a shaped top with molded edge accented with dentil molding surmounting a conforming case with two do...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Iron
Louis XVI Style Satinwood Vitrine with Neoclassical Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style satinwood vitrine with neoclassical ormolu mounts
French, 19th century
Dimensions: Height 180cm, width 177cm, depth 45cm
This ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Cabinet / Large Credenza
Located in Troy, NY
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Cabinet / Credenza of large size, beautiful Palladian lines and light color.
The two doors are opening to an interior fitted with a middle vertical ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Elm
A Pair of Drexel Heritage Neoclassical Style Painted Glazed Door Cabinets
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Drexel Heritage Neoclassical Style Painted Glazed Door Cabinets
21st Century
Height 102 x width 52 x depth 16 1/2 inches.
5304
Category
Early 2000s Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Walnut, Verdigris Bronze, Giltwood and and Gris St. Anne marble cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most impressive Italian 18th century Neo-Classical st. Walnut, Verdigris Bronze, Giltwood and and Gris St. Anne marble cabinet. This handsome demi lune shaped cabin...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Inlaid Corner Cabinet of the Neo-Classical Revival Period
By Maple
Co.
Located in London, GB
A fine corner cabinet in the neoclassical revival taste firmly attributed to Maples & Co
Constructed using the very finest timbers and workmanship, the lustrous satinwood counterpointed by inlays in specimen woods including sycamore and harewood; rising from turned and knopped legs, the single lockable blind door quarter veneered about a central roundel depicting with great depth and clarity a meeting between Cupid and Euterpe, the goddess of music...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood, Sycamore, Harewood
Pair of Continental 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Walnut and Fruitwood Cabinets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and large scale pair of Continental early 19th century Neo-Classical st. Walnut and ebonized Fruitwood cabinets. Each cabinet is raised by four elegant walnut bun feet bel...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Sevres Porcelain Mounted Side Cabinets
By Holland
Sons
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of late 19th century amboyna 'Sevres' style porcelain mounted plaques, each having wonderful gilded ormolu swag decoration to the doors, column supports to the si...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
English Satinwood Bookcase Cabinet in the Neoclassical Style
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
A petit bookcase in the manner of the Adam brothers.
Constructed in Satinwood, with crossbanding, and polychrome hand-painted decoration; rising from tapering spade feet, the incurved lower section having a lockable cupboard door, extensively painted with a central trophy set...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Satinwood, Paint
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze-Mounted Corner Cabinets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century. French. Original marble tops. Bronze-mounted. Original hand painted scenes on doors. Mint condition.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century Napoleon III French Vitrine Cabinet
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine late 19th century Napoleon III glazed cabinet on chest, the shaped grey marble top above a curved frieze and mounted with fine gilt bronze mounts. The vitrine with a full widt...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Victorian Corner Cabinets of Windsor Castle Provenance
Located in London, GB
Pair of Victorian corner cabinets of Windsor Castle provenance
English, 19th Century
Measures: Height 96cm, width 74cm, depth 50cm
These superb corner cabinets are crafted from lustrous wood, gilt bronze, and marble. The cabinets feature shaped white marble tops, which are set above entablatures finished with gilt bronze mounts. The curved door of each cabinet features a blind gilt bronze frame and is flanked by a pair of wooden columns...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Pair of Giltwood Domed Top Display Cabinets, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare pair of giltwood domed top display cabinets.
English, circa 1900.
Each cabinet has a domed top comprising of four glazed sections divided by mouldings. The glazed sides ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
$116,398 / set
19th Century Neo-Classical St. Cherrywood, Fruitwood and Giltwood Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. Cherrywood, ebonized Fruitwood, and giltwood cabinet. The two door one drawer cabinet is raised by elegant s...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Cherry, Fruitwood, Giltwood
Unusual German Neoclassical Cabinet with Faux-Book Spine Decorated Door
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusual and decorative cabinet of architectural form with one faux-book spine decorated door, enclosing two shelves. The stepped pediment with one drawer veneered with burl wood a...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Cabinet with Neoclassical Painted Scenes
Located in London, GB
Fine side cabinet in the Adams Manner
Constructed in finely figured satinwood and mahogany of great depth of colour, with polychrome hand painted decoration in the style of Angeli...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Neoclassical cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical cabinets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical cabinets made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original cabinets, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, Carpanese Home Italia, Jonathan Sainsbury, and Kindel Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $495 and tops out at $1,119,968 while the average work can sell for $6,103.
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