French Vitrines

This antique French vitrine is presumed to have been made in the Edwardian time period and is intricately inlaid with various fruitwood panels, ...

An elegant Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrine attributed to Maison Krieger. The bombé front door opening to two glass shelves, flanked by convex glazed sides and r...

Tall and elegant, this vintage vitrine makes an ideal display case. Built in France in the 20th century, the design has an attractive simplicity: clean lines and the stylish black fi...

A very fine 19th century French Louis XV kingwood and parquetry designed viewing cabinet. Lined with a gold silk . Fine gilt bronze mounts. Stamped Haentges Freres Paris

Beautiful 20th century French mahogany Empire style vitrine from the 1920s. This vitrine has a music scores compartments. Brass net finish. Brass hooves...

A fine quality late 19th century French bombe shaped display cabinet in the Louis XVI style, having wonderful scrolling gilded ormolu mounts, original marble to the tops, serpentine ...

Ensemble meubles modulables par Pierre Cruege pour Martin Dupuis en chêne clair 1960 Vendu avec la notice de montage d'origine

An elegant antique French vitrine crafted from solid oak, featuring beautifully carved shell motifs and softly curved serpentine lines that capture the refinement of 18th-century Fre...

French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) 2 door cabinet with lower shelf and shaped glass sides with bronze dore trim.

A grandly-scaled late 19th century French carved walnut Louis XVI style vitrine, the case with finely hand-carved swags, ribbons and floral details. Two doors retain their original s...

A magnificent example of 19th century French Decorative Arts. The vitrine is pure opulence and has had no expense spared, with exotic decoration and materials used from top to bottom...

Rare 19th Century museum quality brass and kingwood bijouterie table, the shaped and moulded top with brass mounted sides, cross banded in kingwood and with centred brass framed glas...

Step back in time with this charming 1900s French Wood White Patinated Small Vitrine, an enchanting piece that tells a story with its time-worn finish and delicate details. With its softly weathered white and seafoam green patina, this vitrine is a love letter to the shabby chic aesthetic, evoking memories of a quaint Parisian boutique. The glass-front door, accented with a vintage brass key...

French Victorian walnut display cabinet with a large single front glass door and inlaid on front with bronze trim.

A stunning pair of French Louis XV style grand vitrines in the manner of Vernis Martin, circa 1900. Decorated with flame mahogany veneers, the vitrines are richly trimmed with gilt b...

A very well made Sinuous French Vitrine Cabinet topped with a Colorful veined Marble in Pinks, Browns and White. The Cabinet has French type motifs of Bundled Reed corner supports ...

A late 19th century Louis XV style French vitrine a deux corps made of solid walnut with raised panels and beautiful carved details. Crown has curved corners with floral carving at t...

A Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Vitrine By Victor Raulin Victor Raulin A center glass door with three shelves and a black felt back, quartered ven...

Empire style display cabinet from the late-19th century, from Southern Europe. Richly decorated with decorative elements made of brass, equipped with two practical glass shelves. Wo...

Year: 1920 Country: French Wood, bronze and glass It is an elegant and sophisticated bookcase. You want to live in the golden years, this is the bookcase that your project needs. We ...

This stunning 19th-century French Boulle inlaid display cabinet exemplifies exquisite craftsmanship and opulence. Crafted from rich mahogany and adorned with intricate brass and tort...

A large-scale late 19th century Louis XVI style display case / vitrine with sliding glass doors and gold finished wood furniture, decorated with neoclassical motifs. The sides are gl...

A beautiful French bookcase, made of solid oak, the details are very nice, even on the side, on the second picture, ALL SALES ARE FINAL, STORE CRED...

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...

Decorative small Art Déco exhibition showcase / vitrine by Maison Siegel, Paris. France 1920s. The Siegel company was famous in the Art Déco Epoch for its very high quality exhibitio...

A Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Demilune Vitrines By Paul Sormani Paul Sormani Each with balustrade galleries and raised on spiral decorat...

Single door glazed display case with brass star-shaped appliques and slightly trapezoidal body. The pilasters are fluted and slightly shouldered.

A fine quality French late 19th century mahogany hand carved inlaid oval table bijouterie cabinet in Louis XVI style. The glass top opening to access the red velvet interior. Raised ...

A unique showcase, France, circa 1880. Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: oak dimensions: height 213 cm width 90 cm depth 34 cm

Historic site, France, circa 1830. AFTER RENOVATION. UNIQUE An antique display cabinet from France, dating from around 1830, is a true work of furniture art. Richly decorated with m...

Very beautiful Asian-style display case with mother-of-pearl floral decorations. This display case opens with a glass door at the top and two doors serving as a cupboard at the botto...

French Art Deco vitrine by Louis Majorelle made of Macassar ebony. Center glass door with floral fabric lined interior. Three doors with exterior floral marquetry and interior shelve...

A fine French, 19th-20th century Louis XV style mahogany and gilt bronze-mounted Vitrine by Haentges Freres. The single door cabinet surmounted with or...

Rare Louis XVI showcase made of very finely carved solid rosewood. Opening a front door decorated with floral garlands and heart-shaped friezes, the sides are domed and delimited by ...

Antique French Gold Bronze Mounted Kingwood Display Cabinet, Circa 1860-1870. Exceptional Quality Bronze

Napoleon III glass-fronted boulle cabinet with domed top. Features black lacquered wood, inlaid marquetry and decorative cast brass figural mounts.

Introducing a truly exceptional cabinet with a hidden writing desk. This exquisite piece of furniture showcases a captivating combination of rosewo...

Magnificent vitrine entirely made in marquetry by a craftsman. It was made to measure to accommodate a collection of model ships. It has 2 glass shelves, is in very good condition an...

A fine 19th century Louis XV style country French - Provincial carved white-washed walnut bombé credenza vitrine. The slender and tall carved single-door...

French Louis XV-style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed vitrine table with glass top and sides.

A stunning French mahogany Empire style vitrine with classical gilded ormolu scrolling mounts, glass shelves, a flamed mahogany panel beneath with a shelf and raised on classical car...

Louis XV Period Walnut Vitrine with moulded arched bonnet top, paneled sides and hinged glazed door with original steel hardware. The apron is delicately carved with a basket of flo...

19th Century French grand vitrine or wardrobe made in fine hand carved walnut wood in provincial style. Very good and stable condition with no restorations made so far. Original glas...

French Art Deco cabinet with vitrine. Rosewood with beveled glass sliding doors and bronze mounts, circa 1938.

French Art Deco vitrine.

Large fine quality 19th century Louis XVI marble top mirrored vitrine/display cabinet. Two individual single door top and bottom mirrored cabinet sect...

A late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted marquetry vitrine with side door. France, circa 1880.

With drawings of monkeys and leaves Year: 1920 Country: French iron and wood It is an elegant and sophisticated bookcase. You want to live in the golden years, this is the bookcase t...

A vitrine in the Louis XV French styling, with 2 glass doors and a marble top. The case is veneered in Walnut with tulip wood and rosewood and the ormolu mounts give it a formal char...

A fine 19th century Louis XVI mahogany and gilt bronze mounted vitrine . Signed Francois Linke . Locks also signed . Original Breccia marble top

19th-century walnut and marquetry cabinet, the serpentine brocatello marble top above gilt metal mounted door with marquetry inlay. The door opening to reveal an upholsterers interio...

Superb inlaid bookcase / vitrine / showcase with very thick marble top, feet decorated with bronze and double mesh door. 3 shelves present. In excellent general condition. Key present, the lock works perfectly Louis XV style and period, France, 18th century, around 1750. By the cabinetmaker Pierre Garnier...

A fine quality French gilt bronze mounted Vitrine with Brèche d'Alep marble top attributed to François Linke. This fine gilt bronze mounted king...

Pair of beautiful Regence style vitrines in gilded wood. Napoleon III period. c. 1890s sliding doors adjustable shelves. Provenance: jewelry store in Madrid. Dimensions: H226 x ...

Maison Jansen, by. Furniture for storing vinyl records made up of smoked glass windows, with its chrome-plated metal frame and casters, opening with two doors, and designed to stor...

An exquisite Louis XV/Louis XVI Transitional style vitrine by the renowned French cabinetmaker François Linke from the late 19th century. Crafted in kingwood and mahogany, this fine ...

This is a fine and unusual 19th century French ormolu mounted mahogany "Vernis Martin" decorated, marble top corner vitrine cabinet, circa 1880 Dimensions: Height 63" (160 cm)...

Antique French Regence Violin Vitrine was crafted from hand-select hardwoods with a casework that resembles the form of a bass violin. The style is akin to a Louis XV style but with...

Splendid vitrine in the style of Frederick the great. Solid beechwood, finely carved, gilded and hand-painted. Cambered and three -sided glazed bo...

An exceptional 19th century ormolu mounted ebonised and amaranth vitrine. The domed cresting surmounted by a festoon of oak leaves above a frieze of garlands including a drawer with a ribbon-tied cartouche, the glazed lower part with turned columns and a single door enclosing a walnut interior with a shelf, on a moulded plinth with laurel decorated mounts, on bun feet, stamped: CREMER MARQUETEUR. Circa 1852 French Artists Biography: Joseph Cremer...