Gilt Vitrines

A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu mounted two-tier vitrine cabinet. The upper section with a single glass front door below a pierced gilt-bronze floral r...

A French Louis XVI Style "Belle Époque" Mahogany and gilt bronze Mounted Sever Exhibition Vitrine with Marble Top. The three-sided cabinet with twin front glass doors below a pair of apron drawers, the interior with a single curved glass shelf...

Impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted Kingwood and mahogany marquetry Encoigneurs, corner cabinets or vitrines, attributed to Paul Sormani. The upper section with molded cornice and shell cresting and enclosed by a bowed glazed panel door, the lower section surmounted by a marble top of arc-en-arbalète outline above two frieze drawers and cupboards below enclosed by tambour shutters, raised on short cabriole legs ending in foliate sabots, lock plates engraved 'Sormani PARIS.' Circa: Paris, 1875. Height: 90 1/2 inches (230 cm). Width: 44 inches (112 cm). Depth: 29 inches (74 cm). Sormani, Paul (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...

Rare pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted curved shape vitrines attributed to J.E Zwiener. Glazed on all sides, they open with two doors framed by gilded and chiseled Rocaille style foliated bronze mounts. Resting on four cabriole legs ending with lion’s paws, the whole is covered by a « brèche de Benou » marble top. This model was probably designed by L. Messagé. Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener was born in Germany in 1849. In 1880 he sets up his extensive workshops in rue de la Roquette in Paris where he creates many original pieces of furniture. He imitated practically every style, ranging from ‘’Boulle’’ to Louis XVI and including extraordinary personal interpretations of the Louis XV ‘’exuberant’’ style. He participated in the 1889 Universal Exhibition, held in Paris, and was awarded the gold medal for his remarkable copy of that most famous piece of furniture, Louis XV’s desk. The catalogue of the exhibition included a wonderful elegy qualifying the work as perfect : « No criticism what-so-ever could be made ». As that other famous cabinet-maker François Linke, Zwiener had most of his bronzes modelled by Léon Messagé whose work was considered as being of the best possible quality. Léon Messagé is a renowned designer and sculptor who integrated in his ornaments related to the Rocaille asymmetry, new lines and shapes announcing the “Art Nouveau” style. But even though, Messagé found inspiration with these 18th century artists, such as Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, he didn’t simply copy their work and showed great originality, even extravagance, with some designs contained in "Cahier des dessins et croquis style Louis XV". He realized numerous sketches on grey paper before the execution of a reduced or life sized model of his ornaments, made of wax or terra-cotta. From 1885, Léon Messagé started working with important Parisian cabinet...

Kingspilander on solid oakwood. High-rectangular, one-door, curved and three-sided glazed corpus. On curly feet scalloped out. Inside life with orig. Velvet covered and two entrances...

A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Jasperware-Mounted Rosewood, Mahogany and Kingwood Single Door Vitrine, in manner of François Linke (1855-1946). The u...

With panels of inlaid brass, the central door depicting a scene with cherubs playing amidst arabesque scrolls with phoenix and other exotic birds, the flanking glazed doors separated...

A very fine French Louis XVI style Belle Époque gilt bronze and carved verde green and parcel-gilt exhibition vitrine display cabinet with side doors, circa 1900, Paris. Measures:...

Second Empire period gilt bronze and kingwood display cabinet French, c. 1860 Height 218cm, width 128cm, depth 42cm This fine display cabinet, dating from the Napoleon III period, i...

A rare and important pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted vitrines de Milieu by Paul Sormani. Signed to the locks ‘P. SORMANI, PARIS, 10 ru...

Unique vitrine by Jules Leleu in mahogany marquetry, patinated metal and gilt bronze Numbered 33774 5697. Provenance: This vitrine was created for Mr. Renondin and is entered ...

A very large and impressive fine quality 19th century French mahogany Virine, in the style of Louis XVI by 'Francoise Linke'. Having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foli...

A fine 19th century French viewing cabinet by G. Durand . Very fine mahogany vitrine with fine fire gilt bronze dore mounts . Three glass shelves. Stamped G. Durand several times o...

This elegant antique display cabinet, crafted in walnut with glass panels on four sides, dates to the late 19th century, circa 1880. Compact yet refined, the piece features a single ...

A Lovely Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Table By François Linke François Linke The oval shaped table with a beveled glass top encircled by ...

The splendid showcase vitrine, made of solid wood, dates back to the end of the 19th century. Made in France by a master cabinet maker of great ability, it’s in Louis XVI style. The ...

French neoclassical style gilt bronze mounted ebonized wood display cabinet French, late 19th century Measures: Height 164cm, width 122cm, depth 40cm This fine display cabinet, attr...

A pair of Marquetry display cabinets in the transitional manner By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...

A very imposing French 19th Century Walnut, ormolu mounted vitrine / display cabinet. Having an arched egg and dart molded glazed door, opening to reveal a glass shelf and mirror bac...

Majestic French vitrine Napoleon III in transition style Paris. Rich in extremely finely chiselled, fire-gilt decorative bronze fittings. Mahogany on solid softwood. High-angled, o...

A rare and unusual matched pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted wall vitrines by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. French, circa 1890. Signed ‘E. Zwiener’ to the base of the bro...

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...

These wonderful vitrines (display cabinets) were created in France in the early 20th century. They are designed in an elegant Art Nouveau style which was in vogue in this period. ...

A monumental antique Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted vitrine cabinet by Manoy of Brussels. This large and impressive vitrine features marquetry inlays, four glazed doors and exten...

The vitrine oval shaped, with central hinged tall doors to the front and glazed display all around, mounted with ormolu handles and short legs.

A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany vitrine, having wonderfully fine quality gilded ormolu mounts. Having its original marble top, the single glazed door...

A spectacular large French Napoleon III ormolu mounted showcase by Charles-Guillaume Diehl, and Helene Bertaux. Each one of the three glazed doors mounted with a relief-cast oval plaque depicting flying putti and a lady in various positions, flanked by acanthus leaves and ribbons. The shoulders mounted with female espagnolettes, topped with a gilt bronze bust of a lady. Lock plate signed DIEHL/19. R. Michel-le-Comte/PARIS The plaques by Helene Bertaux (Madame Leon Bertaux...

Late 19th century Louis XVI bronze, wood, and marble service vitrine by Francois Linke. France By: Francois Linke Material: wood, marble, stone, bronze, copper, metal, glass, crysta...

This wonderful display cabinet is designed in a ‘Japonisme’ (Japanese) style, which was popular in Europe in the mid-late 19th century. This craze was kick-started by Japan reopening to trade with the West, and exporting Japanese goods—including furniture and decorative art—to Europe. One craftsmen by the name of Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) established a name for himself in France producing Chinese and Japanese style furniture...

An Interesting Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Mounted Parquetry Vitrine The breakfront marble top above a scrolled frie...

Hello, We would like to offer you this truly exquisite, early Biedermeier walnut chest of three drawers and vitrine. The piece was made in Vienna circa 1820-25. Viennese Biedermeier is distinguished by their sophisticated proportions, rare and refined design and excellent craftsmanship and continue to have a great influence on modern design. The piece have beautiful highly figured walnut veneer and fine details with lovely light deep amber color and 200 years old patina. The brass hardware, lock and the key are original. It has the original antique glass with tiny bubbles and irregularities. it's amazing that these glass windows have lasted two centuries. Pieces of such quality as this fine, exceptional Viennese Biedermeier cabinets are very rare and hard to find. The vitrine with two shelves is great for displaying porcelain...

An Exceptional Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine By François Linke François Linke – Variant to Index no. 1552 The shaped fleur de pecher marble ...

A fine late 19th century calamander wood vitrine cabinet, the top, and front veneered in calamander wood and the sides ebonised, the front and corners ...

A very good quality large and imposing 19th century French vitrine, in the style of Louis XVI. Having wonderful gilded ormolu plume and foliate mounts, serpentine glazed doors to the...

A fine late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted double vitrine cabinet By Henri Picard The vitrine fitted with a nice inset marble top, the upper cabinet with a long single drawer and bronze women busts on the corners. The bottom part with ram heads and centered with cornucopia and a lions mask. Stamped HPR, for Henri Picard, on the back of some bronzes. The important fondeur and doreur Henri Picard worked in Paris from 1831-1884, most notably for the Emperor Napoléon III. He was based in Paris at 6, rue Jarente from 1831 to 1839, before moving to 10, rue de la Perle...

A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrine, by Alfred Louis Beurdeley. French, circa 1880. Stamped to the carcass ‘A. Beurdeley à Paris’. This fine mahogany...

This elegant 19th century French vitrine is designed in the manner of Louis XV, with flowing decorative ormolu trim that accents the highly polished veneer. A framed beveled glass li...

66" gilded Mid-Century iron four-tier shelf.

A very fine quality French Louis XVI style gilt bronze ormolu mounted matched kingwood display cabinet / vitrine by the luxurious Parisian furniture maker Maison Krieger (1826-1910) Exquisitely hand-crafted in France in the early 20th century, exceptionally executed in sophisticated King Louis 16th taste, having a dramatically veined marble top, over glazed glass front and side panels, opening to single glass shelf and mirrored back, over ribbed cabinet...

French two piece gilt bronze mounted and glass frame with gilt accent mahogany wood frame holding base curio cornered display cabinet. The curio / vitrine cornered cabinet features a demilune shape , giltwood legs with a Y shape stretcher bar with a gilt accent centered finial top. The cabinet also features a gilt bronze adorned laurel wreath top inset with a glass door. There is only one adjustable and removable glass shelve. The bronze pegs can be adjusted as well. The backdrop and the bottom base is mirrored. The cabinet is well kept and in great condition. The door isn't flush close all the way. Minor wear to the mahogany wood base related to use / age. The curio stands...

Beautiful and elegant mid 20th century Tuscan showcase / vitrine cabinet , in a lacquered, gilded and hand painted wood with very pleasant floral decorations. Two part body display c...

A very fine French Louis XV style ormolu and jasperware-mounted mahogany single door vitrine, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The two upper front corners surmounted with or...

Burmese hand-carved Buddha temple shrine featuring gilded wood, glass and a metal repoussé interior back. Visit our other 1STDIBS storefront Moxie Interiors to shop a vast array of...

Elegant early 20th century hand painted and gilt gold decorated showcase / display cabinet. The showcase features an oval and rounded painted wood side with glass panels, lacquered, gilded and hand painted wood with very pleasant courtship scene decorations on each side. The front body of the display cabinet is equipped with one large wood frame with glass door panel...

Elevate your living space with this Antique Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Curio Vitrine Cabinet, a piece of furniture that exudes elegance, craftsmanship...

Magnificent Louis XVI style showcase in mahogany veneer with rich, very finely chiseled gilded bronze ornamentation. Opening two large doors on the front separated by a glass frame. Beveled windows on the front as well as on the sides. Mirror bottom and three thick glazed...

This is an Empire style gilt bronze mounted wood, glass and marble top heavy and large vitrine/curio cabinet. The wide tapered rectangular vitrine has four glass walls framed with wood. The front door is one of them and it is beveled. It is decorated with a gilt mounted bronze garland of roses, mixed of flowers and foliage at the top and bottom area. At the top center, there is a gilt bronze shell and at the bottom a Wedgwood light blue porcelain round plaque with a cherub that is carving a piece of stone. Above the plaque, a large gilt bronze bow is decorating the curio cabinet. There are scrolls of acanthus leaves adorning each side of the upper top corners of the door. A gilt bronze swag made of laurel leaves branches with a bow in the center embellish the frieze of each one of the sides, and its corners are also decorated with scrolls of acanthus leaves with a garland of buds hanging from them. There are also some gilt beads chain ornaments decorating the wood part of the sides. The cornice is adorned with a bronze border made of carved acanthus leaves. The upper part of the curio cabinet is covered by a heavy light pink with grey veins marble top. To support the vitrine there are four gilt heavy bronze lion paws decorated with large acanthus leaves and a pair of laurel branches at the upper part of them. These acanthus leaves are spreading toward the lower front border and forming an arc. There are four adjustable thick glass shelves inside the curio cabinet and a lower one made of wood that is covered with a light yellow color Damask fabric. A metal lockplate has inscribed Mon Krieger...

This exquisite French Louis XVI style gilt wood vitrine, crafted by the esteemed Geo. C. Flint Co. of New York, radiates the elegance and refined taste characteristic of the early 20...

A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bombé Vitrine With Vernis Martin Panels, by François Linke. French, Circa 1900. Signed 'F. Linke' to one bronze mount. The reverse ...

Louis XVI showcase Napoleon III, Paris around 1870. Fine veneer on solid oak, veneered and paneled with ebony inlays. Straight, single-door body (solid oak) with white, grey-brown veined marble top. Three-sided glazing with rounded corners. Partly cross-veneered with recessed fields of marquetry...

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

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...

Vitrine in the style of Louis XV Napoleon III Paris, circa 1850-1880 Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round surface-covering mirror veneer on solid softwood. High-rectangular, one-door, camb...

Mid-Century Modern Italian gilt aluminum étagère or bookcase with smoked glass shelves. The central part of the bookcase is equipped with a compartment accessible by a smoked glass ...

Gueridon showcase in polychromed and gilded bronze, France, Napoleon III, about the third third of the 19th century. The small circular table shows a top panel in transparent glass, ...

A fine quality late 19th century marquetry inlaid bombe fronted French Louis XVI style Vitrine, having its original Breche Violette marble top, wonderful scrolling foliate chiselled ...

A fine French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted and "Vernis Martin" style bombé tulipwood veneered vitrine cabinet with a Breche d' Alep marble top. The serpentine fron...

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 fine and rare English 19th-20th century Chippendale style carved oak and parcel-gilt console vitrine. The narrow upper two-door vitrine crowned with a carved parcel-gilt peacock fe...

19th c signed P Sormani French Louis XVI viewing cabinet. The cabinet is illuminated and made from Mahogany with ebony inlay. Beautiful first quality b...