California - Vitrines

Circa 1900 French bronze mounted mahogany vitrine, In the Louis XVI style, with 3 sides of glass panels and the original lock and key. The electr...

Chic green lacquered iron vitrine, adorned with rivet detailing. A rare find from the souvenir boutique on the second level of the Eiffel Tower. Set of three available. France, ci...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Hand Painted Wood, Original Curved Glass, Brass Accents, Original Skeleton Key Style: French Louis XV This elegant curio vitrine ...

This charming 1940s rustic display cabinet is crafted from solid mahogany and beautifully aged with a naturally distressed finish. The front features a nickel-accent trim and a full ...

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...

Origin: England Designer: Ib Kofod Larsen Manufacturer: G Plan Era: 1961 Materials: Teak, Rosewood, Afromosia Measurements: 62″ wide x 18″ deep x 27.5″ tall (to top of desk), 48.5" t...

Rare late Art Deco vitrine cabinet with a medium stained Macassar veneer and mirror backed bar on top. Underneath is a fold out secretary desk with two large doors which open up to adjustable shelving for storage. The exterior has great tall skinny...

Large smoked glass and chrome cabinet or vitrine by Pierre Cardin. Three doors and six compartments. Can be backlighted (optional). A spectacu...

Large smoked glass and chrome cabinet or vitrine by Pierre Cardin. Three doors and six compartments. Can be backlighted (optional). A spectacu...

Spectacular antique demilune vitrine cabinet stands for Grand Rapids Furniture, from Grand Rapids, Michigan a historically significant center for furniture manufacturing in the Unite...

This versatile Mid-Century Modern vitrine / wall unit designed by John Keal for Brown Saltman features four shelves behind original sliding glass doors atop a sculptural rendered two...

This exquisite antique French vitrine showcases the opulent detailing and craftsmanship characteristic of the Louis XVI style. The cabinet features a richly carved giltwood frame ado...

Classic iron and glass vitrine from Argentina, made in the 1920s. Two doors open wide. 4 glass shelves. Glass on all sides. Mirrored bottom. Gorgeous display cabinet. Great vintage c...

A fine and unusual English 19th century Edwardian style painted satinwood and silver-mounted two-door side cabinet with a twin-front-doors and a single apron drawer. The doors, sides...

A French Ormolu Mounted Tulip-Wood Vitrine by Francois Linke Circa 1890 Origin: Paris Height: 66.5" (168cm) Width: 34.5" (87cm) Depth: 17" (43cm) Good condition Ind...

Vintage Chrome etagere, each shelf has removable glass with brass finials.

A Fine French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Baroque Revival Figural Carved Walnut Two-Door Vitrine. The finely carved body, crowned with a pair of male busts, the doors with symmetric...

A French 19th-20th century Baroque Revival carved oak Bombé figural vitrine. The single front-door display cabinet with bowed front and side beveled glass panels, with two interior g...

A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood ornately carved two-door vitrine display cabinet of serpentine form with foliate and shell carvings, surrounding ...

A fine and rare Italian 19th century Baroque style carved oak figural single-door vitrine cabinet. The upper surmounted on each side with a figure of a young fisherman holding a fish...

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...

This Italian vitrine from 1852 is actually four separate parts, it towers over you at ten feet high, and is absolutely majestic. It features a dove in flight on top of a cameo of foliage and garlands that rest upon the upper cabinet. This upper section is adorned with a large rams head in the center of the upper band. The front has two glazed door with etched glass flanked by Acanthus scrollwork and two corner shelves. Two gorgeous hand carved grotesques in the form of Wolfhounds support the upper case. The base cabinet has two hand-scalloped drawers separated by a large bull-calf’s head...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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

A stunning and unusual French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted and "Vernis Martin" style bombé tulipwood veneered vitrine cabinet. The serpentine front door vitrine wi...

A beautiful charming piece with contemporary repairs on the base as well as the top.

A beautiful quality and perfect scale Dutch made burl walnut and walnut vitrine or cabinet (likely a cabinet maker or apprentice model). Cabinet has painted interior with two shelves...

circa 1870. Origin: Paris. Height: 71″. Width: 33.5″. Depth: 19″. Style: Louis XV. Maker: Unknown. The shaped top over a serpentine glazed door on cabriolet leg...

A traditional vitrine cabinet made in France in the late 19th century, having a rich mahogany frame and brass inlaid trims all around and beveled glass doors. The doors include a loc...

Pair of French Late 19th Century Empire Louis XV style display vitrine cabinets with floral inlay and bronze mounts. *Available to add shelving Dimensions: 45"H x 34.5"W x 15"D

Wonderful Italian vitrine cabinet.

Magnificent French wooden Linke style vitrine with quality gilt bronze mounts and beveled glass. The interior is covered with velvet fabric, and the vitrin...

French 19th century Linke style Bombay vitrine with silk velvet lining.

Very unique display cabinet. Features 3 lighted display sections across the top & 2 cupboard doors on the base. Tessellated Horn, Tessellated Mother-of-Pearl, & Brass Inlay over Woo...