Renaissance Cabinets

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. ...

Important Renaissance sideboard-credence. This piece of furniture, originally a very large chest from the 16th century chest from the 16th century has three panels carved with mascar...

Antique French Renaissance Dark Walnut Triple Bowed Glass China Cabinet. Item features 2 lower drawers, raised on cabriole stretcher base leg...

Spanish Renaissance style (17th Century and Later) wrought iron mounted walnut vargueno on later stand with a fall front enclosing 3 long drawers.

A most useful and decorative item, the mahogany Sheraton Showcase is produced using select solid mahogany and clear, thick glass, allowing visibility into the cabinet from all sides as well as from the top. Great quality construction is visible in the hand carved details which distinguish this glass and wood display cabinet...

This buffet confiturier is in the style of Henri II, rich in carvings. Buffet confiturier means a cabinet with 1 door that was in the 19th century generally used in the kitchen.

Rare carved Renaissance cabinet Period : 2nd half 16th century, ca. 1570 Origin : France, Burgundy or Languedoc This cabinet embody the produ...

This beautiful Mahogany and Leather Lectern from Niagara Furniture is made of the finest solid mahogany and mahogany veneers. Built with clean, straight lines, the desk has a slant t...

This mid-18th century cabinet is a so called 'kussenkast' or pillow cabinet. The pillow refers to the shape of the raised panels in the doors. It is a ...

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...

A rare 18th century Italian walnut chest / credenza, Renaissance Period, neoclassical influenced, having two elaborately carved figural statue c...

This extraordinary cabinet is made of the finest oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age” This cabinet is made in ...

RARE AND UNIQUE ALTAR CABINET Portuguese, 19th century, in mahogany wood, with three drawers and two doors. Marble top. Bronze hardware. Minor flaws and period defects. Dimensions:...

A wooden cupboard, elaborately carved throughout, dated "1893" on the crest and attributed to H.A. Fourdinois. The upper section with a pair of cherubs at the center of a balustrade ornamented with two-handled urns, two architectonic doors below, carved with lady and gentleman in niches surrounded by extensive carving with classical motifs. The lower section with two drawers above a standing female caryatid support at each front corner. The all reposing on four gadronned round feet. The Fourdinois company was founded in 1835 by Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois (1799-1871). The Universal Exhibition held in London in 1851 was undoubtedly their first great artistic and public success. Winning the Great medal for a neo-Renaissance buffet...

Antique Italian Pietra Dura Hardstone Wood Ormolu Cabinet on Stand Italian, Late 19th Century Height 227cm, width 141cm, depth 46cm Rich in detail and craftsmanship, this magnific...

Portuguese Oratory, 19th Century Made of carved brown wood. Glass door and sides. Back lined with damask. Signs of use. Dimensions: 115 x 70 x 30 cm. Good condition

A fine example of 19th-century French Renaissance craftsmanship, this antique hunt cupboard is carved from walnut wood. The piece features deeply carved panels with ornate detailing,...

Italian Renaissance Tuscan (late 17th Century) walnut cabinet having 2 doors with a diamond design.

This late 18th century cabinet is a so called 'kussenkast' or pillow cabinet. The pillow refers to the shape of the raised panels in the doors. It is a typical Dutch Renaissance cabinet...

A dark walnut single-door cabinet, Italian 17th century Height: 110 cm Width: 115 cm Depth: 36.5 cm Provenance: Private Australian Collection acquired in 1950s.

An ornately-carved walnut 17th century and later French cabinet on stand, the top with a pair of carved doors and paneled carved sides with co...

Collection Jean Thuile Around the mid-sixteenth century French furnishing evolves in its conception and ornamentation. The start of major archi...

Antique Spanish Renaissance Figural Carved Oak Wood 2 Pc Religious Cupboard Cabinet. Item features solid wood two part construction, carving that reads "Anno 1654" to crest, carved f...

What a wonderful piece, full of character with the ornaments at the base and the putties carved in the wood.

French Late 16th Century Renaissance Walnut Deux-Corps Cabinet in two parts. The top part with two carved doors featuring classical figures, opening to an interior fitted with three ...

MAGNIFICENT PORTUGUESE ORATORY 18th CENTURY Made of chestnut wood with carvings. Architectural design with carved, scalloped and openwork cornices, glazed door and sides. Signs of us...

This fabulous parcel paint bibliotheque or buffet a deux corps from Southwest France was created in the 19th Century, largely with 17th Century elements. The large variety motifs whi...

Beautiful marquetry boulle style bureau cabinet with ornate Renaissance design featuring black lacquer, satinwood trim, brass mounts, inlaid multi-tone woods, and three doors. 66" wi...

This piece is a brown oak French Renaissance sideboard that dates from the 1700s. It’s made from solid oak and the ornate designs have bee...

Presenting an absolutely stunning 16th century carved Spanish oak writing desk and cabinet, with amazing provenance and historical and literary significance. This desk/cabinet was purchased by a wealthy Dallas family from a French antique auction held at the club room in the Stoneleigh court (hotel), Dallas on Wednesday the 2nd April 1930. (Now the meridian hotel). The auction was titled: “works of art and furnishings of the Chateau de Turique (Nancy) and the Conde-Rougemont home (Touraine). The cover of the catalog also has a seal of a coat of arms. The second page gives a brief description of the auction contents and states that " this exhibition will be presented by M. Fernand M. Adda of Paris France". The desk/cabinet was lot no: 565 and was described in the auction catalog as: "Carved Spanish writing desk and cabinet...... 16th century period....Upper section a cabinet with two doors which are paneled and display a fine carving. The interior is fitted with eight engraved drawers, and a writing tablet is disclosed in the lower portion. Sustained and central arcade of columns. From Fontana Rosa collection. Supported on four turned legs with bulbous feet." Fontana Rosa is a historic garden situated on the avenue Blasco Ibáñez in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, on the French Riviera. The Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibanez (1869-1928) began to build it from 1922 on, and he set up home here with his second wife, Elena, and died there in 1928. Vicente Blasco Ibanez was a journalist, politician and best-selling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films adapted from his works. The provenance is impeccable, it belonged to Ibanez and was part of his collection at Fontana Rosa when he died in 1928. The auction in which it was first sold in Dallas was in 1930, which makes perfect sense from a 'timeline' point of view. Ibanez is a very important literary figure. Having regard to the fact that this is a writing desk means that in all probability, Ibanez would have 'penned' some of his famous works at this very desk and using the surviving slope/shelf. Fontana Rosa is a historic garden situated on the Avenue Blasco Ibáñez in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, on the French Riviera. The Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1869-1928) began to build it from 1922 on, and he set up home here with his second wife, Elena, and died there in 1928. This garden with Spanish and Menton pottery is found in avenue Blasco Ibanez, near Garavan station, and was created a Historical Monument in 1990. It is also called “Le Jardin des Romanciers” (El Jardín de los Novelistas/The Garden of Novelists), and was frequented by celebrities such as Jean Cocteau. It was the place where Blasco Ibáñez wrote Mare Nostrum, a novel filmed later in 1926. The garden inspired by Andalusian and Arabian-Persian styles contains species such as Ficus macrophylla, Araucaria heterophylla , palm trees, banana trees or scented rosebushes. It is a tribute to Vicente’s favourite writers : Cervantes, Dickens, Shakespeare or Honoré de Balzac, whose busts can be found at the entrance and to whom he dedicated several fountains and rotundas. Its main buildings are a small elevated villa with polychromatic pottery which houses a library and a personal movie projector...

English Renaissance-style (19th Century) oak carved sideboard cabinet with 4 Wainscot paneled doors and fluted top molding.

A large, museum-quality, late-16th century, cedar, Venetian, cassone on its original stand ; the sea creature ornament probably drawn from De la Cosmographie Universelle, livre III, engraving 1550-1568 • This is the only, known, cassone of this type retaining its original stand. • The collection in Italy that it originally came from was a palazzo that it had reputedly been in for generations of the same family and this most likely why the stand has survived. • The decoration is very unusual, and delightful in the array of sea creatures depicted. The connection of the region with the sea is very strong. • The inner lid is very practical and can be used for display or serving. The interior offers masses of storage space which is particularly suitable for textiles being cedar which repels moths. • The cassone is a beautiful, rich colour and has developed a lustrous patina. • The cassone is Illustrated & discussed in discussed in ‘Woods in British Furniture Making’, (Bowett) c13 Provenance: Private collection, Mayorca. Private collection, Italy Related to: Cassone in V&A collection, no 4886-1858 Width 177 cm., 70 in., Height 87 cm., 34 ½ in. Depth 68 cm. 26 ½ in. With lid open 155 cm., 61 in “Late 16th and 17th century, London inventories confirm that cypress wood chests were relatively common in prosperous households. In 1598 there was a cypress chest in the hall of John Mason, a vintner, valued at 50 shillings. It was the most expensive piece of furniture in the house. Similarly there was a ‘fair cypress chest’ in the great chamber of Adrian Moore, haberdasher, in 1618, and a cypress chest worth £ 9 in the hall of Thomas Willis, a clotherworker in 1630. The chests were sometimes described as ‘great’ or ‘small’ but not otherwise described – presumably they were familiar to the compilers of the inventories. They were placed in halls, chambers and parlours, places where they would have been on prominent view. It is noteworthy that only the chests were imported and not, apparently, the wood. “ (p282, Cypress, Woods in British Furniture making) The decoration is very unusual, and delightful in the array of sea creatures depicted. The connection of the region with the sea is very strong. I have never seen one of these chests on its original stand. The collection in Italy that it came from was a palazzo that it had reputedly been in for generations of the same family and this most likely why the stand has survived. In practical terms, the stand makes the chest a comfortable height to use. The exterior of the chest is a beautiful, mellow colour and has developed a lustrous patina. The top comprises three planks faced with a shallow, cleated, moulded edge nailed on. The front retains its original hasp and lockplate and, as is commonly found, the lock has been removed but, unusually the original ring hinges have survived. The top opens to reveal an inner lid with ring hinges and a brass ring, revealing a large open storage compartment below, the bottom lined with an old fabric. The underside of the lid retains its original penwork and pierced decoration. The central panel depicts sea creatures, sharks, flatfish, monster fish, sea horses, Neptune and mermaids, probably drawn from De la Cosmographie Universelle, livre III, engraving 1550-1568. The panels either side depicting a crown, the sun and unicorns amongst stylised floral sprays. The surrounding naive penwork border features repeats of three naked ladies in the sea, a man wearing an animal mask with two dogs in a forest and a huntsman with two dogs. The floor of the inside of the cassone is upholstered in an 18th century red and yellow striped woven textile the colours of the Catalan flag. The front is decorated with pierced, silhouettes of beasts, trees and figures. The sides are plain with iron carrying handles. On its original stand, with similar decoration, and bearing a cartouche which would have been decorated with the arms of its original owner. Italian, last quarter of the 16th century. Condition Report : Old repair to bottom left moulding of top. Some hairline cracks to top. The hasp, lockplate and ring hinges are original, the lock has been removed. Handles probably 18th century. The inner lid was probably added in the 18th century and supporting mechanism in the 19th century. Exceptional original, lustrous colour and patina. Measures: Width 177 cm. 70 in., height 87 cm. 34 ½ in., depth 68 cm. 26 ½ in. The cassone was the principal piece of furniture in 16th century, Italy. These chests were made as bridal gifts for nobles and aristocrats from cedar specifically for storing their much prized and valued hangings, clothing and linens, as the wood repels moths and the sweet fragrance delicately scents fabrics. Consquently the cassone, as in this example might be decorated with the family coat of arms or with depictions of virtue and edifying episodes from the Bible. A young woman could not be allowed to enter marriage without some instruction. Later, many cassoni were taken apart so that the decorated front panel could be hung as a painting. The stand of this cassone has a cartouche that would have contained a painted coat of arms in the centre which shows that it was conceived for a noble family. Such cypress or cedar chests, incised in bas relief and pyrographically engraved, have long been associated with Venice and typically have a naïve decoration on the exterior. Literature: The 'cypress chests' containing 'arras, counterpoints, costely apparel, tents, and canopies, fine linen, Turkey cushions...

Superb and rare Renaissance period bargueno in walnut and fruitwood marquetry from the late 16th century -Spain The bargueño, an emblematic piece of furniture from 16th and 17th cent...

An Italian Florentine Renaissance Carved Burl Walnut Fall-Front Writing Cabinet, Circa 1560, 16th century From the Davanzatti Palace Museum in Florence Height: 59 inches x 36 inches ...

An exceptional Renaissance style antique cabinet with imposing style and presence. Solid cabinet with a central door having a carved heraldic element flanked by two doors with carved...

Rare monumental Hunt style Renaissance Revival cabinet by Alexander Roux 1870 museum quality piece. Carved out of solid oak with numerous rich details...

Credenza, Drinks cabinet, Cabinet, Sideboard in beech carved on its 3 facades. The splashback is decorated with fine sculpted figures of fruit, fruit baskets, plants and birds, proba...

This Renaissance style vitrine cabinet is a stunningly beautiful masterpiece in white oak with superb carvings and detail. Note the fourteen carved figures, lion's heads and other su...

16th Century Italian Prie-dieu (Praying Kneeler) made of Italian walnut and burl wood.

A Stunning and Rare 19th Century Handcrafted Tooled Brown Leather Italian Renaissance Design Fitted Writing Cabinet On Original Plinth Featuring fourteen hand-painted portraits (aft...

English Renaissance-style (18/19th Century) walnut hutch cabinet with 2 shelves under a carved pediment top with 2 drawers over 2 diamond carved doors on ...

An exquisite antique mid 19th century Dutch cabinet or cupboard in the renaissance style, crafted from the finest rosewood veneers on solid oak. Moulded top cornice, above a frieze o...

Signed twice on the lock P. SORMANI 10 rue Charlot Paris Rare neo-Renaissance cabinet in carved wood and Portor marble, adorned with chiseled and gilded bronze. The upper, part, surmounted by a frieze of posts and marble cabochons, consists of a central door decorated with a carved panel representing the birth of Venus, framed by two pairs of ringed and fluted columns with Corinthians capitals in gilded bronze revealing two doors with secret opening. Two drawers with lion’s head shaped handles and a central drawer decorated with tracery in gilded bronze complete the upper part of this cabinet. In the lower part, two drawers on the belt with diamond...

Lovely little oak tabernacle from the Renaissance period of the 17th century. Superb little unusual piece of furniture with its original lock and working key. The door is covered wi...

18th century German display cabinet, crafted in oak with extensive hand carved detail and a dark aged patina. The crown is carved with the date 1743 and the name Heinrich Borles. The...

The Round Tray Top Mahogany Display Table from Niagara Furniture is an exercise in elegance. The sweeping mahogany legs are created by hand and support the table’s finely carved ski...

IMPORTANT LARGE PORTUGUESE ORATORY 17th Century in carved and turned Brazilian rosewood with remains of gilding, glass doors and sides. Interior with painted, polychrome and gold de...

Italian Renaissance style (17th Century and Later) walnut cabinet on stand with 2 grill doors above a frieze drawer & trestle supports.

ITALIAN COUNTER/CABINET WITH TREMPE 19th Century Italian, 19th century. with ebony marquetry, ebonized wood with engraved ivory applications, decorated with "Compositions with mythol...

Exceptional figural sideboard, France, ca. 1880. Very good condition. Wood: walnut Dimensions: height 287 cm width 180 cm depth 60 cm

This cabinet is an exquisite piece of antique furniture, which is crafted from beautifully-contrasting ebonised wood, golden gilt bronze (ormolu) and colourful hardstones. The ca...

Pair of Spanish Renaissance style (19/20th Century) mahogany narrow cabinets with grill doors and red damask panel (PRICED AS Pair).

Figural Renaissance cabinet, France, around 1870. Very good condition. Wood: walnut dimensions: width 131 cm x height 175 cm x depth 52 cm

With a rectangular top with molded edge over a frieze with two drawers flanked by three acanthus carved corbel shaped drawers, pair cabinet doors below wi...

This extraordinary Utrecht “Poortkast” (portal cabinet) stands as one of the finest expressions of Dutch Renaissance furniture. Crafted in ...

This elegant antique Bargueño or Vargueño desk was crafted in Spain circa 1820. The two-piece cabinet-on-stand features a rectangular chest resting on turned legs connected by a deco...

Historic site from the late 19th century, France. The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height 230 cm / width 84 cm / depth 40 cm

French Henry II Deux-Corps cabinet, in two parts. Of linear design and interesting, unusual proportions, the top part with two-doors over two drawers, bottom with two larger drawers ...

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...

An exceptionally rare, late-Renaissance, Florentine, walnut, writing cabinet, scrittoio, escritoire or desk in two parts This striking, writing cabinet has a classical form, ornam...