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Vitrines For Sale
Antique Country Corner Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine and larger corner cabinet with good traditional form. The two- part cabinet in a maple tone stain with canted corners. The top section with...
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19th Century Country Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Mahogany Showcase from the 1930s Stylized as Chippendale Furniture
Located in Opole, PL
Mahogany Showcase from the 1930s Stylized as Chippendale Furniture We present you this mahogany wood and veneer showcase circa 1930s, which is stylized as Chippendale furniture. The...
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1930s European Vintage Vitrines

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Wood, Mahogany

Bespoke Modernist Showcase, Lacquered Wood, Chromed Metal, Sliding Glass Panels
Located in Berlin, DE
Bespoke modernism showcase cabinet designed and manufactured by GMD Berlin. Wood lacquering in various colors and finish. Available on request in different amounts.
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2010s German Modern Vitrines

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Steel

China Closet Biedermeier
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its original condition from many years ago. Sim...
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1880s Polish Biedermeier Antique Vitrines

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Birch

Rowntree’s Sweet Shop Display Cabinet Advertising Shop Display Cabinet
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Rowntree’s Sweet shop display cabinet Advertising Shop Display Cabinet the cabinet has a rather grand carved cornice with a mirrored Royal Appointment sign and Chocolates in Gold and Silver The Glass on the front of the cabinet is painted and etched with Rowntree’s Chocolates Makers...
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Early 1900s Industrial Antique Vitrines

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Glass

Linke Style Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bijouterie Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century mahogany oval table display cabinet, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts depicting cloven hoofed Bacchus influen...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu

Early 19th Century French Wooden Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden vitrine created in early 19th century France. Large and grand, yet warm and approachable, this wondrous display cabinet is pulled straight from a fairy tale. A delicate blea...
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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Oak

An early 18th century Florentine Ebonized Wood Aedicule Case
Located in Leesburg, VA
An early 18th century Florentine ebonized wood aedicule case with gilt metal embellishments Ambit of Leonard van der Vinne Possibly first decade of the 18th century; Florence, Italy Approximate size: 83.5 (h) x 69 (w) x 23 (d) cm The cabinet’s centralized glass door is flanked by thick spiraling Solomonic columns surmounting a lower drawer. To the rear of the cabinet, the motif repeats in an eloquent display of perspectival treatment. The overall work is supported by a tiered base, elegantly conceived, and the cabinet is topped by a handsome pediment flanked by square plinths crested by gilt metal finials and an openwork frieze. The cabinet’s tempered and moderate form suggests an origin probably during the first decade or quarter of the 18th century. Although utilitarian in concept, the reserved and sublime expressiveness of this cabinet is managed with a quality and care respective of the influence of Florentine ebony cabinetry work conceived in the Galleria dei lavori or Grand Ducal Workshops of the 18th century Medici dynasty. In particular, its base mouldings echo a remarkable Night Clock...
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Vitrines

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Brass

Brutalist Solid Oak Cabinet, France, 1940s
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
This French Brutalist Art Deco buffet / cabinet / vitrine in solid oak was created in the 1940s. It is in Normandy, that we had the chance to unearth this wonderful Brutalist piece....
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1940s French Brutalist Vintage Vitrines

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Oak

Fantastic English Castle Form Carved Wood Display Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Originally purchased from the eponymous West Hollywood design shop Hollyhock. A two part cabinet in a carved castle form with overall linear brick pattern. The castle with twin turre...
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20th Century Gothic Revival Vitrines

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Glass, Mirror, Wood

19th Century Large French Oak Directoire Library Cabinet
Located in Surrey, BC
Beautiful six-door cabinet with brass details and adjustable solid oak shelves. Fantastic patina/age-cracked finish on the cabinet's original, untouched surface. This fully functioni...
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Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique Vitrines

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Oak, Walnut

1950s Mahogany Vitrine Display Table on Wheels and with Handles
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1950s Mahogany Vitrine Display Table on original Wheels and with Handles and faux bamboo Mahogany legs. Original green felt lining in place, includes a new black color felt, loose...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

Materials

Brass

Ico Parisi set of two cabinet of 60’s.
Located in bari, IT
Pair of distinctive cabinets made of walnut wood with crystal shelves, a type of object that was often used by collectors to display their collections, the design can be traced back ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Crystal

Vintage French Patinated Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
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...
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20th Century French French Provincial Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

"Book" Storage Cabinets by Titti Fabiani for Ideal Form Team, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
"Book" storage units by Titti Fabiani for Ideal Form Team Ashwood frames with glass doors. Another taller piece available from the same design, can also ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Vintage Modernist Table Vitrine Cabinet by Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful table vitrine cabinet by Josef Frank, made from mahogany in a sleek design. Glass shelves and mirror bottom let the light flow freely. Perfect for displaying cherished obje...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Mirror, Mahogany

Art Deco Vitrine Sideboard, Rosewood Veneer, Marble, Maple, France circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant original, Art Deco vitrine, showcase or sideboard in lacquered rosewood veneer from France around 1930. Top with stunning thick original marble slab in red-grey-green structu...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

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Marble

Art Deco Spectacular Display Cabinet Vitrine, English, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Impressively wacky shaped and genuinely rare design is this superb 1930's English Art Deco Display cabinet. This beautiful cabinet is veneered in a lightly figured walnut veneer which has the most glorious patterning to the grain and retains a mid tone in colouring. The interior features a generously sized display area for your collection. There are three internal glass shelves . The beautiful astragal glass...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

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Glass, Walnut, Plywood, Bentwood

French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Large French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Three-Corps Vitrine Cabinet. The converted three door display case with twin bombé (rounded)...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines

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Ormolu, Bronze

Tall Vintage German Pine Haberdashery Shop Cabinet, 1950s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This haberdashery cabinet was produced during the 1950s in Germany. This piece features 8 drawers in pine with glass fronts and metal handles. It was originally used in a shop for sewing supplies. The interior dimensions of the glass fronted drawers...
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1950s Dutch Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Pine

Art Deco Signed Wolfgang Hoffmann for Romweber World's Fair Display Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important Art Deco period Century of Progress Display Cabinet designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann (Austrian, 1900-1969) for Romweber Company, Batesville, Indiana, United States of America. circa 1933-1936 Created for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, one piece design, having a rectangular showcase top with glass panel sides and a pair of sliding glass doors, over solid wood chest fitted with four drawers affixed with horizontal pulls, flanked by cabinet doors, opening to shelved interior. Rosewood, mahogany, richly figured blonde - golden birch or primavera, and glass. Signed, original label to drawer interior, featuring 1933 World's Fair mark impressed. **Please note, at the time of writing this, a matching sideboard - buffet (shown in last photo) is currently available separately** Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the important and iconic collection of Mr. James I. Rafftesaeth Jr., Dallas, Texas Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. 2022 Design Signature Auction catalog #8091 History: Wolfgang Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1900. He is the son of famous architect, pedagogue and Wiener Werkstatte cofounder, Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956). Early on, following his father’s s interests, he was trained in the decorative arts and design. Wolfgang Hoffmann once reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school, where I perfected my technical knowledge of architecture and general construction. From this school, I was graduated to the Kunstgewerbeschule [Studying under Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank in Vienna]. After finishing this school, I had one and a half years of practical in a well known architect’s office. Thereafter I worked in my Father’s office for two years”. Hoffmann met his future wife, Polish immigrant Pola (1902-1984) when they were both studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was needing an assistant for his architectural business in New York and contacted his friend and colleague, Joseph Hoffmann in Vienna. Hoffmann recommended his son Wolfgang. Urban hired him and sent a first class passage ticket to Vienna for Wolfgang to travel to New York. Wolfgang married Pola and traded his ticket for two tickets to America in steerage, arriving in New York City in December of 1925. Leaving the Urban office after nine months, Wolfgang and Pola formed an independent design practice with offices on Madison Avenue in Manhattan with the purpose of creating contemporary interiors and industrial designs. Early work included theaters, stores, and apartments mostly in New York City. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hoffmanns designed custom furniture for private clients. Some of these examples were shown in the February 1929 issue of House and Garden. Curiously, the examples’ design was attributed to Urban and the production to Pola Hoffmann, Inc. Established in the fall of 1928, the American Designers’ Gallery was “devoted exclusively to showing objects and interiors for practical use… by fourteen American architects and designers”. Its members included the Hoffmans and Urban as well as ceramist Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1971), architect Raymond Hood (1881-1934), artist designer Winold Reiss (1886-1953), graphic designer Lucien Bernhard (1896-1981), decorator Donald Deskey (1894-1989), and architect Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972). The Hoffmanns’ work was included in the American Designers’ Gallery’s two showcase events, its 1928 and 1929 exhibitions. Their dining alcove at the 1929 event featured a bench with a dinette table and two chairs in American walnut designed by Wolfgang and a rug by Pola. Lucien Bernhard, fellow Austrian immigrant who settled in New York a year before the Hoffmanns, operated the gallery and decorating service Contempora with Munich resident Bruno Paul (1874-1968). The Hoffmanns, occasionally participating with Contempora, designed a number of outstanding interiors, including the constructivist living room of 1930 for Mrs. O.R. Sommerich at 40 East 66th street. In 1934, Donald Deskey commissioned Wolfgang to design birchwood furnishings for the eclectic apartment at 625 Park Avenue belonging to Helena Rubinstein. In 1931, Wolfgang exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The same year, with Kem Weber (1889-1963) he organized the second and final exhibition of AUDAC- “Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts”- at the Brooklyn Museum. At this event, the Hoffmanns showed the dining room previously included in the American Designer’s Gallery’s 1929 exhibition in the Chase Bank Building lobby at 145 West 57th Street in Manhattan. In 1932 Wolfgang was asked to assist Urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. He was also commissioned to design the interior and furniture for the fair’s lumber industries house. There he executed its living and dining rooms furnished by Kroehler Manufacturing Company of Chicago; the boys’ room by Shower Brothers...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vitrines

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Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood

Ca. Early 20th Century French Vitrine Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine jewel like Vitrine Table in Louis XV style. Shaped square form with hinged glass inset top and glass sides. The inside lined in a dusty blue herringbone fabric. The top with bra...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Vitrines

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Brass

Pair of Black Wooden Vitrine Cabinets
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of cabinets or vitrines made of black painted wood on the outside and natural color wood on the inside. Door and sides made of glass, wooden shelves. The cabinets are new, unuse...
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2010s Balinese Organic Modern Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Fine Turn of The Century Vitrine
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5387 Finest turn of the century French display cabinet in rosewood, having original marble top above geometrically inlaid frieze and a glass door fitted with original working loc...
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Early 20th Century French Vitrines

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Rosewood

1820s Germany Wooden and Glass Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
Step back in time and behold the captivating allure of this German vitrine, made circa 1820. This extraordinary piece, massive yet elegantly poised, stands as a behemoth of exquisite craftsmanship, exuding a timeless charm that effortlessly enchants the eyes and beckons admiration. The vitrine's journey through the ages has bestowed upon it a unique character and allure. The dark paint that once embraced its surface has gracefully ebbed away over the years, unveiling the warm hardwood that lies beneath. This transformation has given rise to a delightful patina, an artistic play of textures that adds an enchanting depth to its appearance. Step closer, and you'll be captivated by a stunning revelation. Inside the vitrine, and a pastel blue interior awaits, a fresh and unexpected contrast to its outwardly weathered allure. This harmonious blend of rustic and refined aesthetics creates a mesmerizing effect, making each moment spent with this vitrine a journey of discovery and delight. Featuring eight display shelves and four lower storage drawers, this vitrine generously offers both a treasure trove of storage possibilities and a glimpse into the history it carries within. The intricate woodwork, skillfully crafted during a time when artistry met tradition, holds stories and secrets from an era long gone by. This piece of history stands as a testament to the artistry and innovation of its era, a symbol of grandeur and sophistication. Its imposing presence and striking design make it a true marvel, demanding attention and reverence in any space it graces. The 1820s German Wooden...
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Early 19th Century German Baroque Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Medical Showcase / Trolley, 1940s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Medical trolley made of iron and glass. Produced in the 40s. The trolley has glass on 4 sides and on top a glass plate. Good working lock / key.
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1940s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines

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Iron

1900s French Wooden Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden vitrine created in 1900s France. Towering above, this elegant find emits both an impressive display of elite craftsmanship and a warm and approa...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

French Burl Walnut and Lemonwood Marquetry Vitrine or Cabinet, circa 1900
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at 36.5 inches in height, this small scale French burl walnut vitrine from the turn of the twentieth century features inset borders made of fine lines of inlaid lemonwood an...
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Early 20th Century French Vitrines

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Elm, Fruitwood, Walnut, Burl

Pair Modern Black Lacquered & Brass Curio Display Cabinets by Mastercraft
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of modern Mastercraft black lacquered, brass and glass display cabinets or vitrines. These beautiful cabinets feature a burnished brass over a black lacquered frame, three adjus...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Brass

20th century French Patinated Oak Vitrine, 1980s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Large narrow showcase in patinated oak from the 80s. Made in double parts, a glazed part on the top with several modular shelves and a closed part on the bottom. Nice quality. Shallo...
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1980s French Vintage Vitrines

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Glass, Oak

Pair of Vitrines for Roche Bobois in Black Lacquer by Pierre Cardin, circa 1980
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Elevate your home decor with this exquisite pair of black lacquer vitrines, masterfully crafted by the legendary Pierre Cardin for Roche Bobois i...
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1980s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

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Brass

Old English Wooden Showcase
Located in AIGNAN, FR
English mahogany display cabinet dating from the 1960s. The color of the wood is bright and warm. Its small size, its glass doors a...
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Mid-20th Century English Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

German Mid-Century Wall Unit in Teak by Walter Wirz for Wilhelm Renz, 1960
Located in München, Bavaria
Dimensions 100 x 19 x 26cm (L x D x H) Very shapely, simple and elegant shelf made of a veneered U-profile by Wilhelm Renz for Walter Wirz - here in a version in teak and 100 cm ...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Teak

Barbers Shop Cabinet, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
- Black and opal glass - Nickel trims - Shaving socket and light switch - Multiple storage compartments and shelves - Beveled mirrors - Working taps which a flexi pipe can be br...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

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Glass

Library from the interwar period, Germany.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Library from the interwar period, Germany. Very good condition. Wood: oak dimensions height 181 cm width 228 cm depth 47 cm
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1920s German Renaissance Vintage Vitrines

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Oak

Italian Pair of Brass Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of jewelry vitrine .The vitrine mounts on the side and could mount on the back. The hanging bracket are on the side as showing on the photos . Vitrines are in vintage conditio...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Brass

Vintage Wood Frame Glass Display Case
Located in Hudson, NY
The vintage wood frame glass display case, shown here, is generously sized to allow plenty of storage opportunity for collections of all typ...
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19th Century Campaign Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Wood

Tessellated Horn & Mother of Pearl Lighted Display Cabinet with Doors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines

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Brass

vintage rosewood display cabinet
Located in GRONINGEN, NL
vintage display cabinet wall cabinet 60s Danish period 60's designs unknown Denmark conditions excellent minimal signs of use size 37 x 82 x 30 (...
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1960s Danish Vintage Vitrines

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Metal

Bastone Cabinet in Oak with Doors by Poiat
Located in Helsinki, FI
The Bastone case piece collection, which consists of a cabinet and a sideboard, is designed by the master cabinet maker and designer Antrei Hartikainen for Poiat Furniture. Somewhere...
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2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vitrines

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Oak

Belle Epoque Louis XVI Style Giltwood Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
Belle Epoque Louis XVI style gilt wood vitrine, circa 1890s, with shaped rectangular top centering a floral cartouche, the glazed door and sides flanked by ribbon-tied fluted colonne...
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Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Giltwood

Victorian Walnut Display Cabinet or Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5244 fine quality and very attractive Victorian figured walnut display cabinet / vitrine, having boo matched figured top above a pair of glazed doors fitted with original turned kn...
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19th Century Antique Vitrines

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Walnut

Small Scale Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrine, Bookcase
Located in Fayetteville, AR
With glass on three sides, this French Louis XVI style mahogany vitrine from the late nineteenth century is ideal for displaying any fine collection. Resting on turned finial feet...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Campaign Style Curio Display Cabinets by Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
We are very pleased to offer a great pair of gorgeous, sleek and minimalist display cabinets made by the famous Henredon furniture makers, made in the USA. Part of Henredon’s early 1...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Brass

Andre Arbus Cabinet with Vitrine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Art Deco cabinet with vitrine. Rosewood with beveled glass sliding doors and bronze mounts, circa 1938.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines

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Rosewood

Tall Corner Cabinet in Oak & Glass by Henning Kjærnulf, Mid Century, 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Such a stunning midcentury cabinet / virtine in solid oak. Made by a Danish designer Henning (Henry) Kjærnulf in the 1960s. The cabinet features colored glass doors...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines

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Brass

Showcase, France, circa 1930
Located in Chorzów, PL
Showcase, France, circa 1930. Very good condition. Wood: oak Dimensions: height 200 cm width 130 cm depth 52 cm.
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1930s French Louis Philippe Vintage Vitrines

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Oak

19th Century Country French Walnut Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Country French Walnut Vitrine will make a stunning display case for your most prized possessions! Crafted in the inimitable French m...
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1890s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Vitrines

Materials

Steel

Art Deco Two Tone Blonde Birds Eye Maple & Walnut Vitrine Display Cabinet, c1930
Located in Devon, England
An extremely stylish and very distinctive looking English 1930s Art Deco two-tone semi circular vitrine cabinet is offered here with original working ...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vitrines

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Glass, Walnut, Birdseye Maple

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Period Mahogany Bookcase or Vitrine, Bronze
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century Louis XVI mahogany Bibliotheque or bookcase is finished in stunning bronze banding. Bronze-fluted corners flank its two beveled glass doors. The doors open to reveal an interior fitted with four adjustable interior shelves and two lower drawers of dovetail construction. An addition lower drawer below the doors is detailed with a central bronze cartouche surrounded by scrolling leaves and tassels. Each corner of the crown is appointed with a bronze finial. The case rests on Classic Louis XVI finial...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrine with Bronze Detailing
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at 63 inches in height, this small scale mid-nineteenth century Louis XVI style mahogany bibliotheque or bookcase is finished with stunning bronze banding. Its corners feature fluting with inset bronze filets. Both doors have their original blown glass, evidenced by waves and an occasional bubble, and are finished with bronze borders and key surrounds. This circa 1860 vitrine is fitted with its two adjustable interior shelves. The cabinet rests on classic finial feet...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Inlaid Ladies Desk with Vitrine
Located in Sofia, BG
This is a beautiful French antique mahogany inlaid ladies writing desk, circa 1870 in date. The fall front opens to reveal an interior of writing surface, and bank of two drawers. Th...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Mahogany Museum / Shop Display Cabinet or Vitrine, Late 19th Century
Located in Nijmegen, NL
A museum quality Victorian mahogany display cabinet. This outstanding large cabinet has two glass doors fitted with original knob handles. It features three shelves on cast iron shel...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Mahogany

Early 19th Century French Charles X Period Palisander Vitrine, Bookcase
Located in Fayetteville, AR
A unique piece from a short period of time in French furniture making, this early nineteenth century French Charles X period palisander vitrine or bookcase features fine lines of lem...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Fruitwood, Palisander

Gaston Poisson Brutalist Solid Oak Buffet, France, 1940s
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
This French Brutalist Art Deco buffet / cabinet / vitrine in solid oak was created in the 1940s by Gaston Poisson. It is in the town of Dunkirk, Normandy, France, that we had the c...
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1940s French Brutalist Vintage Vitrines

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Oak

Art Deco Cathedral Display Cabinet with Cabriole Legs, Vitrine, circa 1930
Located in Miami, FL
Superb 1930s Art Deco walnut cathedral display cabinet. Gorgeous mid to light tone walnut veneers, still with original working key and two glass shelves. Generously spaced interior, ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Antique Dutch Neoclassical Petite Vitrine ~ Curio Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Dutch neoclassical Petite Vitrine ~ Curio cabinet is a marvelous example of craftsmanship on a diminutive scale! Standing a little over four fee...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Revival Antique Vitrines

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Glass, Oak

Gallé Art Nouveau vitrine
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Showcase signed "Gallé" in walnut and veneer, decorated with clematis. It opens on the front with a large glazed leaf and a small leaf in the lower part. The locks and the lighting s...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vitrines

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Walnut

Antique and Vintage Vitrines

Why not give your precious collectibles the case pieces they deserve? Antique and vintage vitrines can be used to safely store and display your most treasured objects.

While they were initially used to display relics in churches or to preserve specimens for scientific observation, vitrines are best known for their place in retail spaces and museums. The name for these glass display cases comes from the Latin word “vitrum,” meaning glass, as well as the Old French word “vitre,” which also refers to glass. Instead of simply showcasing collector’s items on shelves, you can bestow extra importance on them by displaying them in a vitrine for passers-by to observe and admire.

Not all vitrines are created equal. Over time, furniture makers have explored different shapes and sizes for vitrines. A display case you’ll find in a retail store will likely look drastically different from what you’ll see in a museum or art gallery. A vitrine in a shop is likely there to best market specific wares to the general public, while in museums there is usually a range of different vitrines intended to house and protect single objects or to display a grouping of artifacts.

Most of us have an antique, new or vintage case piece in our home. Though the terms “case pieces” and “case goods” may cause even the most decor-obsessed to stumble, these furnishings have been a vital part of the home for centuries. Any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — cabinets, dressers, buffets — may be properly termed a case piece.

Mirror-backed vitrines, which refer to cases that usually feature shelved and mirrored interiors, are a most appropriate home for your jewelry or decorative objects. Adding such items to a vitrine already suggests that there is an irreplaceable preciousness to the case’s contents, and the mirrors will emphasize as much as well as refract more light to render the display eye-catching.

On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of antique and vintage vitrines to protect and preserve your most prized items. The collection of mid-century modern vitrines and Art Deco vitrines is mostly inclusive of those built with a wooden frame, but there are many other types to choose from as well. It’s time to give your collectibles a good home!

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