Stylish cabinet from the Empire. ( 1795 – 1830 )

This line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm">This cabinet is also called a 'gate cabinet' after the gate above the cornice.

We see a beautiful pattern in the grain of the wood.

The cabinetmaker made thin layers of veneer from the wood from one tree and mirrored them in relation to each other so that symmetry was created.

A very careful job.

Veneering was then seen as an extra high-quality craft.

There were no machines at the time to do this easily .

Below three large wide drawers.

They are expertly dovetailed.

The interior behind both doors is equipped with two large shelves and above that two smaller, shallower ones.

The double layer of drawers at the bottom is special.

You never see that.

With very beautiful quarter-sawn oak panels.

In total there are seven drawers behind the doors. See photo

A very practical piece of furniture.

The gate can easily be removed.

I have added one photo without the gate.

The lock is original and so is the key.

This is a stylish cabinet from the Regancy period in England. (1810)
Counterpart of the Empire in France and the Continent. 

Revolutionary was disappearing of the round shapes, straight sleek shapes took their place. 
It was also the time of the Dandy, tight trousers, loose, messy hair and a shawl around the neck. 
A very hip time, the more conservative people spoke out against it. 

This cabinet is therefore very sleek in shape, but very beautifully made and with sleek real ebony piping in a nice contrast to the light colour of the wood. 
The wood is precious and rare 'Geelhout', from South Africa. 
Podocarpus latifolius. 
These trees can become 40 meters high and grow very slow. 
They can become very old like 500 years. 
It has an exceptionally good quality and is also very popular because it is so beautiful. 
It is still found in old houses in South Africa as floorboards or chopping blocks.
In 1797 the English came to conquer South Africa and since than this wood came as a curiosity to England and France to make exclusive furniture. 

The interior had later become extra shelves. 
To be able to accommodate more and more practical clothing or other things. 

The back inside is also later. 
But that is not noticeable, certainly not when the cabinet is used again as it was intended - to put clothes in.

Beautiful Dutch tendril cabinet. Rosewood on oak. Fine and beautifully carved tendrils. The doors are particularly thick and heavy.

Inside two shelves.

Later in the 19th century a safe was made between the shelves.

It can be closed by a secret slide that is under the safe in the drawer below.

the cabinet stands on three ball feet nicely regular, above which are the three tendrils.

Also beautiful is the break front in the frieze in the middle with expertly carved garland and bird.

Beautiful Dutch vine cabinet. Rosewood on oak. Fine and beautifully carved vines. The doors are particularly thick and heavy.

Inside two shelves.

Later in the 19th century a safe was made between the shelves.

This can be closed with a secret slide that is located under the safe in the drawer below.

The cabinet stands on three beautiful regular ball feet, above which the three vines are located.

Also beautiful is the broken front in the frieze in the middle with expertly carved garland and bird.

Small restorations, such as in the door below, pieces of wood have been renewed. see photo.

the doors have become a bit convex but close.

beautiful cabinet made of rare and precious satin wood.
Single curved base cabinet. 
And double curved hood. 
Very beautiful model in Louis XV period. 
Beautiful color and very beautiful drawing in the grain. Extra is the rotating half round plateau under the doors. see detailed photos. 
The interior behind the doors is in quarter-sawn oak. With two shelves and three drawers below and two above. 
A very practical cabinet in terms of storage space.

Secretary with writing flap in beautiful burr walnut.

Around 1770.

The flap rests on two long drawers (pipe drawers).

The writing area has a black calfskin inlay.

Double curved model.

Under three drawers with oak interior.

Extensive interior with many drawers and a safe with another small drawer.

Beautifully carved claw feet.

Minor restorations, condition acording age and use.

The lock is original but no longer closes.

Late Gothic chest. 
A Cardinal is depicted in the middle. 
Next to it are two different noble coats of arms. 
And on the outside are two fleur de lis ornaments. 

Dated between 1400 and 1600, the last Gothic period. 
The asymmetric two-passes only appear later in the Gothic period. 

Because we see two fleur de lis ornaments here, I assume that this is a French Cardinal. 
Usually the Cardinals came from the Nobility, the coat of arms on the right must be of him and his family, the coat of arms on the left has a bar. 
A bar through the coat of arms indicates the termination of this noble line. 
Which is always the case because (officially) a priest has no descendants.

Hinches and lock are later. No key. 
Restaurations. 

Early Dutch Panel Cabinet.

First half of the 17th century. (1600 – 1640)

Beautiful quarter-sawn panels.

The hood and the foot are equally heavy and beautifully profiled.

The side posts and the centre needle have beautiful deep fluting.

Beautiful balanced proportions.

Beautiful example of early Dutch Renaissance.

Beautiful interior in a beautiful colour with a deep patina.

Later, two shallower shelves and two drawers were added.

The drawers are fitted with green felt as cutlery drawers.

Small restorations: a piece has been renuwed in the right side. (photo)

The legs have been restored at the back. (photo)

That is usually the case.

Rare secretary with upstand. 
Beautiful burl walnut wood. 
Beautiful and extensive interior with many small drawers – nicely curved – and a secret ‘cellar’. 
Underneath three large drawers with oak interior. 
The piece of furniture stands on beautiful claw feet.

Elegant display cabinet in Louis XV line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm">Beautiful honey-coloured mahogany.

Artfully carved carving in the hood and the foot rail.

The base cabinet is double-curved and the drawers have typical rococo fittings. (asymmetrical)

The inside of the drawers is made of fine quarter-sawn oak.

The back is also made of thin quarter-sawn panels.

The lock is original, a suitable key is missing, I have added an old key as a to pull. It fits in the lock.

Underneath two beautifully carved claw feet gripping a ball.

Beautiful Column cabinet from the mid-17th century.

Named after the heavy half columns that you see in the middle and along the sides.

This design is derived from classical Greek and Roman temple construction.

Beautifully detailed fluting and joints in the columns.

Beautiful bases underneath.

In fact, such a cabinet is a reflection of classical architecture in wood.

This cabinet only got these ball feet in the 18th century.

At that time, this was an innovation and people thought that it was meant to be that way.

Before that, this piece of furniture had 'klos' legs - a continuation of what you see above the ball feet.

The oak is quarter-sawn, which is why it has that striking grain structure.

Underneath a wide drawer that is fully incorporated into the design.

The hood has that far-protruding flat horizontal edge that is typical of early 17th century Dutch cabinets.

Inside two original shelves.

The lock (see photo) is original.

SOLD

Elegant secretary, mid 18th century, around 1750.

Burr walnut from the roots of the tree.

This model is called double curved because of the shape of the drawers.

Beautiful and extensive interior with two unusual secret compartments.

There are two drawers on the left and right, if you first pull these drawers out completely and then pull the edge under the drawers towards you, there is a secret compartment behind them that is hidden behind the drawers.

There is also a ‘cellar’ behind the writing area.

You can slide this flat back – there is a storage space underneath.

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The writing area is covered with green felt.

The writing cover is slightly bent so that the lock no longer works.

Beautiful claw feet on the front and beautiful carving on the plinth.

Exceptionally beautifully executed Dutch three-door cabinet.

This type is already quite rare, and then also so richly and artistically executed

is very rare.

In the panels we see thinly sawn coromandel wood everywhere.

This wood looks like ebony but it has a clear pattern of wide stripes.

A precious type of wood that had to be imported from Sri Lanka.

Three horizontal doors placed one above the other.

Heavy duty - 5.5 cm thick edges and sturdy panels with deep bosses on the inside.

Between the doors are rails with artistic and skilled stitching.

Also on the sides under the cornice we see beautiful stitching of acanthus tendrils.

The sides have a beautiful framework of rails and panels with fine profiles.

Above the doors is a flat frieze with carvings of small arches, as we often see in 17th century Dutch cabinets.

All locks are original and so are the keys.

The cabinet stands on small ball feet.