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Mid-19th Century Ormolu-mounted French Kingwood Vitrine
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Mid-19th Century Ormolu-mounted French Kingwood Vitrine

19th century
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Circa 1850, ormolu-mounted French kingwood vitrine. The cabinet surmounted by a polished top with a crossbanded frieze over a shaped glass door with foliate, ormolu mounts opening to an upholstered (newly relined) and shelved interior. The glazed bowfront sides with further ormolu mounts. With a small apron with foliate mounts, and supported on tapering cabriole legs with ormolu sabots.

Physical Dimensions
Height
144cm (56.69")
Width
90cm (35.43")
Depth
48cm (18.90")
Declaration

Georgian Antiques has dated this French Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1020229
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23439
Description
Circa 1850, ormolu-mounted French kingwood vitrine.
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The cabinet surmounted by a polished top with a crossbanded frieze over a shaped glass door with foliate, ormolu mounts opening to an upholstered (newly relined) and shelved interior.
Georgian Antiques

The glazed bowfront sides with further ormolu mounts. With a small apron with foliate mounts, and supported on tapering cabriole legs with ormolu sabots.

Height
144cm (56.69")
Width
90cm (35.43")
Depth
48cm (18.90")
Date of Manufacture

Georgian Antiques has dated this French Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1020229
Dealers Internal Ref
23439
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Archive I A mid-19th-century French kingwood vitrine featuring curved glass panels, ornate gilt-bronze mounts, cabriole legs, and a fabric-lined interior with three shelves.

Mid-19th Century Ormolu-Mounted French Kingwood Vitrine

Archive II A mid-19th-century French kingwood vitrine featuring curved glass panels, ornate gilt-bronze mounts, cabriole legs, and a fabric-lined interior with three shelves. View II
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A mid-19th-century French kingwood vitrine featuring curved glass panels, ornate gilt-bronze mounts, cabriole legs, and a fabric-lined interior with three shelves.
Mid-19th Century Ormolu-Mounted French Kingwood Vitrine
Ref: SA1020229
A mid-19th-century French kingwood vitrine featuring curved glass panels, ornate gilt-bronze mounts, cabriole legs, and a fabric-lined interior with three shelves.
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A mid-19th-century French vitrine is a glazed display cabinet characterised by fine wood veneers, such as kingwood or rosewood, shaped glass doors, and decorative gilt-bronze (ormolu) mounts reflecting Rococo or Louis XV Revival styles.

These cabinets are constructed with a solid timber frame veneered in kingwood, featuring cast gilt-bronze mounts, blown or curved glass panels, and an interior lined with silk, velvet, or moire fabric.

Authentic period ormolu mounts exhibit hand-chased surface details, uneven casting marks on the reverse, and securing screws or pins consistent with 19th-century metallurgical techniques rather than modern uniform castings.

A vitrine serves as a focal piece in a drawing room, hallway, or dining space, used to display curated collections of glass, porcelain, or contemporary decorative objects against contrasting neutral wall finishes.

Wood veneers should be dusted with a soft cloth and polished with high-grade beeswax, while ormolu mounts require light dusting without harsh chemical cleaners that strip historical gilded patina.
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