Modern Display Cabinets Photos

About 1900 styles like Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, & other modern designers, took display cases in new directions.

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Carved cabinet with ceramics collection at Museum Angladon, Jacques Doucet Collection. Avignon, France.Cabinet by Christopher Dresser of Britain at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.Anglo-Japanese aesthetic-movement cabinet by Edward William Godwin made by William Watt Art Furniture & painting attrib. James Abbot McNeill Whistler at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Harmony in Yellow & Gold: Butterfly Cabinet painting by James McNeill Whistler at Hunterian Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.
Carved cabinet with ceramics collection at Museum Angladon, Jacques Doucet Collection. Avignon, France.Cabinet (c1870) by Christopher Dresser of Britain at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.Anglo-Japanese aesthetic-movement cabinet (c1877-8) by Edward William Godwin made by William Watt Art Furniture & painting attrib. James Abbot McNeill Whistler at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.Harmony in Yellow & Gold: Butterfly Cabinet painting (1877-8) by James McNeill Whistler at Hunterian Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.
Oak sideboard dresser by Eugène Grasset & cabinetmaker Fulgraff of Paris with oriental-style ceramics at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Oak sideboard by Eugène Grasset & cabinetmaker Fulgraff of Paris with oriental-style ceramics at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Dining room cabinet by Herter Brothers of New York made for Lord Strathcona of Montreal at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Wooden cabinet with glass doors & carved decorations by Paul Gauguin at Hamburg Decorative Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.
Oak sideboard dresser (1880-5) by Eugène Grasset & cabinetmaker Fulgraff of Paris with oriental-style ceramics at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Oak sideboard (1880-5) by Eugène Grasset & cabinetmaker Fulgraff of Paris with oriental-style ceramics at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Dining room cabinet (c1880-5) by Herter Brothers of New York made for Lord Strathcona (Donald Smith) of Montreal at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Wooden cabinet with glass doors & carved decorations (1881) by Paul Gauguin (Paris) at Hamburg Decorative Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.
Display cabinet by François-Rupert Carabin at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Carving detail of display cabinet by François-Rupert Carabin at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Maxim's Restaurant Art Nouveau cabinet. Paris, France.Display cabinet with Art Nouveau ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.
Display cabinet (1893) by François-Rupert Carabin at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Carving detail of display cabinet (1893) by François-Rupert Carabin at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Maxim's Restaurant Art Nouveau cabinet. Paris, France.Display cabinet with Art Nouveau ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.
Display cabinet with Art Nouveau ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Display cabinet with Art Nouveau ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau cabinet with tea service at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau display cabinet with ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.
Display cabinet with Art Nouveau ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Display cabinet with Art Nouveau ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau cabinet with tea service at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau display cabinet with ceramics at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.
Array of display cabinets at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Sideboard plus vitrines at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau cabinet at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Display cabinet at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.
Array of display cabinets at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Sideboard plus vitrines at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau cabinet at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Display cabinet at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.
Display cabinet at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau display cabinet by Gabriel Viardot of Escalier de Cristal of Paris at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.Art Nouveau cabinet attrib Louis Majorelle at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA.Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Display cabinet at Maxim's Art Nouveau Collection 1900. Paris, France.Art Nouveau display cabinet (c1895) by Gabriel Viardot of Escalier de Cristal of Paris at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.Art Nouveau cabinet (c1895-1900) attrib Louis Majorelle at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA.Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine (1899) by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Detail of Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau Cabinet by Endre Thek of Austria at Kirkland Museum. Denver, CO.Art Nouveau mahogany wall cabinet hall chair by Charles Plumet & Anthony Selmersheim of Paris at National Museum Decorative Arts & History. Dublin, Ireland.Guimard dining room vitrine by Hector Guimard displaying metalware by Henri Husson at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
Detail of Art Nouveau cabinet-vitrine (1899) by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy of Liege, Belgian at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Art Nouveau Cabinet (c1900) by Endre Thek of Austria at Kirkland Museum. Denver, CO.Art Nouveau mahogany wall cabinet hall chair (1900) by Charles Plumet & Anthony Selmersheim of Paris at National Museum Decorative Arts & History. Dublin, Ireland.Guimard dining room vitrine (c1909) by Hector Guimard displaying metalware by Henri Husson at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.
French Art Nouveau cabinet by Louis Majorelle at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Art-Nouveau cabinet by Louis Majorelle of France at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.Art Nouveau "La Mer" cabinet by Louis Majorelle of France at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.Art Nouveau cabinet by Louis Majorelle of Nancy, France at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
French Art Nouveau cabinet (c1900) by Louis Majorelle at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Art-Nouveau cabinet (c1900-10) by Louis Majorelle of France at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.Art Nouveau "La Mer" cabinet (1910) by Louis Majorelle of France at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.Art Nouveau cabinet (c1900) by Louis Majorelle of Nancy, France at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Art Nouveau console desserte cabinet by Louis Majorelle at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA.Art Nouveau cabinet by Carlo Zen of Italy holding Loïe Fuller Table Lamp in form of dancing woman by Raoul Larche of Paris at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Miss Cranston's Tearoom food display cabinet by Charles Rennie Mackintosh & Buchanan St. tearoom coat stand by George Walton & Co. at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Glass display cabinet by Josef Hoffmann & made by Fa, Portois und Fix at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.
Art Nouveau console desserte cabinet (c1900) by Louis Majorelle at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA.Art Nouveau cabinet (c1902) by Carlo Zen of Italy holding Loïe Fuller Table Lamp in form of dancing woman (c1898) by Raoul Larche of Paris at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC.Miss Cranston's Tearoom food display cabinet (1900) by Charles Rennie Mackintosh & Buchanan St. tearoom coat stand (1897) by George Walton & Co. at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Glass display cabinet (1901) by Josef Hoffmann & made by Fa, Portois und Fix at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.
Parlor cabinet by Koloman Moser & made by Gebrüder Jacob & Josef Kohn of Vienna at Leopold Museum. Vienna, Austria.Display cabinet by Ernest Archibald Taylor made by Wylie & Lochhead of Glasgow at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Cabinet with Mackintosh themes in drawing room at Hill House. Helensburgh, Scotland.Corner chair & hanging corner cabinet atop base by Carlo Bugatti an Italian working in Paris at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Parlor cabinet (1901) by Koloman Moser & made by Gebrüder Jacob & Josef Kohn of Vienna at Leopold Museum. Vienna, Austria.Display cabinet (1901) by Ernest Archibald Taylor made by Wylie & Lochhead of Glasgow at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Cabinet (1904) with Mackintosh themes in drawing room at Hill House. Helensburgh, Scotland.Corner chair & hanging corner cabinet atop base (c1895-1904) by Carlo Bugatti an Italian working in Paris at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Glass cabinet in black & white by Josef Hoffmann at Leopold Museum. Vienna, Austria.Arts & Crafts china cabinet by Shop of the Crafters at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Display cabinet & writing desk by Karl Bertsch made by Munich Workshop for Home Furnishings at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Oak corner cabinet by Craftsman Workshops of Eastwood, NY at Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Morris Plains, NJ.
Glass cabinet in black & white (c1906) by Josef Hoffmann at Leopold Museum. Vienna, Austria.Arts & Crafts china cabinet (c1906) by Shop of the Crafters at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Display cabinet & writing desk (1907-8) by Karl Bertsch made by Munich Workshop for Home Furnishings at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.Oak corner cabinet (c1910-11) by Craftsman Workshops of Eastwood, NY at Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Morris Plains, NJ.
Oak corner cabinet by Craftsman Workshops of Eastwood, NY at Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Morris Plains, NJ.Black oak glass-fronted dining room display cabinet made by Mathias Marx at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg.Collection of porcelain & silver service pieces in Arts & Crafts glass fronted display case in Corbett House at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ.Arts & crafts display cabinet by Roycroft at Marston House Museum. San Diego, CA.
Oak corner cabinet (c1910-11) by Craftsman Workshops of Eastwood, NY at Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Morris Plains, NJ.Black oak glass-fronted dining room display cabinet (1932) made by Mathias Marx at National Museum of History & Art. Luxembourg, Luxembourg.Collection of porcelain & silver service pieces in Arts & Crafts glass fronted display case in Corbett House at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ.Arts & crafts display cabinet by Roycroft at Marston House Museum. San Diego, CA.
Display case with Pardee family collections at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA.Cabinet designed by Aleix Clapés with advice of Gaudí at Gaudi House Museum in Parc Güell. Barcelona, Spain.Dining room Arts & Crafts display cabinet at Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum. East Aurora, NY.Glasgow-style glass fronted cabinet at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.
Display case with Pardee family collections at Pardee Home Museum. Oakland, CA.Cabinet designed by Aleix Clapés with advice of Gaudí at Gaudi House Museum in Parc Güell. Barcelona, Spain.Dining room Arts & Crafts display cabinet at Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum. East Aurora, NY.Glasgow-style glass fronted cabinet at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.

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