Thompson & Capper Domestic Medicine Chest
By Thompson & Capper
Located in New Orleans, LA
An invaluable addition to the 19th century home, this domestic medicine chest contained nearly everything needed to nurse a member of the household back to health. Made by the firm o...
Brass
Unavailable
H 18.63 in W 34.5 in D 11.25 in
Art Deco Cast Iron Wall Mount Bathroom Medicine Cabinet from England
Located in Seattle, WA
This is an Art Deco painted cast iron wall mount mirrored medicine cabinet from England. Oversized brass knobs, corner caps, and hinges make this incredibly attractive and unique.
Brass, Iron
Chinese Medicine Apothecary Cabinet
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional and detailed Chinese counter-top medicine cabinet from a Chinese apothecary shop in Korea.
Brass
Late 19th Century Oak Apothecary Medicine Cabinet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome, antique, late 19th century, American, oak, apothecary medicine cabinet with 64 small drawers with brass pulls and wainscot side panels is newly restored.
Brass
Sold
H 10 in W 19.5 in L 10 in
Vintage Chinese Medicine Apothecary Wood 15 Drawer Herbal Cabinet Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Medicine Apothecary Wood 15 Drawer Herbal Cabinet Chest.
Brass
Sold
H 16.54 in W 14.77 in D 11.23 in
Early 19th Century Irish Georgian Apothecary Medicine Cased Cabinet
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional early 19th century mahogany apothecary cabinet medicine chest with brass carrier handles to each side which opens through the double doors to reveal an arrangement of ...
Brass
Chinese Medicine Chest with Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese doctors used chests like this to store medicinal herbs, extracts, and powdered minerals. Sometimes multiple chests were arranged in banks to offer the herbalist the greatest ...
Brass
Iron Medical Display Cabinet with Brass Details, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Iron medicine cabinet with brass details from the 1920s.
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century Chinese Medicine Cabinet
Located in Singapore, SG
Late 19th century Chinese medicine cabinet from Shanxi province, China. These were used to store and organise Chinese herbs and the handwritten words on the front of the drawers indi...
Brass
Sold
H 25.75 in W 24 in D 8.5 in
Korean 16 Drawer Apothecary Butterfly Medicine Cabinet Entry Console Chest
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage apothecary medicine cabinet featuring traditional Korean form with cantilevered top over sixteen drawers and lower cabinet with brass hardware, butterfly hasp and accents wit...
Brass
Sold
H 38.5 in W 42.25 in D 5 in
1931 Waldorf Astoria Bathroom Medicine Cabinet 3 Mirrors and Black Granite Shelf
Located in New York, NY
These medicine cabinets are exclusively from the original design of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, circa 1931.
Marble, Brass
Medical Display Cabinet, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Iron medicine cabinet with brass details from the 1920s.
Brass, Iron
Sold
H 57 in W 38.5 in D 12.5 in
Antique Korean Elm Medicine Apothecary Cabinet Chest 88 Drawers Yakjang 1920
Located in Portland, OR
The cabinet is in two sections, the top is fitted with a piece of granite to place vessels and medicines when taken from one of the many drawers, the corners of the cabinet are fitte...
Granite, Brass, Iron
Metal Medicine Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic steel medicine cabinet with brass hinges and handle and two interior steel shelves.
Stainless Steel, Brass
Elm Medicine Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Elm 45-drawer medicine cabinet from Shanxi, China with rustic vermillion drawer fronts circa 1900
Brass
Chinese Rosewood Medicine Cabinet
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Chinese Rosewood Medicine Cabinet with brass pulls
Brass
Large Vintage German Medicine Vitrine Cabinet, circa 1950-1960
Located in Raalte, NL
Very large vintage medicine vitrine cabinet made in Germany from the town Wietmarschen, this one is custom-made with mahogany veneer and solid drawers with brass handles.
Brass
Reduced Pair of Chinese Medicine Chests
Located in Scarsdale, NY
Chinese Character painted on Black Lacquer Chests.
Brass
Sold
H 11.4 in W 14.2 in D 9.2 in
Late 19th Century English Mahogany Apothecary or Medicine Travel Cabinet
Located in Raalte, NL
Antique late 19th century English mahogany doctors or apothecary travel box or cabinet with various bottles and attributes including mortar with pestle old heat plaster with beautifu...
Brass
Antique Extra Large Chinese Apothecary / Medicine / Herbal Cabinet
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Chinese apothecary / medicine / herbal cabinet, unbranded. Large and impressive.
Brass
19th Century English Pharmacy Draws
Located in London, GB
19th century English pharmacy draws Hand crafted English late 19th century pharmacy draws, with handwritten numbered draws, glass handles and all dovetail jointed sections. The w...
Pine
$1,795Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.6 in W 12 in D 9 in
Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveling Vanity Dressing Box, circa 1870
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th century English coromandel and rosewood fitted travel vanity or dressing box, circa 1870. This fine box contains the original contents including silverplate lid...
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Doctor’s Medical Box with Instruments
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 1900s wooden physician’s medical box complete with a selection of original medical instruments from the period. Crafted in solid wood, the case features a practical elongated ...
Fruitwood
$15,428
H 15.4 in W 13 in D 7.9 in
Elegant and rare early 19th century English mahogany feather board pharmacy
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant and rare antique English apothecary's board, datable to about the first half of the 19th cent. with mahogany feather case, retractable handles and brass hinges, complete with...
Wood
Georgian Original Mahogany Apothecary Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
Free Worldwide Shipping Constructed from Solid Mahogany From our Apothecary Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Mahogany Apothecary Cabinet. The Cabinet made from solid Ma...
Brass
$587
H 8.67 in W 8.86 in D 6.7 in
A mid Victorian Mahogany Travelling Dressing Case or Medicine Chest by Thomson
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
A handsome mid-Victorian mahogany travelling dressing case or medicine chest by Thomson, London, dating from the mid-19th century. Of compact rectangular form, the case is fitted wi...
Brass
19th Century Rosewood Toiletry Box
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Very fine rosewood gentleman's toiletry box, English, ca. 1880
Wood
$3,500
H 40.75 in W 26 in D 17.5 in
Unusual Early American Quack Medicine Thompson-Plaster Electric Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most unusual Thompson-Plaster electrical cabinet, by Physician's Specialty Company, Leesburg, Virginia, United States. The historic turn of the late 19th / early 20th ...
Marble
Early 20th Century Medical Display Case by Clark & Roberts
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900s; Clark and Roberts Co. - Indianapolis, IN Antique steel medical cabinet with glass walls. This unique piece was once utilized in a medical or dental setting. It is compris...
Steel
$2,067Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.49 in W 61.82 in D 6.7 in
Antique Campaign Apothecary Box, English, Chemist’s Case, Georgian, Circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique campaign apothecary box. An English, flame mahogany chemist's case, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1780. A superb and evocative example of 18th century porta...
Brass
$4,457
H 8.39 in W 9.45 in D 5.99 in
English mahogany shipboard apothecary dated to around the first half of the 19th cent
Located in Milan, IT
English board pharmacy, datable to around the second half of the 19th century, with mahogany wood case lined inside with red velvet, concealed brass handles, brass hinges, and comple...
Wood
Victorian Mahogany Apothecary Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Small chest with eleven painted labelled drawers for different herbs and medicinal concoctions.
Mahogany
$1,366Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.7 in W 13.59 in D 9.85 in
for Restoration Antique Hardwood Brass Vanity Box Sterling Silver Pieces Inside
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely and very rare Regency circa 1810 Rosewood with brass inlay Vanity box with sterling silver jars and contents in need of restoration. ...
Silver
$4,900
H 8 in W 10.5 in D 7 in
Antique English Brass-Mounted Rosewood Complete Apothecary Case, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare complete antique English London-made apothecary case, circa 1880. Rosewood with Brass Mounts.
Brass
Victorian Collectors Cabinet, “Portable Museum” with Contents
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian collectors cabinet, “Portable Museum” with contents A charming Victorian Educational Activity, the cabinet is made in fruitwood and has 6 drawers The drawers are labelled...
Fruitwood
$1,815Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.8 in W 11.62 in D 7.49 in
Small Antique Specimen Case, English, Oak, Collector’s Cabinet, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique specimen case. An English, oak three drawer watchmaker's or collector’s cabinet, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. A beautifully presented cabinet w...
Brass
British 19th Century Drum Table
Located in New York, NY
This charming 19th-century English regimental drum was fitted with a glass top to serve as a table. It bears the painted arms of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers that was formed in 1881, g...
Brass
$380
H 3.25 in W 4.5 in D 4.13 in
Large Ormolu & Glass Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box, Deauville France, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900 A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Victorian Wicker Vintage Baby Buggy Stroller Carriage Full Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Wicker Vintage Baby Buggy Stroller Carriage Full Size. Details: Adjustable footrest, wicker frame, wooden handle, removal parasol umbrella, very nice antique item, ...
Metal
Ancient Egyptian Bust of a Goddess in Red-Orange Quartzite
Located in London, GB
An exquisite ancient Egyptian hardstone bust of a female deity, with tripartite wig and Usekh collar, displaying all the hallmarks of early Nineteenth Dynasty art. Described by the d...
Stone
The Frog Sterling Silver Lighter
By Fratelli Lisi
Located in Milan, IT
Playful true to life silver frog that serves as a lighter other than being a decorative piece of artwork. Expertly handmade by the Florentine silversmiths, the Lisi Brothers, its rea...
Sterling Silver
$3,465Sale Price|30% Off
H 27.5 in W 17.25 in D 17.25 in L 27.5 in
A Rare French Baroque Style Wrought-Iron Stained Glass Hall Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style wrought iron and four-color vitreaux stained glass single-light hall lantern, the rounded four stained glass panels with red, green, ...
Wrought Iron
$1,500
H 4.13 in W 9.13 in D 5.75 in
Large Ornate Antique French Ormolu Beveled Glass Jewelry Casket Dresser Box
Located in Wayne, NJ
A stunning antique French brass ormolu beveled glass footed jewelry casket or dresser box with hinged lid with a large rectangular design with beveled glass, ornate feet, intricate...
Ormolu
$4,900
H 8 in W 10 in D 1.25 in
Antique Tortoiseshell Sterling Silver Heart Photograph Frame Dated London 1897
By John Batson & Sons
Located in London, GB
Tortoiseshell and silver heart photograph frame date London, 1897 Maker Henry John Batson & Albert Edward Batson This frame is in excellent condition the tortoiseshell retains its or...
Silver
$12,503
H 59.06 in W 82.09 in D 85.83 in
French Louis XVI-Styled Hand-Carved Cane Bed -The Chevalier - (US King)
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
The Chevalier Bed draws on the classical elegance of French Louis XVI design, where proportion, detailing, and craftsmanship come together to achieve a quiet confidence. Hand-crafted...
Hardwood
$2,400
H 13 in W 11 in D 2 in
Antique 19thC Russian Orthodox Egg Tempera Painted Icon St Nicholas of Myra 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A finely painted early 19th century Russian Orthodox icon, Saint Nicholas of Myra, circa 1820. This traditional Russian icon is finely painted with egg tempera paint and gesso on a l...
Gold Leaf
$5,485
H 49.61 in W 108.67 in D 22.45 in
"Relaxer I" Hammock by Waldemar Rothe for Rosenthal, Germany, 1970s
By Waldemar Rothe, Rosenthal
Located in Milan, IT
Rare "Relaxer I" hammock by Waldemar Rothe for Rosenthal. A solid wood frame with steel rods support the cotton ropes. The piece can be folded and easily moved with a pair of wheels....
Cotton, Wood
$2,200
H 32.75 in W 35 in D 15 in
Early 20th Century Continental Carousel Galloping Horse Mounted on Metal Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite continental foal baby horse from the early 20th century mounted on iron base. This joyful foal is caught in mid leap as it’s possibly just learning how to gallop. See ho...
Metal
$300 / item
Louis XVI Gilt Water Faucet
Located in Queens, NY
2 French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) gilt bronze water faucet with fluted design spout and wood handle (PRICED EACH)
Bronze
Important Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Large and Important Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze, French Champlevé Enamel and Wood Mantle Clock The top figure is of Nike of Samothrace; the Greek Goddess of Victo...
Bronze, Enamel
Large Glass Apothecary Jar
Located in Queens, NY
American Country style apothecary jar with stopper Has a large crack in it.
$1,338
H 7.88 in W 9.06 in D 6.7 in
Large Hand Blown Glass Bubbles & Bronze Cage Casket / Apothecary Box, 20th C
Located in London, GB
A large and substantial vintage hand blown glass and bronze caged casket, apothecary box or bonbonnière, made in the 20th century. Both the body and the lid of this casket have thic...
Bronze
Whether burnished or lacquered, antique, new and vintage brass furniture can elevate a room.
From traditional spaces that use brass as an accent — by way of brass dining chairs or brass pendant lights — to contemporary rooms that embrace bold brass decor, there are many ways to incorporate the golden-hued metal.
“I find mixed metals to be a very updated approach, as opposed to the old days, when it was all shiny brass of dulled-out silver tones,” says interior designer Drew McGukin. “I especially love working with brass and blackened steel for added warmth and tonality. To me, aged brass is complementary across many design styles and can trend contemporary or traditional when pushed either way.”
He proves his point in a San Francisco entryway, where a Lindsey Adelman light fixture hangs above a limited-edition table and stools by Kelly Wearstler — also an enthusiast of juxtapositions — all providing bronze accents. The walls were hand-painted by artist Caroline Lizarraga and the ombré stair runner is by DMc.
West Coast designer Catherine Kwong chose a sleek brass and lacquered-parchment credenza by Scala Luxury to fit this San Francisco apartment. “The design of this sideboard is reminiscent of work by French modernist Jean Prouvé. The brass font imbues the space with warmth and the round ‘portholes’ provide an arresting geometric element.”
Find antique, new and vintage brass tables, case pieces and other furnishings now on 1stDibs.
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
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