Vitrines
1960s Polish Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Vitrines
Walnut
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Brass
1920s European Rococo Revival Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Bronze
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Vitrines
Brass
Early 20th Century French Vitrines
Fruitwood
1930s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
Early 20th Century English Vitrines
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Rustic Vitrines
Wood
1870s English Victorian Antique Vitrines
Glass, Walnut
1920s English Anglo-Japanese Vintage Vitrines
Mahogany
1940s French Vintage Vitrines
Metal
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Vitrines
Glass, Walnut
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Vitrines
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Vitrines
Ormolu, Bronze
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Metal
1930s German Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
20th Century French Vitrines
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Vitrines
Glass
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Empire Antique Vitrines
Bronze
19th Century Antique Vitrines
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Bronze
20th Century Vitrines
Glass, Wood
1940s Polish Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Walnut
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Vitrines
Walnut
1920s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Wood
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Vitrines
Nutwood
1970s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
1870s Italian Antique Vitrines
Wood
Early 1800s English George III Antique Vitrines
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Vitrines
Glass, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Spanish Gothic Revival Antique Vitrines
Iron
18th Century Antique Vitrines
Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Baroque Antique Vitrines
Glass
1870s French Empire Revival Antique Vitrines
Bronze
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Vitrines
Glass, Cherry, Pine
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Vitrines
Satinwood, Walnut, Velvet, Glass, Boxwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Vitrines
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Chrome
1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Vitrines
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Hungarian Empire Revival Vitrines
Brass
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Vitrines
Brass
2010s American Art Deco Vitrines
Metal, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Brass
20th Century English Georgian Vitrines
Hardwood
1930s Hungarian Industrial Vintage Vitrines
Iron
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Vitrines
Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Brass
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!