Art Nouveau wardrobe

A wardrobe is a cupboard with space for hanging clothes. As an item of furniture as opposed to a separate closet, the wardrobe did not generally appear until the early 19th century. Until then, clothes had been stored in clothes presses.

Wardrobes may have between one and four doors, and sometimes have fitted drawers in the centre section and hanging space on either wing. The doors are often panelled, with a decorative figured timber panel surrounded by a moulded frame. The clothes hangers hung on rails or hooks, usually facing the front. Antique wardrobes are often too shallow to fit standard size wire hangers comfortably side on.

A Beaconsfield wardrobe is the term used to describe an Edwardian period wardrobe that has an open storage area in the centre top section, usually backed by a mirror, with externally visible drawers below.

Wardrobes have been made in most of the usual more...

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An Australian solid fiddleback blackwood wardrobe with arch-top…

An Australian solid fiddleback blackwood wardrobe with arch-top bevelled mirror door, base drawer and Art Nouveau copper strap hinges, circa 1915. Note: two piece unit. 201 cm high, 119 cm wide, 53.5 cm deep

A French Art Nouveau armoire with marquetry decoration, circa…

French Art Nouveau Marquetry Armoire, Circa 1900

A French Art Nouveau armoire with marquetry decoration, circa 1900, 209 cm high, 95 cm wide, 47 cm deep

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, circa…

Art Nouveau Blackwood Wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, 1908

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, circa 1908, of two tall cupboards enclosing hanging compartments flanking a recessed central arrangement of a smaller cupboard, drawers, and open compartments, all on a plinth base, each of the…

An Art Nouveau pine wardrobe, circa 1900, with a carved and…

Art Nouveau Pine Wardrobe with Inlaid Crest and Mirror

An Art Nouveau pine wardrobe, circa 1900, with a carved and floral inlaid crest with side finials above a pediment with, conforming inlay, a mirrored door flanked by long fluted columns above a single inlaid drawer and raised on short turned feet, height…

French Art Nouveau armoire, 232 cm high, 118 cm wide, 39 cm deep

French Art Nouveau Armoire - 232 x 118 x 39 cm

French Art Nouveau armoire, 232 cm high, 118 cm wide, 39 cm deep

Antique French Art Nouveau carved walnut three door armoire,…

French Art Nouveau Walnut Armoire - Carved, Three Doors

Antique French Art Nouveau carved walnut three door armoire, approx 246 cm high, 182 cm wide, 50 cm deep

Antique French painted pine single door armoire, painted with…

Art Nouveau Pine Armoire, 288cm High

Antique French painted pine single door armoire, painted with Art Nouveau decoration (to match the next two lots), approx 288 cm high, 99 cm wide

An elm and Karelian birch Art Nouveau wardrobe, circa 1890,…

Art Nouveau Wardrobe with Inlaid Panels and Mirror

An elm and Karelian birch Art Nouveau wardrobe, circa 1890, having a gently arched extended top above a walnut and satinwood inlaid floral frieze upon Karelian birch, a full length bevelled mirror to the door flanked by simple and elegant inlaid panels, a…

Louis Majorelle (1859-1926) designed French Art Deco palisander…

Majorelle Art Deco Palisander Bedroom Suite

Louis Majorelle (1859-1926) designed French Art Deco palisander bedroom suite. Comprising an armoire, a double bedstead, a bedside cabinet and a gentleman's armoire. Armoire: 218 cm high, 152 cm wide, 45 cm deep, the bedroom suite designed by Louis…

Antique mahogany wardrobe central mirrored door flanked by…

Art Nouveau Mahogany Wardrobe with Mirrored Door

Antique mahogany wardrobe central mirrored door flanked by timber panel doors with Art Nouveau carving, 2 door clothes hanging section to the left with lower drawer and upper shelf, 7 drawers behind right side door, divides into 4 parts for removal, 210c

Fine antique French Art Nouveau walnut single door armoire 234…

French Art Nouveau Walnut Armoire (234cm)

Fine antique French Art Nouveau walnut single door armoire 234 cm high

Fine antique French Art Nouveau carved walnut single door…

French Art Nouveau Carved Walnut Armoire with Floral Motifs

Fine antique French Art Nouveau carved walnut single door armoire, carved in relief with foliage & flowers, 240 cm high