George II Mahogany Bookcase

A GEORGE IV GOTHIC GOLDEN OAK BOOKCASE, CIRCA 1830. With two glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves above two panelled doors enclosing further adjustable shelves.

A fine George II gilt-wood mirror in the manner of William Kent, circa 1740. With original gilding, the plate a 19th century replacement.

A FINE GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHEST, CIRCA 1740. The hinged top with a ribbon and flower carved boarder. The base with a leaf-carved moulding on scroll and leaf-carved bracket feet. Ori...

A George III mahogany seat, circa 1760.

A FINE GEORGE II BRASS-STUDDED LEATHER TRUNK BY HENRY NICKLES, CIRCA 1730. Geometrically decorated with brass studs, a crown, and a pierced lock plate. Initialled ER. The interior w...

A FINE IRISH GEORGE III MARQUETRY-INLAID MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1780. The shaped frieze centred by an oval panel inlaid with an urn, the square tapering legs headed by similarly...

A very impressive mahogany bureau cabinet / bookcase / secretary*, with secret compartments. In the manner of Giles Grendey (1693-1780). In mahogany and parcel gilt. Mid-18th century, George II period. This English bureau cabinet displays fine, deep, rich colour and superb surface patination throughout. The top section with a broken-arch pediment and dentil cornice. The frieze well carved with Gothic arcaded blind fretwork. Centred by a later urn-shaped finial. The cabinet with two carved parcel-gilt gesso bordered ogee shaped doors. Old but apparently later mirror plates enclosing a fitted interior with eight drawers and adjustable shelves. The cleated fall, with its original lock, now fitted with a wine red, gilt-tooled writing surface revealing an exceptionally high-quality arrangement of canopied drawers and pigeon holes. The interior is centred by an arched, architectural over door...

An 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form and lovely rich color. George II period, circa 1740. The top surmounted by a bold architectural pediment and centered by a brass finial. The two arched panel doors reveal three adjustable shelves which have candle slides below them. Furthermore, the bureau section is fitted with a stepped interior. This has two secret compartments, drawers and pigeon holes, and the fall is conventionally supported on two lopers. Lined in the best quality English oak. The blind doors of this Georgian cabinet have well-figured mahogany panels of very good rich color which reflect beautifully in the candle light. The chamfered and arched doors display a further level of sophistication and quality. The beautifully-drawn arched pediment is in perfect proportion with the rest of the cabinet / bookcase. In excellent condition overall. Architectural furniture designs on the continent commenced with the arrival of the Renaissance, and they have their origins in Roman and Greek architecture. Nb. Bureau bookcases display books, china or silver behind glazed doors, but are described more accurately as bureau cabinets when they are fitted with blind doors. We often refer to antique bookcases / cabinets as ''secretary desks'' in the US. Information on pediments: 'Illustrated Dictionary...

A fine George II Irish mahogany blind door bureau bookcase The open fret work swan neck cornice outside a carved giltwood Irish cartouche, above two shaped raised panel doors, wit...

A Mid 18th Century English Mahogany Bookcase or Cabinet c.1760 This cabinet, produced around the transition between the reigns of King George II and III, consists of a segmented int...

Outstanding quality antique George II mahogany bureau bookcase having a shaped cornice above a mirrored door bookcase opening to adjustable shelves, candle slide above the bureau ful...

A magnificent English 18th century Chippendale secretary bookcase of exceptional detail. The composition is marked by a robustness...