Walnut and Oyster Veneered Breakfront Four-Door Bookcase, England, 1920

A late Regency rosewood breakfront four door side cabinet, attributed to Gillows, the shaped top with a brass gallery above four doors fitted with trellis-and-rosette grilles relined...

A late Regency rosewood breakfront open bookcase, attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with three adjustable shelves, with tooled leather dust fringes, divided by four fluted p...

A fine early William IV mahogany breakfront bookcase firmly attributed Gillows of Lancaster, in four sections, the top with astragal glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves between reeded pilasters with anthemion scroll corbels, the base with four panelled arched doors between acanthus scroll and reeded pilasters, the frieze with two short drawers and a central secretaire drawer fitted with a reading slope and two slides above small compartments, decorated throughout with rich book-matched veneers. The secretaire drawer stamped ‘Preston’. English, circa 1835. Footnote: Many closely related acanthus carved terminals, anthemion corbels and other typical Gillows features can be seen on the pair of bookcases, on this website, made by Gillows & Co for the library at Dallam Tower, Cumbria in 1829, and on a bookcase shown in Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, vol. I, p.379, pl.450. A similar large breakfront bookcase...

A large and impressive late Regency six door mahogany bookcase attributed to Gillows, the upper section with a triple breakfront cornice above glazed doors with brass diamond trellis grilles, each enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled cupboards decorated with book-matched flame veneers between turned columns with palmette terminals. English, circa 1815. Footnote. A double Breakfront Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1820 The bookcase of large form but of elegant proportions, having a pleasing low waist, always desirable on case furniture of this sort, brass grilles, a plinth base veneered in the finest mahogany and intriguing inlaid quatrefoil shaped escutcheons to the central doors. Designed in the early 19th century “Roman” fashion, this bookcase is one of a small group of such pieces that have been linked in the past to designs provided by the Wyatt family of architects (see for example a bookcase of remarkably similar form offered by Christie’s in London on the 16th of December 2010 with an estimate of £40-£60,000). Although any link with Wyatt must remain purely speculative, the attribution of this bookcase to the firm of Gillows of Lancaster can be made with a much higher degree of confidence. This attribution is based partly on a fine suite of similar library bookcases supplied to Tatton Park and discussed in detail by Dr. Susan Stuart in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 375-377, plates 443 & 444. Of even greater interest is a design for a complete...

A fine Amboyna Anglo Chinese secretaire bookcase from the first half of the 19th century. The fitted secretaire raised above three draws all with flush ...

An Anglo-Chinese camphor and ebony campaign secretaire bookcase, of rectangular form in two sections, each with carrying handles, the upper section with cupboard doors which open to ...

Mahogany four-door inverted breakfront library bookcase the moulded cornice above four large glazed doors opening to reveal an adjustable s...

This is a beautiful antique Victorian breakfront bookcase, masterfully crafted in rich figured walnut, circa 1860 in date. This grand bookcase features rounded corners and an uppe...

A beautiful full size four-door breakfront bookcase crafted in mahogany, by Bevan Funnel. Adjustable shelves behind the hand glazed upper door, the figured crotch mahogany on the low...

This vintage bookshelf is made from Hungarian walnut veneers, lightly finished in French polish. Hungarian designs of the Art Deco period are less we...

Our version of a breakfront bookcase, this is the Niagara Furniture Four Door Bookcase. The shape of the piece with the center section protruding pa...

A French Restauration period walnut breakfront bookcase from the early 19th century, with glass doors and fluted accents. Created in France during the first quarter of the 19th centu...