Turn of the Century English Hotel Front Desk Mail Cabinet

This wonderful 19th century English Apothecary cabinet with 130 ample working drawers was most recently used for categorizing music info. There are pencil written names of various c...

This piece just took our breath away - all the carved wood details and medallions are master craftsman quality. See all detail images to truly appreciate what an excellent antique pi...

This very heavy iron and bronze detailed tall locker with black Belgian marble base is all original. Interior details include a heavy turning handle door w...

This piece is an extra long latticed cabinet from the 1940s in the style of Jean Royère. 5 doors open to open shelving. Incredible vintage condition. T...

One shelf and one stool comprise a set. Custom designed by Philippe Starck for the Delano Hotel's bathrooms. Table dimensions are: 15" H, 14.25" W, 15...

This over-sized heavy bronze and glass panels Japanese "Takumi" style lantern was custom designed by Christian Liaigre for the Mercer Kitchen Restaurant reception area at the Mercer Hotel...

A dark-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian pair of pharmacy desks made of hand crafted painted Oakwood, in good condition. Each of the Scandinavian apo...

Grand late 19th/early 20th century apothecary cabinet chest of drawers featuring 36 storage drawers with patinated brass pulls. The monumental cabinet measures over 15 feet long and ...

This apothecary cabinet was made circa 1930s in England. It features 6 drawers with nice handles. It is made from oak and it remains in a very good condition. The interior dimensions...

Antique early-20th Century English hand crafted mahogany haberdashery, this piece has forty open drawers protected by later painted glass. A very practical and a truly wonderful conv...

A handsome and very well crafted English break-front bookcase or bibliotheque in solid mahogany by S.E. & R. Johnson of Warrington, England, circa 1870. Features six doors with glass panels in the upper section over a base with ten drawers on each side, flanking a middle section consisting of three doors with wooden panels. There are two adjustable shelves in each of the three upper sections, with a total of ten interior drawers. Original tear-drop pulls on doors turn to release a lever allowing the doors to be opened with the pulls as well as locked, a most unusual and attractive feature. All of the hardware is original to the bookcase including the locks. Comes with working locks and keys. Measurements: 13' 8 1/2" long x 21 1/2" - 27 1/2" deep x 101" high (8'5" high) All of the drawers are stamped with the cabinetmaker's stamp, "S.E. & R. (Ralph) Johnson, Warrington". This fine bookcase was manufactured prior to 1880 in Warrington in Cheshire, England. While information is scant, it would seem that S. E. would have been Ralph's father's workshop listed at 78 Bridge Street in Warrington, England, circa 1878. Ralph would have likely been an apprentice at that time. He opened his own workshop, presumably when his father retired. By the Edwardian period, Ralph had become a cabinet maker of some renown. Drawer locks are original and stamped "Chance Son & Co. W Chance, Son, & Co" and are listed in the 1850s directories as "Merchants and Factors" in Birmingham, England. They would have been middlemen having various merchandise made for them, primarily for export to North America. The type of locks employed in this bookcase is a lever combination lock. In the cabinet lock trade, lever locks became available circa 1855 and superseded the earlier tumbler and back-spring locks. Some points about the breakfront to note are that it is made entirely out of solid mahogany which is unusual; there are no veneers. Even the drawer sides, backs and bottoms are made of mahogany. The interior wood, i.e., the back and the insides of the cabinet is pine. One of the great features is that the upper door hardware has a dead latch that operates with the tear drop pull. You can lock the doors, but if you don't want to lock them, you can use the tear drop pull to operate the dead latch to open and close by turning it to the right. There are 20 exterior drawers and 8 interior drawers. Lower cabinets each have 1 fixed shelf; upper cabinets have 2 adjustable shelves each. There are enough extra original cast iron shelf...

Circa 1890 Large 19thC English Pine Specimen Display Cabinet / Bookcase with adjustable shelving and graduating drawers in original finish Exc...