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Bookcases For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th Century French Bleached Oak Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Monumental 18th C French bleached oak bookcase. 1780.
Reference: 7545
Dimensions
122.5 inches (311 cms) Wide
19 inches (48 cms) Deep
106...
Category
18th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Italian Mid-Century Suspended Wall Unit Boockase in Walnut and Gilded Metal 1960
Located in Traversetolo, IT
An eye-catching mid-century Italian wall unit or bookcase made from gilded metal and walnut shelves that can be adapted to any setting due to its lightness and refinement. The bookcase is composed of N.5 track supports, N.16 shelves brackets, N.4 shelves length 60 cm,n.4 walnut shelves length 110 cm. Its originality lies in its ability to be assembled according to your needs (both in terms of length and shelving arrangement), even if you want you can get two divided wall units, a module with two supports and another with three supports. During the restoration, it was decided to remove the old screw holes on the shelves in order to have more options...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Small Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive Mid 18th Century, Georgian Mahogany Bureau bookcase Of Very Attractive, Rare, Small Proportions, With Dental Cornice Above Shaped Mirror Door Within Gilded Slip, Ov...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XV Small Marquetry Bookcase or Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XV small Marquetry bookcase or Vitrine
Rectangular vitrine or bookcase standing on four cabriole feet, front and sides slightly curved, the angles pointe...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Classic Scandinavian Teak Cabinet with Shelves, 1960s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This classic cabinet was made in Sweden during the 1960s. It is finished with teak wood in a warm shade of brown. The cabinet has two shelves and the l...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-R-26-A Periodical Book Case / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
Located in Zürich, CH
This periodical bookcase is not only a fantastic piece, it’s a design icon. Finally, it’s the most radical item of all Chandigarh items. It has very sculptural qualities, like a faca...
Category
1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Bureau Bookcase C 1720 Flemish Bookcase 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bureau, bookcase c 1720. Flemish bookcase with hunting scene made in mahogany and oak.
Overall. Size: 231x122x60 cm
very good condition.
Category
18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
George II Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arch top over a pair of mirror doors opening to an elaborately fitted interior, the base with two candle slides and hinged slant lid writing ...
Category
1730s English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Antique Walnut Dutch Marquetry Bureau Cabinet Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an important antique Dutch walnut and marquetry bureau bookcase, circa 1780 in date.
It has been made from the finest burr walnut w...
Category
1780s Dutch Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Light Oak Danish Modern 4' Credenza with 6 Adjustable Shelf Bookcase
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid century light oak Danish modern 4' credenza with 6 adjustable shelf unit bookcase. Lower cabinet has 2 sliding doors with 1 long adjustable shelf inside. The upper bookcase unit ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Oak
20th Century Fruitwood Bibliotheque or Vitrine by Vincent Gonzalez, 1960s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Exceptional and made in one copy fruitwood bibliothèque/vitrine by Vincent Gonzalez with original shape glass doors. The shape of this vitrine is rare...
Category
1960s French Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Fruitwood
Very Fine 18th Century George I Period Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very fine George I period walnut and feather banded bureau bookcase, circa 1720, the moulded cornice above a pair of mirror panelled doors, ope...
Category
Early 18th Century British George I Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Bookshelf by Joaquim Tenreiro in Brazilian Rosewood, 1960s, Mid-Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
This bookshelf was designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) in the 1960s and produced by the company Tenreiro Arquitetura e Interiores.
The piece is made of solid Rosewood and is ...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Charlotte Perriand Shelf, Les Arcs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Charlotte Perriand shelf made for Les Arcs ski resort. Circa 1960s. Solid slab of Pine wood secured onto a steel frame glazed in a white ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Italian Painted Cupboard or Bookcase, Late 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Italian Painted Cupboard or Bookcase, Late 18th Century fitted with a center drawer, top section for display with chicken wire, and a bottom section for storage
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Paint
Poul Nørreklit Wall Unit in Plexiglass / Lucite and Rosewood, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Poul Nørreklit wall unit in plexiglass / Lucite and rosewood, Denmark, 1960s
A substantial and functional storage system consisting of drop down desk, five shelves, cube with 3 draw...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Johannes Sorth Rosewood Bookcase #1
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Johannes Sorth
Manufacturer: Bornholms
Era: 1965
Materials: Rosewood
Measurements: 39.5? wide x 17? deep x 72? tall
Condition: In excellent original...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian neoclassical painted bookcase is a marvel of architecture inspired by the masters of ancient Greece and Rome! T...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
Early 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase
By Peter Miller
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb and exceptionally well proportioned early 18th century figured walnut ‘pagoda topped’ double dome bureau bookcase, circa 1720 England.
The upper section is surmounted with what is believed to be the original solid walnut finials and soft bevelled mirror plates, opening to a removal bank of walnut veneered and feather banded drawers, cantered by pigeonholes below two shelves. Candle slides are neatly stowed below the bookcase doors to reflect the light.
To the moulded bureau, the fall opens to reveal pigeonholes, long and short asymmetric drawers each beautifully veneered in figured walnut and feather banded, cantered by a cupboard door which neatly conceals an open compartment and drawer. Below the fall, two short and two long graduating oak lined drawers are each book-matched in superb sections of hand-cut figured walnut veneers over bun feet.
It should be noted that this exceptional desk and bookcase, is not only of the finest cuts of figured walnut veneer but exquisitely made at the pinnacle of design which had gradually evolved predominantly in London, during the late 17thand early 18thcentury.
The actual description 'desk-and-bookcase' appears to be first recorded in the accounts of the Royal cabinet-maker Gerrit Jensen (fl.1680-d.1715) who supplied several for the Royal Household from 1710 (Bowett, op. cit.), and another described as 'a walnut writing desk, the top for books and patons and glass in the doors asked' for the 5th Earl of Salisbury, Hatfield House. Another maker of this form of desk was the London cabinet-maker John Gumley (1691-1727) who advertised in Richard Steele's Lover on April 24 1714 that he 'hath taken for a Ware-house, and furnished all the upper part of the New Exchange in the Strand' continuing with an extensive list of his stock including 'Desks and Bookcases.' In 1714 he supplied one of these in walnut to James 1st Duke of Montrose for the sum of £11.
Russian cabinetwork of this period was strongly influenced by Tsar Peter I return to Russia after his studies in London. He subsequently sent twenty-four cabinetmakers who were working in Amsterdam to London to train as furniture makers. One of these cabinetmakers named Fedor Martynov made furniture for the Empress Anna Ioannovna. Martynovs drawings are almost identical to the present piece.
Literature
Mallett’s Great English Furniture, London: Bullfinch Press 1991, p.248, fig 287, by Lanto Synge,
English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, by Dr Adam Bowett,
Woodbridge: Antique Collector’s Club, 2002 Chapter 7 Case Furniture 1689–1714 pp.221-223 fig. 7:53
A walnut bureau bookcase of the same form and period sold from the private collection of Patricia Kluge...
Category
Early 18th Century British George I Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Angelo Mangiarotti Aluminium Cabinet Multiuse by Poltronova 1965
Located in Aachen, NW
This rare Aluminum cabinet from the Multiuse series, which can be also used as a bookcase, was designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in 1965 and was produce...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Hanging Wall Unit in Wood, Italy, 1960's
Located in Brussels , BE
Hanging wall unit in wood, Italy, 1960's.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With broken arch pediment and inset mirror over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to shelves and drawers, the base with a slant lid hinged w...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
Italian Modular Cabinet in White and Red Lacquered Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
High board / room divider / bookcase, lacquered wood, Italy, 1960s.
This eccentric cabinet contains eight different sized separate elements and is executed in largely white lacquer...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Bookcase by Pierre Garnier with Inlay Wood and Marble Top, circa 1750
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb inlaid bookcase / vitrine / showcase with very thick marble top, feet decorated with bronze and double mesh door. 3 shelves present.
In excellent general condition.
Key present, the lock works perfectly
Louis XV style and period, France, 18th century, around 1750.
By the cabinetmaker Pierre Garnier...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Library in Walnut Veneer and Brass circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
large library in walnut veneer and brass circa 1960
dimension upper part: 95x225x18 cm
dimension lower part: 82x225x30 cm
many scratches, varnish to b...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Italian Midcentury Book Shelf / Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian midcentury book shelf with the dry bar - or desk when open.
On the bottom brass boots that can be adjust the height.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Exceptional 18thc Painted Venetian Secretary Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fantastic painted Italian secretary with original designs, paint and interior silk fabric.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Danish Modern Rosewood Bookcase Cabinet with Desk
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Rosewood Danish modern bookcase/cabinet, circa 1960's. Open bookcase and drop down desk with fitted interior. Lower section with sliding door cabinet, adjustable shelving and slim, s...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-Century Bookcase
Located in Pomona, CA
Mid-century bookcase. The top has sliding glass doors, the middle has open shelves the bottom has storage.
Category
1960s American Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 18th century English George III mahogany Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of glazed doors, slant fr...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Vintage Cabinets by František Jirák for Tatra Nábytok Pravenec
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Vintage cabinets by František Jirák for Tatra nábytok Pravenec.
Closet 75 x 107 x 40
Wardrobe 169 x 110 x 48
Bookcase 158 x 110x 44.
Category
1960s Slovak Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Rosewood Danish Bookcase
Located in Chorzów, PL
Bookcase - bookcase from the 1960s. The furniture was produced in Denmark. Bookcase preserved in very good condition.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Bookcase with Cabinets in Rosewood, Model No. 9, Designed by Omann Junior
Located in Lejre, DK
Get an authentic piece of Danish furniture history with this beautiful bookcase with secretary in rosewood, model no. 9, designed by Omann Junior in the 1960s. This bookcase is an ex...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
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...
Category
1740s English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Pair of Danish Midcentury Bookcases in Solid Teak, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Pair wall-mounted bookcases in solid teak. Designed and made in Denmark. Great original condition.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Large Danish Teak Wall Bookcase by Poul Cadovius, F139
Located in Lyon, FR
Large wall bookcase from the 60's designed by the Danish designer Poul Cadovius. This bookcase is composed of different modular elements on three ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood, Brass & Painted Metal Wall Unit Bookshelf
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This bookcase was produced in Italy around the 1960s. It consists of a wall panel with 2 adjustable containers and 1 desk
The panel is equipped with side racks that allow the cont...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Metal, Brass
George III Secretaire Bookcase, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A late 18th century George III mahogany secretaire chest with a bookcase top.
The secretaire chest has a fitted top drawer with a fall front writing surface, inside there are seve...
Category
18th Century English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George III Breakfront Bookcase in Mahogany with Broken Pediment Cornice
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A wonderful Georgian mahogany breakfront bookcase of small proportions with astragal glazed doors and broken architectural pediment cornice, 18th century. The upper part with origina...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George III Mahogany Inlaid Irish Bookcase Cabinet 1780s
Located in Roma, RM
Irish bookcase, Georgian era, circa 1780, mahogany and inlaid with fruit woods. Marvelous proportions and exceptional quality are the woods used for its creation, neither too flamed ...
Category
1780s Irish George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Small 18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A small late 18th century secretaire bookcase / cabinet.
George III period, circa 1790.
Of very good rich color.
Inlaid and crossbanded throughout.
Only 2'5" wide.
Mounts are corre...
Category
18th Century Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Gunni Omann Midcentury Scandinavian Wood Bookcase, 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern design dark wood bookcase designed by Gunni Omann and produced by Omann Jun Møbelfabrik in the 1960s, variable height position of shelves, Denmark 196...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
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...
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Pine Wall Unit with Bookshelf and Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish pine wall unit of pitch pine consisting of bookcase and chest of drawers. Handles and fittings of brass. Normal patina due to age and use, including scratches, marks and notch...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Pine, Wood
Antique English George III "Chinese Chippendale" Bookcase or Display Cabinet
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous quality antique English George III diminutive size, carved and fretted mahogany "Chinese Chippendale" bookcase or display cabinet
Please note superbly "blind fretted" and c...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Mid-Century Wooden Modular Revolving Bookcase by Salocchi Sormani, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century wooden modular revolving bookcase by Salocchi for Sormani, 1960s.
Modular revolving bookcase in white painted wooden chipboard. The bookcase has 4 compartments, ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Steel
English Chippendale Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C.1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany fall front secretary with carved molded edge finial cornice, flanking upper case hinged glass doors revealing adjustable interior shelves, period brasses...
Category
1780s English Chippendale Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Satinwood and Mahogany 18th Century Bureau Bookcase Attributable to Thomas Shear
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptional and remarkable late 18th century satinwood and mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase of outstanding quality and attributable to Thomas Shearer.
This magnificent bookcase ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
1960s Slim Swedish Bookcase Cabinet in Teak Designed by Svante Skogh for Seffle
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Slim and high quality Swedish, table model, bookcase cabinet with two sliding doors, horizontal and vertical veneered, and one adjustable shelf all in teak. Inside finished with oak.
The bookcase is designed by Swedish famous furniture...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Teak
Georgian Mahogany Corner Cabinet, Late 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Georgian mahogany corner cabinet
A late 18th to early 19th century Georgian mahogany glazed corner cabinet.
The cabinet has a si...
Category
18th Century English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Scandinavian Midcentury Modern Vintage Classic Swedish Teak Wood Bookcase, 1960s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This modernist classic bookcase was made in Sweden during the 1960s. It is finished with teak wood in a darker shade of brown. The cabinet has three s...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Teak
Pierre Jeanneret Glass Fronted Bookcase
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Teak glass fronted bookcase designed by Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh.
Thick teak solid wood shelves inside.
The glass sliding doors on the bott...
Category
1960s Indian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Teak
Stylish Bamboo and Rattan 3 Tier Etagere Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A great looking and functional 3 tier bamboo and rattan shelving unit having scalloped bottom and top with slightly splayed feet. Would be great i...
Category
1960s Philippine Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Bamboo
Studio BBPR for Olivetti 'Spazio' Shelving System in Metal
By Studio BBPR
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' shelving system, lacquered steel, plastic, Italy, design 1959/60, production 1960s
In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Sky/Earth Bookcase in the Style of Osvaldo Borsani, Original Made in Italy, 1960
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid sky / earth design bookcase attributed to osvaldo borsani or vittorio dassi, composed of two closed elements, various open shelves, 10 drawers
Shoulder to boiserie over t...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Metal
George III circa 1760 English Oak Thomas Chippendale Carved Bureau Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer absolutely stunning hand made in England George III circa 1760-1780 Bureau bookcase with Thomas Chippendale carvings
This is a true piece of classic Engl...
Category
1760s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Bookcase in Oak, 1960s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bookcase in oak, rectangular in shape, with its glass in wood and glass.
French work realized in the 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Rare & Unusual Set of Three 17th Century Italian Walnut Bookcases
Located in Southampton, NY
A rare and unusual set of three Italian walnut bookcases from the late 17th century with extraordinary provenance. The set is comprised of a si...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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