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Bookcases For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
20th Century Inlaid Wood French Bookcase Cabinet, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Small French bookcase from the early 20th century. Double-body inlaid furniture in rosewood, mahogany, maple, walnut and fruitwood. Sideboard with four doors, two of which are inlaid...
Category
Early 20th Century French Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Woodard Mid Century Iron and Glass Etagere
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A hard to find satin white iron etagere or bookcase with pebbled glass shelves and X cross bracing a perfect companion to any Woodard furniture and great for finishing off your three...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Glass
Regency Style Mahogany Swivel Etagere
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Satinwood inlay
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Bookcases
1970s Harrods of London Bamboo Five Shelf Bookcase
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Harrods of London bamboo five shelf bookcase.
Category
Late 20th Century English Bookcases
Materials
Bamboo, Glass
Large Mahogany Chippendale Period Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An important and very impressive 18th century Chippendale period mahogany break fronted bookcase, having dental moulding to the cornice, astragal glazed doors above three large frieze...
Category
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Oscar" by Didier Rozaffy
Located in Grenoble, FR
Library furniture "Oscar" by Didier Rozaffy. Sliding and removable doors. Very good condition, oak structure. Modulable and modifliable.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Austrian Neoclassical Style Bookcase Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Continental Austrian neoclassical style oak bookcase cabinet with geometric inlay, gilt egg-and-dart detail, ebonized trim, and Gothic filigree o...
Category
18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
French Grey Painted Louis XV Style Two-Part Bibliothèque Custom-Made in 1978
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large French vintage Louis XV style painted two-part bookcase with glass doors, custom-made for a client in 1978. This French bibliothèque features a dark grey painted cornice...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Bookcases
Materials
Wood
English Open Bookcase of Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English open-face bookcase of mahogany, with three adjustable shelves, featuring a moulded top and frieze with dentil trim, standing on a plinth base.
Category
Early 20th Century English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
18th Century Georgian III Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George III mahogany secretaire breakfront bookcase, with four astragal glazed doors below dentil frieze and broken pediment with two long drawers above two central cupbo...
Category
1790s Irish George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Dutch Oak Vitrine
Located in Port Chester, NY
A spectacular early Dutch vitrine in polished oak. We believe this piece to be from delft, originally configured in the upper cabinet to display blue and white traditional delft porc...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
English Chippendale Mahogany Carved Floral Desk With Bookcase. Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany desk / bookcase on stand with flanking book matched doors, gadrooned molded edge, fitted interior pigeon holes o...
Category
1770s English Chippendale Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Stainless Steel and Glass Wall Shelf, Bookcase by Peter Ghyzy. FINAL SALE
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Schagen, NL
A stainless steel frame constructed of 3 × 3 cm stainless steel tubing holds brackets for glass shelves that may be placed at any height. The brackets were sand cast. The 10 mm glass...
Category
1980s Dutch Hollywood Regency Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Stainless Steel
James Mont Cabinet
By James Mont
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oriental Carved bamboo two door cabinet with a light up top.
Original silver leaf on the bamboo,original open grain ceruse finish over oak.
With Four adjustable shelves
Category
1940s American Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Pair of French Art Deco Bookcase Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Art Deco calamander wood bookcase cabinets with two open book shelves.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Hanging Shelf by Pierre Cruége
By Rene Gabriel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid oak bookcase designed by Pierre Cruége
Located in NY.
Original condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Bookcase, Maple Wood, Two Doors and Five Shelves - Italy
Located in Girona, ES
Bookcase, maple wood, French polished, two doors and five shelves, one shelf inside.
Italy, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Bookcase 1962 Italian Mid-Century Modern Revolving Design Sculptural Wood
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Bookcase of 1962 original Italian design revolving design, made of wood, with wooden fronts carved with various subjects and signature of the artist, very original and attractive des...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fine Burr Walnut George I Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
The broken arched pediment surmounted by classical urn finials over two mirror front doors opening to adjustable shelves over pigeonholes and three short drawers; the lower part with...
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Magnificent 18th Century Italian Bookcase
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Magnificent 18th century Italian bookcase with turquoise stones.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Iron
Chinoiserie Red and Gilt Painted Tall Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
A very fine bookcase with unusual chinoiserie style decoration and code of arm. Applied wrought iron mounts.
Stock number: F43.
Category
20th Century French Bookcases
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Chrome & Smoked Glass & Mirror Étagère/ Book Case by DIA
Located in New York, NY
This is a first rate example of one of DIA's iconic designs. Constructed from lustrous chrome and smoked glass, the piece also features a mirrored bottom which echoes the highly refl...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Chrome
Bookcase Laquered Metal and Brass , 1970s
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Italian handmade bookcase, Laquered metal and brass.
Meaasures: 378 x 40 x 295 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass, Metal
Midcentury '1950s' French Sliding Doors Belief in Oakwood
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant midcentury (1950s) French sliding doors belief in oakwood.
Impeccably restored, fits perfectly both at home and in the office, for books...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Georgian Style Bubble Glass Satinwood Inlay Mahogany Bookcase Breakfront Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exceptional 1940s English Georgian style custom bubble glass two-piece mahogany breakfront. This bookcase features individual panes of bubble glass, drop front writing desk surface w...
Category
1940s American Georgian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Pair of 20th Century Chippendale Style Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality matching pair of Chippendale Revival bookcase. Each bookcase has an ornate swan neck pediment with egg and dart molding above dentil molding, with two astr...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chippendale Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Paul Frankl Bookcase
By Paul Frankl
Located in New York, NY
Rare custom bookcase/ storage cabinet designed by Paul Frankl. Orange and black lacquered wood, with gold painted face in a snaking geometric motif & thick...
Category
1930s American Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century Louis XV Provincial Walnut Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Of unusually large scale; the upper section with arched cornice over a pair of wire-inset doors opening to fabric lined interior fitted with shelves; the lower section with a slant f...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Italian Manufactory Midcentury Walnut Bookcase, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Important Italian manufacturing bookstore all in walnut wood, with four central inlays representing the four arts (Philosophy, music, mathematics, history).
The bookcase consists ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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
Mogens Koch Pair of Cabinets in Elm for Rud. Rasmussen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Mogens Koch pair of cabinets in elm. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen.
Reverse with paper labels ‘RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/KØBENHAVN/DENMARK.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Elm
Italian Midcentury 1930s Bookcase Walnut Veneer with Two Drawers, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian bookcase period 1930s in walnut and walnut veneer with two drawers, wax polished. Upper showcase with grating and the two lower doors covered in leatherette.
Excellent condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Bookcases
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Chrome, Smoked Glass and Mirror Étagère/ Book case
Located in New York, NY
This stunning étagère was created by the legendary Pioneer of Mid-Century Modern design, circa 1970. It is the ultimate expression of sophisticated modern design with its elemental b...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Chrome
Important Italian Futurist Secretary / Desk / Etagere Attr. to Giacomo Balla
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary Italian Futurist work of sculpture which functions as an etagere, secretary, desk, bookcase or shelves.
The structure of the rare and stunning work expresses the...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Futurist Bookcases
Materials
Elm, Walnut
Dutch Rococo Burl Walnut Bookcase Cabinet w glass doors Approx. 1770
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Dutch Rococo bookcase burl walnut cabinet, circa 1770s, in two parts.
The arched and curved cornice molding above two glazed doors, the lower section with two short drawers above ...
Category
1770s Dutch Rococo Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Glass
1970s Pair of Spanish Methacrylate Plexiglass Obelisk Shaped Book Shelves
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s pair of Spanish methacrylate plexiglass obelisk shaped book shelves. Square bases in smoked finish with the rest being clear and translucent
Ob...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Bookcases
Materials
Acrylic
Italian Display Column Cabinet Bookcase Hand Carved blond Walnut Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Simply spectacular Italian display column cabinet, bookcase , diffusely hand carved with classical renaissance motifs, wax-polished
A precious column aesthetically and as a quality o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Large French Neoclassical Oak School Bookcase
Located in Long Island City, NY
In a Louis XVI style, with 4 sliding upper glass doors and 4 sliding lower plain wood doors and its original cornice (removable).
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Bookcases
Materials
Art Glass, Oak
Børge Mogensen Bookcase Model 291 by Fredericia Stolefabrik in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare wall-mounted bookcase model 291 designed by Børge Mogensen. Produced by Fredericia Stolefabrik in Denmark.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Pine, Oak, Teak
Large French Neoclassical Pine Bookcase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large French neoclassical Louis XVI style pine bookcase - Shelving unit.
Category
1940s Neoclassical Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Pine
George III Sheraton Period Antique Satinwood Dwarf Bookcase
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A George III Sheraton period satinwood dwarf bookcase, inlaid ovals in the doors and attractive cresting in original paint.
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
Serge Roche Style Hollywood Regency Carved Palm Frond Etagere Bookcase, 1940s
By Serge Roche
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Stunning midcentury hand-carved palm frond motif étagère bookcase in the style of Serge Roche. Heavy solid wood frame features original cream painte...
Category
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
1970s Italian Brass Console in White Enamel and Smoked Glass
By Willy Rizzo
Located in London, GB
A 1970s Italian console in brass, white enamel and smoked glass. Produced by Idea Knox and designed by Arcangeli & Serantoni. Condition and wear consistent with age and use.
Measu...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Janette Laverrière and Maurice Pré, Bureau in Blond Oak and Skai, circa 1958
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bureau in steps of Maurice Pre and Janette Laverrière 1958 in blond oak embellished with red skai of origin, the opened flap serves as office, small...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
English Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront With Secretary, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany breakfront with carved molded cornice, four upper case glass doors with arched oval mullions, adjustable interior shelving, lower case concealing a slidi...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Chrome Frame Bookcase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage-modern bookcase featuring five shelves and chrome frame.
Please confirm item location NY or NJ with dealer.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Chrome
Early 2oth Century Italian Credenza Bookcase Renaissance Style in Blond Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian credenza bookcase renaissance style blond walnut, Michele Bonciani , Cascina
Two-body sideboard in Neoclassical Renaissance style, in blond walnut, 1940s production of the t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Pierre Cruelle Shelves
By Rene Gabriel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shelves designed by Pierre Cruege in the 1950's
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Armoire by Andre Arbus and Vadim Androusov
By André Arbus
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional armoire by great French designer of 20th century Andre Arbus (1903-1969) with a sculptural bronze keyhole by Vadim Androusov (1895-1975)
Documented in Yvonne Brunhamme...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Rustic Adirondack White Painted Étagère
Located in New York, NY
Rustic Adirondack (20th Century) white painted twig design etagere with 5 slat shelves and open design
Category
20th Century American Rustic Bookcases
Materials
Twig
Vintage 1960s Lacquered Yumu Wood Chinese Bookcase with Hand-Carved Medallions
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage handmade Chinese lacquered yumu wood 1960s bookcase with hand-carved medallions. Made of yumu wood, this Chinese bookshelf features a nicel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Bookcases
Materials
Elm
20th Century Wood 12 Doors Italian Bookcase Cabinet, 1970
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian bookcase from the second half of the 20th century. Exceptional furniture in exotic wood, brass decorations and fake turtle. Complet...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Age Art Deco Impressive Credenza Bookcase Meroni & Fossati Lissone Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Age Art Deco 1930s impressive credenza bookcase library, Meroni & Fossati Lissone, in walnut and veneered walnut, excellent conditions, wax-polished.
Measures cm: H 246, W 145, D 40...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Set of Three Burl Wood and Smoked Plexiglass Bookcases
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Set of three vintage bookcases. Burl wood shelves and smoked plexiglass vertical supports with brass fittings, American, 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bookcases
Materials
Plexiglass, Burl
French Louis XV Period Dome Top Oak Bibliothèque, circa 1750
Located in valatie, NY
This gracious dome top country French bibliothèque is made of carved golden oak. It has two arched top removable doors with inset scrolled panels and scrolled openings with traditional inset chicken wire. This beautiful piece has its original brass rooster head hardware. The doors open with no centre post to an interior lined in gold damask trimmed...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Italian Mid-Century Desk with Bookcase in Maple Wood Ico Parisi Style , 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
A particular and very useful by Permanente Mobili Cantù Mid-Century Modern desk with bookcase in maple wood Ico Parisi attributed, period 1950s.
Top desk in crystal green lacquered....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Materials
Maple
Art Deco Haagse School / The Hague School Desk and Bookcase by LOV Oosterbeek
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and important set from 1920-1925.
Stunning The Hague School desk and matching bookcase. Both these pieces come with the original LOV Oosterbeek ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
Bruno Mathsson Wall-Mounted Bookcase by Karl Mathsson in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare wall-mounted bookcase designed by Bruno Mathsson. Produced by Karl Mathsson in Värnamo, Sweden.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Birch, Pine
Vintage, New and Antique Bookcases
As long as curious people have collected stories, we have needed a place to stow them away and preserve them. When auction houses and book dealers proliferated by the late 17th century, the bibliophile was born. And, of course, as with any treasured objects, a book lover’s volumes were suddenly worthy of a luxurious display — enter the bookcase. Americans of means during the 19th century took to amassing art as well as rare books, and antique bookcases of the era, rife with hand-carved decorative accents and architectural motifs, were ideal for displaying their handsome leather-bound wares.
Although our favorite titles may change over the years, the functionality and beauty of their home within our home is timeless. Whether you proudly shelve your books in regal mahogany or behind glass cabinet doors, a bookcase — or perhaps more than one — is essential to creating a cozy nook for any book lover. Even those who don’t covet the perfect home library can benefit from an attractive display case, as bookcases can easily double as charming étagères.
Contemporary and customizable options make it easier for you to find the perfect bookcase for your style and stacks. If you don’t wish to fill your storage piece so that your collection is snug within its confines, incorporate extra space to allow for additional displays and decorative objects. And by introducing a striking dark wood Art Deco bookcase or low-profile mid-century modern design by Paul McCobb into your living room, your signed first editions won’t be the only items making a statement.
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