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Bookcases For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Fine Quality Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Cylinder Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian mahogany inlaid cylinder bookcase having a quality inlaid swan neck pediment above a pair of mahogany inlaid shaped gl...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Sheraton Revival Display Cabinet Bookcase Satinwood 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Good quality Sheraton Revival satinwood display cabinet.
Circa 1880
The cabinet is raised upon tapered legs with block feet and shaped rails.
The cabinet features 2 glazed doors whic...
Category
1880s Sheraton Antique Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
French Victorian Walnut Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian walnut bookcase cabinet with 3 doors and bronze trim with banded inlay.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th-20th century Louis XV style mahogany and ormolu-mounted Vitrine cabinet with a Veined Mint green marble top, attributed to Georges-François Alix...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
English Victorian Open Bookcase in Walnut
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0307 Late Victorian walnut open bookcase, having oversailing figured walnut top above two height adjustable shelves, flanked by fluted pilasters with floral rosette carvings, all st...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Fine circa 1880 Antique Victorian Walnut Revolving Bookcase Book Table Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exhibition quality English Walnut with Satinwood inlay, circa 1880 revolving bookcase table with exquisitely finished top and very rare small ...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
European Bamboo Etagere W 3 Shelves in Woven Fiber
Located in Malibu, CA
One of a kind piece; delicately designed, yet practical for everyday use, this piece features three shelves covered in a fine woven fiber.
Stack up your towel and bath accessories...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bamboo, Natural Fiber, Wood
Library display case, France, circa 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Library display case, France, circa 1880.
Very good condition.
Wood: oak
dimensions: height 230 cm x width 120 cm x depth 50 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
English Arts And Crafts Golden Oak Trough Table Top Bookcase Liberty Of London
Located in London, GB
English Arts And Crafts Golden Oak Trough Table Top Bookcase
C.1910
Attributed to Liberty Of London
In very good coindition commensurate of age.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Anglo-Japanese Pitch Pine Hanging Bookcase by Howard and Sons
Located in London, GB
Howard and Sons, an Anglo-Japanese pitch pine hanging bookcase, possibly designed by Edward William Godwin, with paper label inside for 'Howard and S...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo-Japanese Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
19th Solid Oak Bookcase or Etagere with Five Shelves
Located in Miami, FL
19th Solid Oak Bookcase or Etagere with Five Shelves
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
English Victorian Bamboo Small Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bamboo and black lacquered small bookcase cabinet with leather book binding design on door, late 19th-early 20th century.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bamboo
19th Century Bookcase Display Cabinet in Solid Larch Restored and Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century bookcase display cabinet, with three fir shelves, in solid larch restored and wax polished
Measures cm: H 18...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Bookcases
Materials
Fir, Pine
19th Century Swedish Whitewashed Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Swedish Whitewashed Bookcase features a stately, tailored architecture that makes it incredibly versatile in a wide variety of decor styles. Hand-crafted from old-growt...
Category
1880s Swedish Rustic Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century English Secretaire Bookcase by Edwards & Roberts
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional late 19th century secretaire bookcase by Edwards & Roberts, the upper section with a pierced fretwork swan neck pediment with Greek key moulding. The twin astragal glazed doors open to reveal an adjustable shelved interior, having reeded canted corners. Constructed using the finest figured mahogany with satinwood and boxwood line inlaid detail. The lower section having figured mahogany top, banded in satinwood above a secretaire drawer depicting a central classical urn within a floral swags, enclosing six Satinwood drawers, six pigeon holes and a gilt tooled leather inset writing surface. The twin panelled doors again constructed from figured mahogany with boxwood, satinwood inlaid panels depicting classical urns within a floral border. Also having reeded canted corners and enclosing an adjustable shelve interior, resting on solid mahogany bracket feet.
Circa 1900
English
Artists Biography:
Edwards & Roberts was founded in 1845, and had premises at 21 Wardour Street London. By 1892 they occupied more than a dozen buildings in Wardour Street, where they continued to trade until the end of the century. They became one of the leading London cabinet makers and retailers working in a variety of styles, both modern and revivalist. Their business also involved retailing, adapting and restoring the finest antique furniture and there are many examples of their earlier furniture with later embellishments bearing their stamp. Edwards & Roberts specialized in marquetry, inlay and ormolu. Edwards & Roberts was one of the principal London companies working in the taste of the late 18th century. They started business in 1845 and by 1854 were trading as "Edwards & Roberts, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture". Wardour Street became an important furniture retailing area in the second half of the 19th century. The firm carried a fine and complete library...
Category
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English White Washed Glazed Front Step Back Bookcase (2 available)
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Fabulously proportioned and well sized two-part painted Pine English bookcase/cabinet from the late circa 19th century featuring a glazed upper section with two doors flanking a cent...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Paint
Bookcase Called Stacking Bookcase In Mahogany Of 5 Elements With Extension From
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant Globe Wernicke London bookcase in mahogany from the end of the 19th century - Early 20th century from England which is composed of 5 elements with two advanced big lower elem...
Category
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Fine quality Morris & Co Arts & Crafts glazed bookase cabinet
By Morris & Co.
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Fine quality mahogany glazed cabinet by Morris & Co circa 1890 probably designed by George Jack. The cabinet is in beautiful original condition.
Category
Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Good Quality Arts & Crafts Table Top Bookcase Made from 1/4 Sawn Oak
Located in London, GB
A good quality Arts & Crafts tabletop bookcase made from 1/4 sawn oak with through pegged joints. Perfect for CDs or DVDs.
Measures: Height 14 1/2 i...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Victorian Oak Open Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
ST053 Victorian open bookcase, in dark rich oak oversailing top with reeded pilasters and drop carvings. with three adjustable shelves. all standing on a plinth base, this bookcase i...
Category
1890s Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Mahogany / Bronze Mounted Parquetry Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mahogany bronze mounted detail parquetry / breakfront display cabinet / vitrine with four wooden shelves , supported by six tapering reeded leg...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
English Victorian Papier Mache Étagère
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian Papier mache pearl inlaid black lacquered 3 tier etagere with oval mirror and 2 drawers.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Oak Gdansk Library
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
The library is in very good condition, after renovation :)
The library is decomposed into elements.
Category
1890s Polish Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Rare Kingwood & Mahogany Louis XV Style Bookcase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Exceptional Quality Louis XV Style Bookcase in Kingwood and Mahogany parquetry, with thick 1-3/4″ marble top. With original ormolu mounts and hardware, this is a truly fine and rare ...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Marble
Painted wood shelving unit-bookcase Italy
Located in PARIS, FR
A striking testament to Italian craftsmanship, this late 19th-century painted wood bookcase embodies the elegance of centuries-old decorative traditions. Showcasing the renowned Ital...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
PAIR OF OPEN LIBRARY HARDWOOD BOOKCASES PANELLED SiDES HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SHELVES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very good looking and well made pair of circa 1900 English mahogany paneled library...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE STAMPED VICTOR RAULIN CARTONNIER CABINET BOOKCASE & DRAWERs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for this very important, highly collectable, original and fully restored Victor Raulin Cartonnier Cabinet circa 1890 ...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Black Forest Bear Adjustable Book Shelf / Book Rack Swiss
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & rare! This 19th century black forest books rack/ book shelf with ''Bears holding baby bears'' bookends hand carved Swiss.
Gorgeous 19th century antique Black Forest bookstand...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Bookcases
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of William IV Mahogany Open Two-Sided Bookcases
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Willian IV (circa 1890) light mahogany two-sided open bookcases with column sides and 4 shelves trimmed with scalloped red leather & embo...
Category
1890s English William IV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
C. 1870 English Walnut Victorian Glazed Door Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870 Victorian glazed door bookcase cabinet, English. Walnut. Brass pilaster mounts. Intricate inlay on panel above door & line inlaid door & pilasters. Retains the original le...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late Victorian Walnut & carved open bookcase
By King & Sons
Located in Dereham, GB
Late Victorian Walnut & carved open bookcase
Solid Walnut top with moulded edge
Frieze with beaded detail
Pair Reeded Pillars each side with carved corbels
3 adjustable shelves with ...
Category
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Revolving Bookcase by Sargent MFG Co.
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Amazing revolving bookcase by Sargent MFG Co. Muskegon, Mich. revolving system patented in 1880, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Circa 1900 Edwardian Hardwood Revolving Bookcase Sheraton Inlaid Book Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1900 hardwood revolving bookcase with Sheraton inlay to the top.
An exceptionally well made and highly decorative library bookcase or book table. This is a very versatile piece of furniture that would look amazing in any setting. This is one of the only examples I have ever seen in Rosewood
We have cleaned waxed and polished the piece, it has some normal age and use related patina marks here and there, nothing you wouldn't expect from 120+ year old bookcase...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Circa 1905 Edwardian Georgian Style English Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1905 Edwardian Georgian style bookcase cabinet, English. High quality craftsmanship. Dark wood. Handsome large diamond glazed bookcase doors & multiple molded, raised panel low...
Category
Early 1900s English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
19th Century Gillows Arts and Crafts Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Gillows arts and crafts oak and ebonized bookcase, circa 1890, designed by Charles Bevan. The three glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves above and three panel doors...
Category
1890s Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Ebony, Oak
High English Canterbury
Located in Tarrytown, NY
3 foot huge, turn of the century English canterbury with dovetail drawers. Oversized, perfect for an architects office to hold plans. Came from the ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Bookcases
19th Century French Bleached Oak Large Bookcase Display Cabinet
Located in Round Top, TX
This impressive bleached oak display cabinet has four upper cabinet glass doors, four lower drawers over four cabinet doors. Decorative half columns and heavily paneled lower doors a...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
A Good Oak Open Bookcase This is a good quality Oak open book shelf
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Good Oak Open Bookcase
This is a good quality Oak open book shelf
The Bookcase is in very good condition, sound and handsome, it has 3 adjustable shelves and a low gallery at the...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Adamas Revival Console Table Mahogany Hall Tables 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Here we have a good quality Adams style mahogany console table.
Circa 1880
The table is raised upon tapered legs with hare bell carved detail and spade feet.
The frieze of the table ...
Category
1880s Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Crew Shell Bookshelf
Located in Essex, MA
Made from an old crew shell with the letters FLOTSAM on sides with shelves and dark blue background.
Category
Late 19th Century North American Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique bookcase, Scandinavia, turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique bookcase from around 1900, Northern Europe.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 188 cm / width 81 cm / depth 46 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Norwegian Empire Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Glass
Walnut Narrow Bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut narrow bookcase of narrow proportions. The carved cornice above a pair of leaded stained glass door enclosing adjustable shelved interior...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
A fine French Bibliotheque with Marble top above a spreading cornice, three adjustable shelves, the angles mounted with female busts and raised on ormolu paw feet.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Kingwood
China Closet Biedermeier
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its original condition from many years ago.
Simpl...
Category
1890s Polish Biedermeier Antique Bookcases
Materials
Palisander
ELEGANT ANTIQUE VICTORIAN CIRCA 1870 ASTRAL GLAZED BOOKCASE WiTH LONG LEGS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very Elegant, hand made in England Astral glazed Library bookcase with long legs and a flamed mahogany ...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Antique Edwardian Revolving Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An outstanding antique Edwardian revolving bookcase. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1900-1910 period.
It is of exceptional quality, with a beautiful and useful d...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Circa 1880 English Bamboo Decoupaged Bookcase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 bamboo bookcase now artisan decoupaged with fish, English. Well figured "tortoise shell" bamboo. French splay feet. Black painted interior with bamboo edged shelves. 32" w...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bamboo
Herter Brothers Style Monumental Antique Eastlake Victorian Walnut Bookcase
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional monumental antique Eastlake Victorian triple bookcase cabinet
In the manner of Herter Brothers
USA, Circa 1880s
Carved walnut, with burled walnut panels, glass fron...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
A fine 19th c French Louis XVI kingwood bookcase signed P. Sormani .
By Paul Sormani
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine late 19th century French Louis XVI kingwood parquetry inlayed bookcase cabinet . Fine gilt bronze mounts and detail . Original Breche Violette marble top.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bibliotheque by Paul Sormani with Gilt Bronze and Brèche d'Alep Marble Top
By Paul Sormani
Located in New York, NY
This Sormani bookshelf is made of kingwood and bois satine with a brèche d'Alep marble top. The center panel holds an open shelf with adjustable shelf and a section with sliding tamb...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Lovely circa 1900 Hand Carved Library Bookcase in Hardwood with Herm Statues
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning original mahogany library bookcase with herm carved statues and Lion hairy paw feet to the base
A good looking and well made piece, its rare to find one with the ornately carved Herm statues...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Victorian Burl Walnut Bookcase
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
English Victorian burl walnut and walnut small scale bookcase, late 19th century. The burl walnut top with turret front corners and string inlay, the front with a burl walnut and gla...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Burl
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bookcase or Vitrine, Bronze
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Louis XVI style mahogany bibliotheque or bookcase is finished with bronze banding. Its corners feature bronze fluting and the side panels are also...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Tortoiseshell Bamboo & Lacquer Chinoiserie Bookcase Etagere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, this perfect example of the French Aesthetic Movement in the late 19Th. century.
This French Art Nouveau Tortoiseshell Bamboo & Lacquer Chinoiserie Bookcase and Etagere...
Category
1880s Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
R. J. Horner Style American Empire Carved Oak Glass Front Triple Bookcase
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique American Empire or late Victorian triple bookcase cabinet
In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co.
USA, Circa 1890
Beautiful carved oak, with glass front doors, and o...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
Gothic Barristers Bookcase Globe Wernicke Cabinet 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Three tier oak Globe Wernicke bookcase with lift up leaded glass panel in the Gothic style
Circa 1890
The Globe-Wernicke bookcase is a modular, stackable barrister bookcase known for...
Category
1890s Gothic Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
Handsome Antique 3-Part Kitchen Display Cabinet, France Early 1900
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Elegant and handsome antique 3-part kitchen display cabinet from France. A super piece for storage of e.g. crockery / porcelain, wine glasses a...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Limbert Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Bookcase or Magazine Stand, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period quarter sawn oak bookcase or magazine stand
By Charles P. Limbert Co.
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 20.25"W x 13.75"D x 37"H...
Category
Early 1900s American Mission Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Vintage and Antique Bookcases for Sale: Shop Art Deco Bookcases, Globe Wernicke Bookcases and Barrister Bookcases on 1stDibs
Whether you proudly shelve your books in regal mahogany or behind glass cabinet doors, an antique bookcase — or perhaps more than one — is essential to creating a cozy nook for any book lover.
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 decorative objects or collectibles, 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 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. 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.
Find barrister bookcases, Globe Wernicke bookcases, bookcases with doors and other vintage and antique bookcases on 1stDibs now.
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