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Bookcases For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Rococo
Belgian Modernist Bookshelf by John Van Zeeland, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist Style; Modernism; Art Deco; John Van Zeeland; Belgian Design; Belgian Architecture; Listed Building; Heritage; Prové; Belgium; Avant Garde; ...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Wood

circa 1920 Burr Walnut & Satinwood Revolving Bookcases Sheraton Revival Inlaid
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning circa 1920 Walnut & Satinwood revolving bookcase with Sheraton inlay to the top. An exceptionally we...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Satinwood, Walnut

Luxury Hardwood Vintage Two Drawer Dwarf Library Bookcase Sideboard Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England vintage mahogany open library bookcase with twin drawers This piece is in good used condition, the drawers run ...
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20th Century English Art Deco Bookcases

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Hardwood

Hungarian Credenza or Bookcase in Palisander Wood from Art Deco period
By Tamas Kantor
Located in Houston, TX
The signing of the agreement happened on May 11, 1914 between Odon Erody and furniture maker Tamas Kantor to order the credenza/bookcase. In the order all the qualifications, pricing...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Bookcases

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Palisander

Belgian Modernist Bookshelf by John Van Zeeland, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist Style; Modernism; Art Deco; John Van Zeeland; Belgian Design; Belgian Architecture; Listed Building; Heritage; Prové; Belgium; Avant Garde; ...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Wood

Vichr a Spol Art Deco Bookcase Made in 1930s Czechia
Located in Horomerice, CZ
The bookcase has been restored and refinished. It's made out of oak, chrome plated steel and glass. It was made in 1930s in Czechia by Vichr a spol. T...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Chrome

Oak Art Deco Modernist Three-Door Bookcase, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist three-door bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with original veneered black lacquered top. Nine original solid oak she...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Oak

Dutch Art Deco Writing Desk in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
LOV Oosterbeek desk, oak, wood, The Netherlands, 1920s This impeccably designed desk is characterized by a sleek rectangular silhouette, accentuated by bold vertical and horizontal ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Brass

China Closet Art Deco
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...
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1940s Polish Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Walnut

1930s Italy, Art Decò, Bookcase in Walnut and Mahogany by Cantù , Wax-Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1930s Italy, Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco bookcase in walnut and mahogany wax-polished. Measures cm: H 128, W 105, D 30.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bookcases

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Mahogany, Walnut

Oak Art Deco Amsterdamse School Bookcase, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak and original oak veneer base with original solid padouk decorative elements. O...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Macassar, Oak, Padouk

Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet Bookcase in Birch and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet, bookcase, stained birch, glass, Sweden, 1927 In 1927, Axel Einar Hjorth unveiled a masterpiece for Nordiska Kompaniet – a bookcase that emb...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Birch

Antique Dutch Pine Single Door Bookcase Cabinet With Glass Inset
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming and unique single door pine bookcase with demi-lune original wavy glass insert offers a large amount of storage on two adjustable shelves. Additional shelves could be easi...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass

Twenties Heals Limed Oak Bookcase
Located in Petworth, GB
Twenties limed oak well proportioned bookcase Moulded edges with 3 glazed doors Fitted interior with 12 shelving spaces Raised on a stepped plinth Circa 1920 Heals Height 114cm ...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Oak

ART DECO Walnut Sideboard or Bookcase, 1930s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This huge ART DECO bookcase or sideboard was made in the 1930s in the former Czechoslovakia. The bookcase has a beautiful rounded shapes, several storage spaces, including a glass se...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bookcases

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Wood, Walnut

Art Deco Large Bookcase / Display Cabinet iin Oak, circa 1925
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Large bookcase restored Art Deco circa 1925 oak display cabinet Features: Solid oak shelves, height adjustable Original fittings Original rod locks Subtle, abstract carving ap...
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20th Century Art Deco Bookcases

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Oak

Hale Art Deco Mahogany Four Stack Barrister Bookcase C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Ask About Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Reliable Professional Service & Fully Insured*** An antique Art Deco barrister bookcase by Hale offers mahogany construction with four ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Bookcases

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Mahogany, Glass

Art Deco Modernist Oak Bookcase by Jan Brunott, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Modernist bookcase. Design by Jan Brunott. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with original black lacquered elements and original ebon...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Ebony, Oak

A large early 20th-century Lacquered Elm Wood Bookcase
Located in Kastrup, DK
A large early 20th-century elm wood bookcase from China. This piece features 16 square cubbies (4x4) doubling as shelves. The lacquer displays a charming age-related patina, with bl...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Bookcases

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Elm

Restored Art Deco Bookcase, by Vichr a spol., Walnut, Glass, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Made by Vichr & Co., a renowned Czech furniture manufacturer. The chrome parts have been cleaned and professionally restored. It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacq...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Steel, Chrome

Functionalist narrow showcase, 1930´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This narrow Functionalism display case was produced in the 1930s in the former Czechoslovakia. Material oak. The showcase is very practical and easy to handle due to its dimensions. ...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bookcases

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Wood, Oak

Fine Art Deco Macassar Ebony Vitrine Display Cabinet by Gouffé ca. 1930
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A FINE ART DECO MACASSAR EBONY VITRINE DISPLAY CABINET WITH BLIND-DOOR BOOKCASES Retains original label inside drawer for manufacturer GOUFFÉ à PARIS France, ca. 1930 Item # 310KWO0...
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20th Century French Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass

Art Deco Modernist Oak Four-Door Bookcase, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Modernist bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak with original macassar ebony elements. All four doors have the original solid ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Macassar, Oak

Art Deco library, Poland, 1930s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Art Deco library, Poland, 1930s The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: Library: height 185 cm / width 200 cm / depth 41 cm
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1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Walnut

Antique and Rare Solid Beech Wood Three Tier Small Bookcase a.k.a. A Book Trough
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and seperable/demountable antique bookcase. This rare, three-tier and free standing bookcase could be the perfect finish to a small area for reading, rest and relaxation. Ho...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Bookcases

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Wood, Beech

1920's Mahogany Waterfall Bookcase
Located in Houston, TX
A 1920s Mahogany Waterfall Bookcase is a piece of furniture that reflects the design trends of the Art Deco era. The term "waterfall" refer...
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1920s European Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Wood, Mahogany

Oak Art Deco Modernist Bookcase with Glass Sliding Doors, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak bookcase with solid macassar ebony knobs on the left and right door. The mid-section ha...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Macassar, Oak

Large Art Deco Cerused Oak Display Cabinet Bookcase circa 1940
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO CERUSED AND EBONIZED OAK DISPLAY CABINET WITH FLANKING BLIND BOOKSHELVES Probably German, as the locks are of German origin executed circa 1940 with chromed steel accents throughout Item # 401QGP02S A fabulous Art Deco era display cabinet, the substantial case piece features a glazed central door flanked by two blind-doors on either side. These open to reveal an adjustably shelved interior, the oak bars on the side allowing the 3/8" thick glass shelves to be flexibly changed to suit the books stored within. The central door features a chromed rim around the glass door that cohesively ties in with the chrome-plated keyhole escutcheons and the chrome base molding on the bottom of the cabinet. It was probably made in Germany, as one of the locks bears markings of German manufacture, though the craftsman may have simply had a preference for this locking mechanism and imported it. Note the high-grade of cabinet work throughout - all surfaces have been carefully veneered with a cerused and ebonized oak, the interior of the center display area with a red-stained cerused oak and the interior of each flanking cabinet space lined with mahogany veneers. Importantly, despite the incredibly spacious proportions, the entire cabinet can be disassembled for safe transport. The top is removed with bolts on the inside corners...
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20th Century European Art Deco Bookcases

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Chrome

Art Deco bookcase / cabinet / display case in carved walnut, France, circa 1925
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Art Deco, France, circa 1920-1925 In the style of the productions of Paul Follot, Maurice Dufrène. In walnut and burl. Beautiful fluted feet. Pretty wood carvings: row of beads, dra...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Mirror, Wood, Walnut

Bookshelf Made From Solid Brass And SolidStainless Steel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Vienna Bookshelf is made by hand and designed by Troy Smith. This bookshelf is extremely well-built and is virtually indestructible. This bookshelf is made from solid brass and solid stainless steel. The brass has been mirror polished and lacquered for protection against tarnishing to keep the bright finish of the brass. The stainless steel shelves have a directional polished grain pattern to avoid fingerprints and polishing. The stainless does not require sealing or lacquering. This bookshelf has the ability to be broken down and put back together. The bookshelf was designed to have the biggest shelf at the bottom and the smallest shelf at the top. Bigger books...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Art Deco Walnut Skyscraper Bookcases, A Pair
Located in Garnerville, NY
A smart pair of walnut Art Deco skyscraper bookcases. Circa 1930-40. Each cabinet has the stepped hard geometric lines revealing the true aesthetic of the Art Deco period. Nicely fig...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Walnut

Hendrik Wouda for Pander Art Deco Bookshelf in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Hendrik Wouda for Pander & Zonen, bookshelf, oak, macassar ebony, brass, The Netherlands, circa 1925 This utterly well-balanced bookshelf is characterized by a rectangular shape, fe...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Brass

Modernist Art Deco bookcase / cabinet, Attributed to Auguste Vallin, France
By Auguste Vallin
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Modernist Art Deco bookcase / cabinet, Attributed to Auguste Vallin, France, Circa 1930 Important bookcase / cabinet consisting of a central cupboard with double door, 2 side cupboa...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Wood, Mahogany

Pencil Reed Etageres -sold separately
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W30 D16 H76.5 Bottom Clearance17.5 shelves adjustable Vintage reeded bookcases with thick glass shelving. Each unit is structurally sound with no major areas of wear. Wood is well p...
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1980s Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Reed, Glass

Art Deco East Indian Laurel Bookcase by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller No. 344
Located in New York, NY
This well composed and materially stunning Art Deco Bookcase/Cabinet by Gilbert Rohde in East Indian Laurel for the Herman Miller Company- Model No. 344 originates from the United St...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Wood

Mid 20th century Scandinavian birch inlaid open bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century Scandinavian birch inlaid open bookcase circa 1950. Good quality birch and kingwood low open bookcase with cupboard. Dark stained birch top and sides with kingwood ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Bookcases

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Birch

RARE ART DECO STYLE BURR WALNUT BOOKCASE DISPLAY CABINET LOTS STORAGE SPACE j1
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London We are delighted to offer for sale this Rare Art Deco Style Burr Walnut Bookcase Display Cabinet. A rare Art Deco style burr walnut bookcase display cabinet wi...
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20th Century British Art Deco Bookcases

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Walnut

Side cabinet attr. to Maxime Old in leather and brass
Located in Milano, IT
This elegant and refined living room cabinet, attributed to master Maxime Old France and created in 1950, is a true work of art that enchants with its craftsmanship. Made of oak wood...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Brass

MUSEUM QUALITY MADE IN FRANCE JALLU MASSiVE STRAW MARQUETRY BOOKCASE
By Jallu Ebenistes
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, Museum quality, extra large open display bookcase with Straw Marquetry which was ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass

Louis Philippe Style Rococo Gold Gilt & Glass French Shelving Unit
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning rococo style Etagere with glass shelves in the manner of Louis Philippe
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1960s French Rococo Vintage Bookcases

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Resin

Restored Art Deco Bookcase, by Oldřich Liška, Macassar, Glass, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Art Deco bookcase Source: Czechia Period: 1930-1939 Material: Macassar, Glass Architect: Oldřich Liška Restored to a luxurious finish. It has been re-polished with polyu...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Wood, Macassar, Lacquer

BRADLEY FURNITURE ENGLAND YEW WOOD OPEN LiBRARY BOOKCASE CUPBOARD BASE
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Vintage Bradley Yew wood and Brass open library bookcase cupboard base. This good looking and very well ma...
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20th Century English Art Deco Bookcases

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Yew

Pair of Art Deco Modernist Shelves, France 1930s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fruitwood wood shelves produced in the two important exhibitions of the time, by the American Designers' Gallery, which featured a core group of architect-designers, including Karasz...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Fruitwood

Restored ArtDeco Display Cabinet, Jindrich Halabala, UP Zavody, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored ArtDeco Display Cabinet Designed by Jindrich Halabala Designer: Jindrich Halabala Maker: UP Zavody Source: Czechia Period: 1930-1939 Material: Walnut, Glass Revived polish ...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Walnut, Lacquer

Art Deco Style His Modular Multimedia Day System Made with Wood and Bronze
Located in Seroa, PT
Composition description Wall mounting bracket - 5 x 3 x H285 cm + 5 x 3 x H247 cm Mate black metal (SCM-16) + Bims in brushed bronze metal (SCM-14) Shelves high profile 800 - 80 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Bookcases

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Bronze

Small Restored Art Deco Display Bookcase, Walnut and Glass, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
20th century Art Deco display bookcase Origin: Czech Material: Walnut and glass This item features classic Art Deco elements. Art Deco is a style that originated in France in the e...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Wood, Glass, Walnut, Lacquer

Walnut Art Deco Amsterdamse School Bookcase by Max Coini Amsterdam, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School bookcase. Design by Max Coini Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid walnut with hand-carved decorative solid macassa...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Macassar, Walnut

Fully restored ART DECO bookcase, 1930´s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This bookcase was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1930´s. the library consists of two parts that can be separated from each other. Upper glazed and lower with storage areas...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Bookcases

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Metal

Pair of Crocodile Leather Open Library Bookcases with Drawers & Record Slots
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of tall free standing open bookcases with drawers to the base and Crocodile / Alligator leather finish A very good looking well made and decorative pair of open library...
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20th Century European Art Deco Bookcases

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Leather, Walnut

Small Art Deco Walnut Cabinet, Well-Preserved Original Condition, Czechia, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Small Art Deco walnut cabinet. Well-preserved original condition. Source: Czechia Period: 1930-1939 Material: Walnut, Glass The left p...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Glass, Wood, Walnut

Vienna Art Deco Josef Hoffman Manner Eight-Piece Salon Suite Set
Located in Forney, TX
A rare Art Deco period eight-piece study suite set in the manner of famous Austrian architect, designer, and Vienna Secession founder Josef Hoffman (Austria, 1870-1956), circa 1920. Exquisitely handcrafted in Austria in the early 20th century, most likely Vienna, featuring fine quality craftsmanship and solid wood construction, featuring Biedermeier inspired Viennese Art Deco styling of simplicity, strict, geometric lines with minimal surface embellishment, instead of ornamentation putting the focus on high-quality materials. The matching eight-piece set comprising a tanker writing desk with inset leather surface, surmounted with raised gallery fitted with drawers flanking richly figured quilted diamond inlay, rising on double pedestals with locking cupboard doors opening to stacked shelved tray interior, affixed with patinated brass pulls and escutcheons, retaining original keys, finished on all sides so it can be placed anywhere in the room, and paired with a comfortable armchair with upholstered seat and backrest. A large eight door bookcase storage cabinet with original glass panels, adjustable shelves, and cocktail drinks bar slide. A centre card table with rectangular shaped canted corner top featuring inset green baize felt games playing surface, over conforming apron fitted with dovetailed drawers, rising on square column pedestal, surrounded by four upholstered side chairs. Dimensions: (approx) 79" High, 65" Wide, 21" Deep (largest, cabinet) PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Property from the important Estate of Myra Janco Daniels (1925-2022) Naples, Florida. A legendary business woman, philanthropist, and arts advocate who built the institution known today as Artis—Naples and made Naples a cultural destination. Additional info below. Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Design Signature Auction catalog #8110 Condition Report: Great original antique condition with beautifully aged warm mellow patina. Strong, sturdy and structurally sound. Overall very attractive condition; no significant losses or restorations; wear consistent with over 100 years of age and indicative of use. Delivered cleaned, waxed, hand rubbed polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use and generational enjoyment! ABOUT THE LEGENDARY PREVIOUS OWNER: We normally don't post about the prior owners life, but in the case of Myra Janco Daniels (1925-2022) we felt her incredible story be shared. The arts visionary and advertising Pioneer who helped transform Southwest Florida into a nationally recognized cultural destination, died June 22, three days before her 97th birthday. Daniels was founder and longtime CEO of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts (now Artis-Naples), which since 1989 has brought world-class music, theater, dance, opera, and art to Naples. In 2000, she founded the Naples Museum of Art (now the Baker Museum) on that same campus. After a storied career as an advertising executive in Chicago, Daniels came out of retirement in the early 1980s to spearhead a fund-raising drive for a small classical music ensemble on MarCo Island, which would later become the Naples Philharmonic orchestra. She discovered “a great hunger for the arts,” she later wrote, and soon expanded her fundraising goal to building a permanent home for the orchestra and an arts center for Southwest Florida. Daniels’ vision for the Philharmonic Center was ambitious and unusual – combining world-class performing and visual arts in a single venue. The Community strongly supported the concept, and the Phil, as it became known, gave Naples a national arts profile. Then-First Lady Barbara Bush was in attendance on opening night in November 1989. The Wall Street Journal covered the opening. “Myra Daniels is a dreamer. But unlike most dreamers, Myra is a doer,” the late Muriel Seibert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, once said of Daniels. While the arts were a lifelong passion for Daniels, her first career was as a groundbreaking advertising executive in Chicago, where she won national Advertising Woman of the Year honors and was among the first women to head a national ad firm. Daniels said that she used some of the same principles learned in her advertising career to sell Southwest Florida on the arts. “You have to believe in what you’re doing and then you have to get people involved to the point that they feel it’s theirs. That’s what we did.” Born Myra Janco in Gary, Indiana, Daniels was raised during the Great Depression by parents who encouraged her interest in the arts. But her greatest influence growing up was her grandmother Sophie, who, like Daniels, stood only five feet tall but dreamed big. “Sophie showed me what was possible,” Daniels wrote. “Create something that people want and need and you’ll be successful, she said. I always remembered that.” Her grandmother, who ran her own real estate business, experienced some failures “but she always dusted herself off and went back out there swinging. She wanted me to be that way too.” Daniels earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana State and later became an associate professor of marketing at Indiana University, the first woman to hold that position. In her mid-20s, she started Wabash Advertising in Terre Haute, Indiana, which later became affiliated with larger agencies in Chicago and Cleveland. In 1963, she was named executive vice president of Roche, Rickard, Henri, Hurst, Inc. in Chicago. The National Advertising Federation honored Daniels as its Advertising Woman of the Year in 1965, the youngest woman to receive the award. That same year, she became president of a new national agency that she formed with ad man Draper Daniels. The merger was not just a professional one. Draper Daniels, who was responsible for many famous ad campaigns at the time, including the Marlboro Man and was later an inspiration for the Don Draper character on TV’s Mad Men, became her husband in 1967. Myra wrote about their unusual courtship and life together for Chicago magazine, in an article entitled “I Married a Mad Man,” which was included in her book Secrets of a Rutbuster. They ran the Draper Daniels, Incorporated agency, as it was called, until 1977. When Draper wanted to retire to Southwest Florida, Myra Daniels reluctantly left Chicago and advertising, and they settled on MarCo Island. But after Draper died of cancer in 1983, Myra turned her energies to the fundraising Campaign that led to the Philharmonic Center Cultural Complex. Daniels served as CEO of the Philharmonic Center from its inception in the 1980s to her retirement in 2011, building the Phil into a $100 million corporation. During that time, the Naples Philharmonic became a nationally recognized orchestra, with a Grammy nomination, CD and appearances on PBS; and the Naples Museum of Art developed an international reputation. The center also helped change people’s perception of Naples, which had been known mostly for its beaches and golfing. In 2005, Naples was named the Best Small Art Town in America in a book that singled out the Phil. More than just an arts venue, the Philharmonic Center also wove the arts into the culture of the Community, providing public school programs, adult and children’s education classes and workshops, and free concerts throughout Southwest Florida. Edward Villella, legendary dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of Miami City...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass

Antique Art Deco Cast Bronze & Brass Collapsible Book Stand with Camels
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very well executed cast and cold-painted bronze and brass book stand is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and dating to approximately 1920 and done in a per...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass, Bronze

Art Deco Walnut Bookcase 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A splendid streamlined form Art Deco tower shape bookcase in walnut with three divided spaces. Height 47,24 in (120 cm) Width 15,35 in (39 cm) Depth 1...
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20th Century French Art Deco Bookcases

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Walnut

Walnut Veneer Bookcase
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage bookshelf is made from Hungarian walnut veneers, lightly finished in French polish. Hungarian designs of the Art Deco period are less we...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Bookcases

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Walnut

Art Deco Round Burlwood Etagere
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Behold, the Beidermeirer Art Deco-style burlwood round standing etagere - a seven-compartment storage wonder that marries elegance with utility! Say goo...
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1980s Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

Materials

Burl

China Closet Art Deco
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
It has been cleaned to bare veneer, disinfected and finished by hand with high gloss shellac polish. Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the en...
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Early 1900s Polish Art Deco Antique Bookcases

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Walnut

Art Deco Bookmatched Walnut & Black Lacquer Secretary Bookcase w/ Silvered Pulls
Located in New York, NY
The Art Deco Secretary Bookcase is a beautiful example of American Streamline art and architecture, originating from the United States Circa 1935. The piece features elegant drawers,...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookcases

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Walnut, Lacquer

Early 1900s Globe Wernicke Four Tier Glazed Sectional Barrister's Bookcase
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Globe Wernicke four tier glazed sectional / modular / barrister's bookcase 1920s Comes apart in sections for easy transportation. With original ivorine Globe-Wernicke Co of Lon...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookcases

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Brass

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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