A Fabulous Pair of Edwardian Waterfall Bookcases

A stunning Edwardian richly patinated mahogany revolving bookcase, finely carved and inlaid throughout. The well figured, serpentine moulded top of square form with canted corners f...

A stunning Edwardian mahogany two door bookcase, of fabulous quality, finely carved with rich patination, fine grain, line inlaid and crossbanded with fabulous marquetry detail throu...

A fine Edwardian mahogany two door bookcase of neat proportions, with ebonised detail and intricate marquetry inlay throughout depicting Neoclassical motifs featuring an urn, lyres, ...

A very fine Edwardian well figured satinwood bowfronted bookcase in the manner of Edward and Roberts, London, of exceptional quality, line inlaid, fabulously carved with gorgeously r...

Pair of miniature mahogany Regency era waterfall bookcases with brass castor feet, brass handles, two graduated shelves & single drawers below.

A five-tier waterfall bookcase of tapering form with blind fret and open fret decoration, the ends inset with brass retaining rods. Finished in an a...

Each crossbanded in rosewood, with four graduating shelves, with turned tapering reeded supports, brass caps and casters. The pair of bookcases have recessed reeded columns in the Pompeian manner and are framed by ‘ribboned’ rosewood. In 1801, Gillows of London and Lancaster supplied a closely related pair of bookcases to Luke Dillon, 2nd Lord Clonbrock to furnish his new library at his ancestral home, Clonbrock in Co. Galway. They were sold by Mr. and Mrs Luke Dillon-Mahon, Clonbrock, Christie’s house sale, 1st November 1976, Lot 12. The fashionable ‘moving bookcase’ of this type featured in Thomas Sheraton’s Appendix to the Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, 1802 (pl.23). Provenance: Most likely supplied to Robert Ferguson...

Superior quality pair of antique Edwardian rosewood open bookcases having magnificent quality rosewood tops with rounded corners, adjustable shelves, reeded gilded ebonised columns s...