Fine & Rare George II Architectural Oak Bookcase

A George II Burr walnut and feather banded kneehole desk with caddy moulded top, c.1735. Of exceptional patina & colour. Measures - 75cm H x 74cm W x 47cm D.

An elegant George II walnut side chair with scrolled crest rail, pierced splat and shell carved cabriole legs. C.1730. Similar chair design...

A fine pair of regency mahogany bergère armchairs of superb quality and generous scale, English, c.1815. Attributable to Gillows. The square chair back supporting scrolling arm termi...

A large and bold 19th century or earlier Italian carved giltwood & gesso mirror. In the Mannerist taste and of tabernacle form. The central arch with split plates, flanked by classic...

A large 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus, goddess of Love. Life-size and beautifully carved with superb detail to her hair & face. Probably Italian and an early ...

A beautiful Grand Tour statuary marble torso of an athlete, after the antique. Probably Rome, 19th century. Raised on a later Nero Marquina ...

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...

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...

Late 20th century George II style library bookcase by Arthur Brett. Made from mahogany with a wide base featuring two six pained doors opening to adjustable shelves over pullout work...

A George III style mahogany breakfront bookcase, the upper sections with a molded cornice above a fluted frieze ornamented with de...

18th Century George II Chippendale Period two-door mahogany Glazed bookcase, circa 1750 The concave cornice sits above a pair of glazed doors. The antique glass is divided by moul...

A very fine and rare pair of 19th century French marble top crossbanded kingwood and fruitwood bookcases. The moulded breche d’alep marble top of rectangular form raised over two pan...