Fine William IV Mahogany Open Bookcase

Sn5464 Fine quality Victorian figured mahogany open bookcase, having well figured oversailing top with moulded edge above a shallow frieze and three height adjustable shelves all fla...

Sn5149 Superb William IV two door chiffonier, having original brass gallery to the top of superstructure decorated with tapered columns with acanthus leaf carved capitols, attractive...

Sn5554 Victorian mahogany open bookcase, having figured mahogany top with moulded edge, above three height adjustable shelves with reeded fronts, flanked by reeded columns with flora...

Sn5284 Victorian open bookcase in mahogany, having figured top above a decorative frieze and three height adjustable shelves, all flanked by drop carvings to the top and base, standi...

English William IV (circa 1840) mahogany 3 section bookcase with fluted and carved sides and section dividers and resting on ball feet.

Quality antique William IV mahogany bookcase having a shaped cornice to the upper section over a pair of mahogany doors with brass grilles opening to reveal an interior with three ad...

A Large William IV Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, with 4 glazed doors above panelled cupboard doors.

A fine early William IV mahogany breakfront bookcase firmly attributed Gillows of Lancaster, in four sections, the top with astragal glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves between reeded pilasters with anthemion scroll corbels, the base with four panelled arched doors between acanthus scroll and reeded pilasters, the frieze with two short drawers and a central secretaire drawer fitted with a reading slope and two slides above small compartments, decorated throughout with rich book-matched veneers. The secretaire drawer stamped ‘Preston’. English, circa 1835. Footnote: Many closely related acanthus carved terminals, anthemion corbels and other typical Gillows features can be seen on the pair of bookcases, on this website, made by Gillows & Co for the library at Dallam Tower, Cumbria in 1829, and on a bookcase shown in Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, vol. I, p.379, pl.450. A similar large breakfront bookcase...