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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Place of Origin: English
George III Mahogany Pedestal Waterfall Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
a late 18th century George III freestanding mahogany pedestal waterfall bookcase, unusual form, with small drop leaves, the case consists of three (3) graduating storage compartments...
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English George III Mahogany Secretary Desk with Bookcase circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETARY DESK WITH GLAZED UPPER BOOKCASE
England, circa 1780 formerly with Ginsburg & Levy
Item # 401HYF25Q
A rich and vibrant secretary desk from the late yea...
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Antique 2 Piece English Burl Bookcase Cabinet - Circa 1730 -1750 For Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
This Cabinet requires restoration. An antique English bookcase cabinet in two parts, George I or William & Mary, circa 1730 - 1750 with two beveled mirrored doors, adjustable shelvin...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Large English George III Mahogany Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An English George III mahogany bookcase of large proportions. The Greek key and ogee pediment above geometric astral glazed doors (note there are five historic cracks) enclosing adju...
Category
1790s George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Circa 1780 George III Period Bureau Bookcase, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 George III period bureau bookcase, English. Mahogany with Gothic arched glazing (crack in one lower pane). The bookcase is divided with adjustable shelves on each side. De...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
Victorian Walnut Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5507 Fine quality and very attractive Victorian figured and burr walnut bookcase, having cavetto cornice above a pair of projection glazed doors flanked by further recessed glass d...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Antique English George III Chippendale Period Pine Country House Double Bookcase
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Glasgow, GB
A mid 18th century Chippendale period pine country house double bookcase cabinet featuring a fluted and ornate fret-carved cornice with large carved acorn topped urn finials above a ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chippendale Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
A Fine Early 18th Century George I Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase, Circa 1715
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine early 18th-century George I burr walnut veneered bureau bookcase of diminutive proportions, circa 1715.
In two parts divided by a cross-grain moulding. The upper section has a cavetto cornice above a large single door...
Category
Early 18th Century George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Burl
Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques is delighted to present an exquisite Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase, dating back to approximately 1770. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this pi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chippendale Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
A rare small early-18th century walnut bureau bookcase/ cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare, small, English George I / II- period walnut bureau bookcase/ cabinet with a moulded swan-neck pediment. Circa 1727-1730.
The bevelled mirror plate has a candle slide below.
...
Category
18th Century George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Antique George I Quality Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George I quality figured walnut bureau bookcase having a shaped cornice above a pair of walnut doors with original plate mirrors opening ...
Category
18th Century George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
George I Inlaid Burl Walnut Double Done Bureau Bookcase circa 1720
Located in New York, NY
George I Inlaid Burr Walnut Double Done Bureau Bookcase circa 1720
In two parts with a double arched molded cornice above a pair of arched molded doors enclosing an arrangement of...
Category
1720s George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany Late Georgian Period Bookcase with Glazed Doors
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English mahogany one piece bookcase, the molded crown above double astragal glazed doors with adjustable shelves over a pair of crotch mahogany panelled doors. The whole rests on ...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
George III English Antique Mahogany Bookcase Secretary Desk circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGE III MAHOGANY DIMINUTIVE SECRETARY WITH BOOKCASE
England, circa 1780
Item # 307PZN13W
A very fine secretary desk of diminutive proportions, this fabulous form features an upper bookcase with a cove-molded cornice over a pair of glazed doors with eight panels each, these divided with original astragal moldings, opening to reveal an adjustable three-shelf space bookcase. The doors are beautifully embellished with fluted pilasters boasting Ionic capitals that are exquisitely detailed with rich undercutting.
The lower case features a brushing slide situated over five rows of graduated drawers, the second from the top cleverly fitted with a green baize writing surface that pushes back to reveal storage space beneath while the faceted glass inkwell bottles (one missing the lid) and double trough pen tray are situated along the right side.
The timbers selected for the case are above reproach and present with a ruby hue throughout that is incredibly appealing, this finished under a glowing silky French polish to the mahogany veneers throughout. The drawers are hung with period Georgian brasses...
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, England 18th Century and later
Located in Atlanta, GA
Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase, England 18th Century and later
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
ANTiQUE JACOBEAN LINEN FOLD CARVED ZINC LINED ASTRAL GLAZED LIBRARY BOOKCASe
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite 18th century library bookcase with 15th century Jacobean...
Category
18th Century Jacobean Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Zinc
18th Century English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Ogee Feet & 13 Pane Sashwork
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century English Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Ogee Feet & 13 Pane Sashwork
Category
18th Century Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
18th C English painted oak bureau bookcase with a mirrrored top. 1770.
Height to desk is 30.5".
Reference: 7857
Dimensions
41 inches (104 cms) Wide
23.5 inches (60 cms) Deep
85 in...
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Early 18th Century English George I Burled Walnut Secretary Bookcase / Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 18th Century English George I Burled Walnut Secretary Bookcase / Chest on Chest with Fitted Interior & Bracket Feet
Category
Early 18th Century George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Painted Georgian Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Elegant late 18th C painted Georgian bookcase with adjustable shelving and good proportions. 1780.
Reference: 7942
Dimensions
60 inches (15...
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Pine
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely proportioned with broken arch carved pediment terminating with flower heads over a fluted frieze over a pair of doors flanked by a pair of doors all with honeycomb mullions en...
Category
1770s George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George III Mahogany Bookcase Secretary, Georgian, 1780s
Located in Roma, RM
English Bookcase, George III, circa 1780, mahogany wood, in good condition but in need of restoration.
Fantastic example of English craftsmanship for this type of furniture.
Carefu...
Category
1780s George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Outstanding Quality Antique George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George II mahogany bureau bookcase having a shaped cornice above a mirrored door bookcase opening to adjustable shelves, candle slide above the bureau ful...
Category
18th Century George II Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Other
English Chippendale Mahogany Blind Door Secretary With Bookcase, Circa 1775
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany blind door secretary with bookcase. Upper case has a carved cornice fret work with flanking blind doors concealing i...
Category
1770s Chippendale Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Fine English Georgian Mahogany Breakfront
Located in Bridgeport, CT
1780's. Exquisite later Georgian breakfront with Chinese Chippendale floral carved details in the mullions. The clean classical lines with carved cornice over an alternating fluted a...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
William and Mary Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare William & Mary period walnut double-dome bureau bookcase / cabinet. Circa 1685.
Of compact size and proportions.
In excellent overall condition with old, waxed, well-patinated surfaces of very good color.
This bureau bookcase, or cabinet, divides into three separate sections (which helps date it to the last quarter of the 17th century). The bold double-dome pediment and cross-grain mouldings are typical of this period, and are repeated in the side returns. The book-matched, hand-cut veneers are well figured throughout, and are contained within herringbone lines.
The bookcase section has candle slides, contains shelves and fitted drawers. Gilded finials are later.
The centre section with a quarter-veneered fall reveals a fitted interior, concealed well and a secret compartment.
The writing section is raised on a three-drawer base with an unusual and boldly-arcaded apron, in turn raised on its apparently original walnut bun feet.
The drawer dividers are faced with cross-grain walnut ‘D’ mouldings.
The brass engraved mounts are correct for period but not original, however the locks and hinges are.
It is unusual to encounter these early bookcases / cabinets constructed in three stages; an indication of a transition taking place from the 17th into the 18th century.
This is a fine, rare and sophisticated piece of late-17th century walnut furniture...
Category
17th Century William and Mary Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Lacquer and Gilt Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 18th century chinoiserie Secretary bookcase. The top of the bookcase has an ornately shaped and carved pediment, above a single arched mirror door, opening...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak
English Chippendale Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C.1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany fall front secretary with carved molded edge finial cornice, flanking upper case hinged glass doors revealing adjustable interior shelves, period brasses...
Category
1780s Chippendale Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Exceptionally Fine Queen Anne Burr Walnut Dome Top Bureau Bookcase Secretary
Located in Bradenton, FL
The best English Queen Anne / George I burl walnut secretary bureau bookcase in two sections. The upper arched top portion with a molded and domed cornice inset with mirrored glass a...
Category
Early 18th Century George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Early 19th Century Georgian China or Book Press
Located in Charleston, SC
18th- early 19th century Georgian mahogany china or book press on original French feet. Two part cabinet form- bottom inlaid doors open to reveal linen slides. Very impressive piece ...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique William and Mary Outstanding Burr Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique William and Mary outstanding quality burr walnut inlaid marquetry double dome bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality double dome shaped top with a moulded cornice abov...
Category
17th Century William and Mary Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Bookcase Bureau Walnut Burr Original Mirror Plate Bevelled Double Dome Finials
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
AN EXCEPTIONAL, GEORGE I, BURR WALNUT & FEATHER BANDED, DOUBLE-DOMED BUREAU BOOKCASE WITH ORIGINAL BEVELLED MIRROR PLATES, GILDED FINIALS, FROM THE COLL...
Category
1720s Baroque Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Giltwood
Superb 18th century Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Secretary Bookcase
Located in Charleston, SC
Superb 18th century Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Secretary Bookcase. This incredible secretary has highly figured mahogany, an intricate ...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
New English Made Chippendale Style Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase, In Stock
Located in North Salem, NY
New Important Wood & Hogan Mahogany English-made breakfront bookcase in the manner of Thomas Chippendale. This piece truly reflects the superior craftsmanship of a highly skilled cab...
Category
18th Century Chippendale Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique Georgian circa 1780 Oyster Venner Bureau Bookcase Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine and important Georgian circa 1780 Oyster veneer Bureau bookcase with original candle holders
A highly decorative and important bu...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Outstanding Quality Antique George II Figured Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George II figured mahogany bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality figured mahogany top with unusual shaped panelled doors opening to reveal a fitte...
Category
1740s George II Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Other
18th Century George II Chippendale Period Two-Door Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Oak
Fine 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Lined Interior
Located in Charleston, SC
Fine 18th century Georgian mahogany breakfront bookcase on a plinth base with linen slides in the base and lined interior seem behind the glazed doors of the top. Warm color with hig...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Small Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive Mid 18th Century, Georgian Mahogany Bureau bookcase Of Very Attractive, Rare, Small Proportions, With Dental Cornice Above Shaped Mirror Door Within Gilded Slip, Ov...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany and Satinwood Secretary Desk Bookcase, 1790-1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
An eccentric and highly unusual Classic Sheraton style mahogany and satinwood inlay slant front secretary with Chinese Chippendale style fine tracery (open-work) decoration.
An impre...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With architectural broken pediment cornice over a pair of mirror doors opening to a fitted interior, the base with hinged slant lid with red leather surface opening to a fitted inter...
Category
1770s George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George II Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arch top over a pair of mirror doors opening to an elaborately fitted interior, the base with two candle slides and hinged slant lid writing ...
Category
1730s George II Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional George III Mahogany Breakfront Bureau Bookcase with Glazed Doors, has wonderful flame & crotch grain Mahogany. Comprised of a large central cabinet, flanked by 2 sma...
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George II Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With broken arch pediment and inset mirror over a pair of arched mirror doors opening to shelves and drawers, the base with a slant lid hinged w...
Category
1720s George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
George III circa 1760 English Oak Thomas Chippendale Carved Bureau Bookcase
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer absolutely stunning hand made in England George III circa 1760-1780 Bureau bookcase with Thomas Chippendale carvings
This is a true piece of classic Engl...
Category
1760s George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Antique George III Breakfront Bookcase in Mahogany with Broken Pediment Cornice
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A wonderful Georgian mahogany breakfront bookcase of small proportions with astragal glazed doors and broken architectural pediment cornice, 18th century. The upper part with origina...
Category
Mid-18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Corner Cabinet, Late 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
Georgian mahogany corner cabinet
A late 18th to early 19th century Georgian mahogany glazed corner cabinet.
The cabinet has a si...
Category
18th Century Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very small late 18th C English painted oak bureau bookcase. 1780.
Reference: 7382
Dimensions
34 inches (86 cms) Wide
19.5 inches (50 cms) Deep
82 inches (208 cms) High.
Category
18th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
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...
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1740s George II Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
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...
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18th Century George II Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Satinwood and Mahogany 18th Century Bureau Bookcase Attributable to Thomas Shear
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptional and remarkable late 18th century satinwood and mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase of outstanding quality and attributable to Thomas Shearer.
This magnificent bookcase ...
Category
Late 18th Century Sheraton Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century English Antique Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent George III period seven door breakfront library bookcase. Constructed in the finest quality figured mahogany, having a moulded cornice above seven astragal glazed doors...
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Late 18th Century Georgian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Sheraton Neo-Classical Inlaid Mahogany Secretary Bookcase, 1795
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & rare antique George III Sheraton inlaid mahogany bookcase secretary, circa 1795.
A diminutive bureau bookcase In two parts, the top having a stepped cornice with twin doors below, the doors having very unusual astragal decoration of neo-classical urns with swags & surmounted with 'Prince of Wales' fleur des lys finials, the doors enclosing three shelves and three short inlaid drawers. The base having an inlaid fall front & oval floral paterae enclosing a fitted interior with six pigeon holes four drawers and a central locking door with shell inlay, the writing surface having a red 'bull's blood' tooled & gilded leather. Below are three inlaid drawers with the original brass handles, the base having a single 'secret' drawer and the bookcase is raised on tall 'French' bracket feet.
This rare and unusual Georgian bookcase secretary...
Category
Late 18th Century Sheraton Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
George III Secretaire Bookcase, 18th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A late 18th century George III mahogany secretaire chest with a bookcase top.
The secretaire chest has a fitted top drawer with a fall front writing surface, inside there are seve...
Category
18th Century Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
A Sheraton period West Indian satinwood secretaire bookcase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Sheraton period West Indian satinwood secretaire bookcase, with later painted Victorian decoration and mirror backs, of tall rectangular form, the upper section with two doors of g...
Category
1790s Sheraton Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Satinwood
English Chippendale Mahogany Swan Neck Inlaid Breakfront with Desk, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany swan neck breakfront with a carved molded edge cornice, centered carved foliage fret work, patera inlaid floral medalli...
Category
1770s Chippendale Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
18th Century English George I Walnut Secretary Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George I walnut secretary bookcase, having a domed cornice above a bevelled mirror door enclosing two shelves. The...
Category
Early 18th Century George I Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Mid-18th Century Mahogany Small Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century well-figured mahogany Bureau bookcase of attractive small proportions having architectural dentil-moulded cornice above shaped mirrored door with original gilt-ges...
Category
Mid-18th Century George II Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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