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Place of Origin: English
Recognized Seller Listings
Miniature English Antique Mahogany Secretary Bookcase ca. 1800
Located in Shippensburg, PA
RARE AND VERY FINE MINIATURE GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWO-PART BOOKCASE OVER CHEST
Of Child-Like Dimensions England, circa 1800
Item # 403TYP02X
A rare and very fine George III mahogany...
Category
19th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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
A Mahogany Revolving Bookcase with Satinwood Inlay, English, ca. 1900
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Mahogany Revolving Bookcase, the figured mahogany top with satinwood banding, with Chippendale-style fretwork side panels, on a revolving tripod base, English, ca. 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Pair of Mid-19th Century Oak 'Dwarf' Bookcases with Ebonised & Carved Detail
Located in London, GB
A Fine Pair of Oak Dwarf Bookcases
Constructed from oak with ebonised details; each open bookcase supported on a moulded plinth base; with an arrangement of adjustable shelves, the ...
Category
19th Century Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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
A George IV Style Brass-Mounted Part-Ebonized Mahogany Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
Surmounted by stylized swan's neck pediment terminating in gilt-metal rosettes and centered by an ebonized and gilt-metal plaque depicting Hercules reclining on a riverbank; with two...
Category
20th Century George IV English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
George III Style Breakfront Bookcase
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine quality Georgian style breakfront bookcase in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the swan neck pediment with pierced foliat...
Category
1920s George III Vintage English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Unix Modular Oak Bookcase, England circa 1950
Located in Culver City, CA
Unix Modular Oak Bookcase
England circa 1950
Measures 84”L x 8.25”d x 46.5”h
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Oak
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
Unusual 19th Century English Double-Sided Bookcase Bookshelf
Located in Shippensburg, PA
UNUSUAL VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKCASE
England, circa mid-to-late 19th century
Item # 209APB28Q
This uncommon double-sided bookcase is compo...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Open Bookcase, Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront open bookcase, attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with three adjustable shelves, with tooled leather dust fringes, divided by four fluted p...
Category
1810s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Large Late Regency Six Door Mahogany Bookcase Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and impressive late Regency six door mahogany bookcase attributed to Gillows, the upper section with a triple breakfront cornice above glazed doors with brass diamond trellis grilles, each enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled cupboards decorated with book-matched flame veneers between turned columns with palmette terminals. English, circa 1815.
Footnote. A double Breakfront Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1820
The bookcase of large form but of elegant proportions, having a pleasing low waist, always desirable on case furniture of this sort, brass grilles, a plinth base veneered in the finest mahogany and intriguing inlaid quatrefoil shaped escutcheons to the central doors.
Designed in the early 19th century “Roman” fashion, this bookcase is one of a small group of such pieces that have been linked in the past to designs provided by the Wyatt family of architects (see for example a bookcase of remarkably similar form offered by Christie’s in London on the 16th of December 2010 with an estimate of £40-£60,000). Although any link with Wyatt must remain purely speculative, the attribution of this bookcase to the firm of Gillows of Lancaster can be made with a much higher degree of confidence. This attribution is based partly on a fine suite of similar library bookcases supplied to Tatton Park and discussed in detail by Dr. Susan Stuart in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 375-377, plates 443 & 444. Of even greater interest is a design for a complete...
Category
1810s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Four Door Side Cabinet, Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront four door side cabinet, attributed to Gillows, the shaped top with a brass gallery above four doors fitted with trellis-and-rosette grilles relined...
Category
1810s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood, Silk
English Satinwood Bookcase Cabinet in the Neoclassical Style
By Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
A petit bookcase in the manner of the Adam brothers.
Constructed in Satinwood, with crossbanding, and polychrome hand-painted decoration; rising from tapering spade feet, the incurved lower section having a lockable cupboard door, extensively painted with a central trophy set...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood, Paint
19th Century English Regency Antique Mahogany Chiffonier Cabinet with Bookshelf
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Regency mahogany brass-mounted chiffonier,
England, 19th century
Item # 902XFP09P
With a diminutive form and tidy lines, this little Regency era chiffonier is the ideal size and proportion for today's home. Projecting only 14" into the room, this shallow cupboard...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Fine Early William IV Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Firmly Attributed Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
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...
Category
1830s William IV Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Ebony Inlaid Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Regency period mahogany bookcase cabinet with secretary drawer, the molded cornice with ebonized ball drops over two astragal glazed doors over satinwood fitted pull out se...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
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
19th Century William IV Style Mahogany Étagère
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century William IV Style mahogany étagère, colloquially referred to as a ‘whatnot’, with four square shelves above single base drawer with turned k...
Category
Mid-19th Century William IV Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Birds Eye Maple Open Bookcase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency birds eye maple open bookcase, of rectangular form with a shaped top surmounted by the original brass gallery, above two adjustable shelves and two mirror-fronted cupboards...
Category
1810s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Late Regency Bird’s-Eye Maple Cylindrical Open Bookcase Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency bird’s-eye maple cylindrical open bookcase attributed to Gillows, the circular leather-inset top above four sections divided by panelled uprights, each with two adjust...
Category
1820s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Birdseye Maple
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
Pair of William IV Mahogany Open Two-Sided Bookcases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Willian IV (circa 1890) light mahogany two-sided open bookcases with column sides and 4 shelves trimmed with scalloped red leather & embo...
Category
1890s William IV Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III English Thomas Chippendale Brown Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dublin, GB
A superb George III Chippendale period mahogany breakfront library bookcase, the raised architectural pediment, with a detailed moulded edge, above arched Gothic glazed doors carved with acanthus, resting on a raised paneled door base with a deep plate-form base, (a design often seen in Thomas Chippendale work).
Footnote: The design for this bookcase can be seen in the life and works of Thomas Chippendale by Christopher Gilbert page 41 figure 65, as one of four bookcases commissioned by Sir Rowland Winn for his London townhouse in St James Square, or at Nostell Priory.
Category
1760s George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pugin Bookcase
By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 19th century Gothic oak bookcase, the rectangular crenellated top with octafoil panels filled with carved roses, fleur de lis, and a portcullis on a tudor rose back panel above a cavetto frieze mounted with carved oak leaves above two doors, each with two Gothic arched apertures filled with unique metal grilles, enclosing three adjustable shelves to each side, the base section with two blind arcaded doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, on a double plinth base, the lower plinth later, the interior stamped twice 'CLAREMONT', the reverse inscribed in ink 'Mr Young 18.5'.
Provenance:
Supplied for the Palace of Westminster but by 1866 recorded at Claremont House, Esher. This robust Gothic bookcase, enriched with Elizabethan cusped tracery and heraldically-charged castellations, is conceived in the William IV romantic English manner introduced as the ‘New Palace of Westminster’ style, with the collaboration in the mid-1830s of the architects Charles Barry (d. 1860) and A.W.N. Pugin (d. 1852). Westminster Palace’s ‘fort portcullis’ badge is displayed in cusped tablets within embattled parapets, which are flowered with the English cinquefoile rose.
This bookcase appears to be a precursor for the more florid bookcases designed for the New Palace by Pugin in the mid-1840s. It may possibly have been intended for the King’s Tower (now called the Victoria Tower).
Pugin established a furniture manufactory in Convent...
Category
Early 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Papier Mache Étagère
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Papier mache pearl inlaid black lacquered 3 tier etagere with oval mirror and 2 drawers.
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
English Victorian Papier Mache Étagère
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian papier mâché pearl inlaid black lacquered 4 tier étagère with turned legs and supports with backrail.
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Late Regency Gonçalo Alves Two-Door Side Cabinet Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency Gonçalo Alves two-door side cabinet firmly attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with two glazed doors retaining the original brass trelliswork centred on rosette...
Category
1820s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Wood
English Regency Period Goncalo Alves and Gilt Brass Secretaire Bookcase
By John Mclean
Located in London, GB
A Regency period secretaire bookcase attributed to John Mclean of London.
Constructed in a well figured goncalo alves, with extensive use of gilt brass accents. Rising from compressed ball brass feet, the lower section consists of two blind cupboard...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Pair of High Regency Coromandel and Ormolu Bookcase Console Tables
By Thomas Hope
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of high Regency Coromandel and ormolu bookcase console tables in the style of Thomas Hope, each of rectangular form with two square section pillars in the form of pharaonic te...
Category
1810s Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century English Mahogany Writing Bookcase with Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A good Regency secretaire bookcase.
Constructed in mahogany, rising from feet of circular form, the lower section having two blind doors with fielded panels, enclosing a shelved i...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Satinwood Library Bookcase with Neoclassical Decoration
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in London, GB
A library bookcase in the manner of Sheraton and the Adam Brothers.
Constructed in satinwood, line inlaid, and hand decorated in polychrome; of breakfront form, rising from swept ...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood, Paint
Georgian Mahogany Two Door Glass Cabinet Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine two-door bookcase
Constructed in a fine mahogany, with flame veneers to the front; rising from a plinth base, the lockable blind doors over having recessed fielded panels w...
Category
19th Century George III Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Adam Style Black Lacquered Bookcases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Adam-style (20th Century) black lacquered and gilt trimmed Neo-classic bookcases with glass stenciled pediment top. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine English Late Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase by Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully crafted late Regency mahogany secretaire bookcase in 2 parts, made and signed by Gillows of Lancaster, one of England's finest cabinetmakers for over 200 years. The pie...
Category
1830s Regency Antique English Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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