A Pair of Exceptional Quality Regency Architectural Bookcases

The broken pediment above moulded and segmental cornice, carved with repeating egg and dart and foliate mouldings, each bookcase with exceptionally executed and original bevelled flo...

A mid-18th century Chippendale period bookcase with broken pediment, decorated with dentil foliate and shell motif.  

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...

The cornice with stepped and moulded form, with dentil moulding and egg and dart carving, over large glazed cabinet doors retaining much of the original lightly undulating late 18th ...

This is a matched pair of Regency style bookcase or secretary made in England, circa 1940. These are a fantastic example of English bench made f...

This beautiful pair of display cabinets is part of a rare and important Regency-style dining room set in molded, carved oak with curved sides. It served as a silver cabinet. This set is for sale on our website and also includes: - a pair of sideboards - a table (with four raw wood extensions) - a suite of nine chairs (available soon) - a pair of armchairs (available soon) The fine quality of the sculpture comes from the Château de la Haute Forêt in Bréal sous Montfort, and was part of Edouard Nignon's collection. The Château, built in 1857 in a half-Gothic, half-Renaissance style, is listed as a Historic Monument, with its extremely well-preserved interior décor: floors, panelling, ceilings and fireplaces. Edouard Nignon, who commissioned our dining room set in 1919, lived in the Château until his death in 1934. Edouard Nignon was a Grand Chef of French cuisine with a European reputation and experience. He served Tsar Nicholas II and Austrian Emperor Francis...

Pair of unusual bookcases with a strong visual impact. The elegant swan necks decorating the glazed fronts complementing the Stark eagle heads on eit...

Near pair of British colonial bookcases crafted in mahogany in a step down form with brass campaign style side handles, one lower drawer and turned legs on brass casters. From le...