Pair of Mahogany Three Sectional Bookcases

Pair of mahogany glazed bookcases, the carved moulded cornice above two large astragal glazed doors with bevelled glass opening to reveal adjustable shelved interior. The base sectio...

Oak bookcase, the molded cornice, and carved frieze above three large astragal glazed beveled doors opening to reveal an adjustable shelved interior. To the base fitted with three dr...

Antique Edwardian Globe Wernicke Style Three Tiered Sectional Bookcase. An "elastic bookcase" also known as a modular bookcase or barrister's bookcase. These are high-quality stacking book shelves, in mahogany, capable of being adapted to fit together to form a bookcase which can either be all of the same measurements or which can be rearranged by the insertion of units of different depths and heights. These glass-fronted shelves...

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...