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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Queen Anne Walnut Double Dome Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A Queen Anne period walnut double-dome bookcase cabinet.
This early-18th century walnut bookcase is veneered throughout in figured walnut, and is feathe...
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Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Small Size Mid-18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase or Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
A small mid-18th century mahogany bureau bookcase or cabinet.
George II period, circa 1740.
This diminutive Georgian bureau bookcase (also s...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III circa 1760 English Oak Thomas Chippendale Carved Bureau Bookcase
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
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Tuscan Renaissance Wrought Iron and Walnut Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The lower part
It stands on an ogee molded base and four feet with two front legs more massive and detailed than the others.
It opens with two doors and three drawers.
The vert...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wrought Iron
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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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Small 18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A small late 18th century secretaire bookcase / cabinet.
George III period, circa 1790.
Of very good rich color.
Inlaid and crossbanded throughout.
Only 2'5" wide.
Mounts are corre...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th-19th Century Neoclassical Colonial Padauk Glazed Ebonized Book Case
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine and unusual Colonial glazed book case, reeded architectural column supports with neoclassical capitals, tapered and turned reeded legs terminat...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Padouk
Antique English George III "Chinese Chippendale" Bookcase or Display Cabinet
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous quality antique English George III diminutive size, carved and fretted mahogany "Chinese Chippendale" bookcase or display cabinet
Please note superbly "blind fretted" and c...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional 18thc Painted Venetian Secretary Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fantastic painted Italian secretary with original designs, paint and interior silk fabric.
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
17th Century Emblazoned Germanic Armoire
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This interesting oak cabinet of germanic workmanship is a wedding furniture.
The cabinet rests on a molded base, opens with two doors located on e...
Category
German Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Satinwood
18th Century French Louis XV Grand Scale Bibliothèque or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A grand scale 18th century French Louis XV Period bibliothe`que, or bookcase, from the Loire Valley. Made of solid cherry wood with chestnut as a secondary wood and constructed in tw...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Iron
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
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Oak Corner Library Cupboard
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This mid-18th century oak corner cupboard originates from the Prebysterie (living quarters of a pastor) of the small Normandy village of Foie, now part of Normanville. It was reputed...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 18th century walnut bureau bookcase, the shaped cornice above a mirrored front bookcase with the two doors opening to reveal ...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Baroque Style Pinewood Bookcase Cabinet, Early 18th Century and Later
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a stepped cornice and accompanying lower molding on the upper (later) bookcase section which houses 4 levels of shelves, the lower section is a credenza with four doors openin...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Pine
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
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Fine Italian 18th Century Painted Bookcase
Located in Rome, IT
A Fine Italian 18' century painted bookcase .
Measures: cm 220 x 115 x 45.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wool
18th Century English Antique Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
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...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront with Secretary, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany broken pediment breakfront with carved floral medallions, candle light molding, four upper case glass doors with adjus...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
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
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Mid 18th Century Mahogany and Gilt Display Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An attractive mid-18th century figured mahogany display bookcase with gilt gesso mouldings throughout having dentil moulded cornice above shaped glazed doors and paneled cupboard doo...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Whitewashed Bookcase, Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French Louis XVI period whitewashed bookcase ~ vitrine in oak features a stately presence while retaining a rustic charm that is ideal ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
English Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront With Secretary, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Chippendale mahogany breakfront with carved molded cornice, four upper case glass doors with arched oval mullions, adjustable interior shelving, lower case concealing a slidi...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Brass
A Grand 18th C. Italian Church Cabinet w/ Roman Ionic Columns & Original Paint
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century open shelving display and closed storage cabinet from Italy, with fabulous Roman Ionic column details and retains it's original ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wood
19th Century British Colonial Shelf
Located in High Point, NC
19th century British Colonial shelf made from teak. There are tall hand turned finials on the top over three shelves, all with scalloped galleries...
Category
British Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Teak
18th Century English George II Walnut Secretary Bookcase
By Giles Grendey
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 18th century English George II walnut secretary bookcase in the manner of Giles Grendey. The shaped mirrored pane...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Irish Georgian Secretary
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and unusual 18th century Irish mahogany bureau bookcase, the pierced gallery top with Gothic details, the pilasters and door with rich and crisply carved shell and foliate desig...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Irish George II Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet manner of Giles Grendy
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 18th century George II Irish mahogany secretaire cabinet in the manner of Giles Grendy. The shaped mirror panels doors opening ...
Category
Irish George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian George II Figured Walnut Bookcase Bureau Secretary Desk, 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique George II figured and inlaid walnut bureau bookcase/secretary, circa 1750.
The bookcase secretary in two secrions, the upper bookcase having a stepped crown with twin arched mirrored doors below, the mirror to the right side having a reversed engraved flower and the doors enclosing three adjustable shelves. The base having a fall front with a fitted writing surface, the interior is extravagantly fitted with eight pigeonholes, six drawers with a central carved arched door flanked with ribbed columns. The door having a secret switch to the inside allowing the whole 'box' to be withdrawn, therefore providing access to two secret drawers to the verso. The base having twin pull-out lopers to support the fall front, below are four long and two short drawers, the cabinet is raised on bracket feet.
The bookcase secretary is made from the finest figured walnut which is crossbanded & inlaid with satinwood stringing, the cabinet has all the original brass handles, lockplates/escutcheons. This is a very fine quality early Georgian bookcase secretary...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A superb quality George III period mahogany library
Bookcase of breakfront form, boasting charming small
Proportions, and four astragal glazed doors to top
Enclosing adjustable shelves over panelled cupboard
Doors enclosing further adjustable shelves raised on
Original plinth base
(Breakfront bookcases are one of the grandest, yet at the
same time most functional pieces of antique furniture...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and good quality George III period mahogany bureau
bookcase having unusual castellated and carved cornice above pair of 13
pane astragal glazed doors, superbly figured flap and four long drawers
with replacement brass oval plate handles raised on original shaped bracket
feet
(A fine example of a functional and elegant Georgian bureau bookcase...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique 18th Century Rosewood Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique 18th century rosewood bureau bookcase having a magnificent top section with a shaped moulded swan neck pediment, two shaped doors both wi...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Louis XVI Secretary Bookcase, South German 1780, Cherry
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI secretary bookcase, South German 1780.
Elegant and unique secretary bookcase with beautiful cherry veneer and Louis XVI style geometric ...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Cherry
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Painted Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian neoclassical painted bookcase is a marvel of architecture inspired by the masters of ancient Greece and Rome! T...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Early 18th Century Buffet Library Louis XIV
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A monumental French early 18th century oak buffet cupboard. Cupboards/Buffets like this were used in castles and large mansions to either store...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
George III Chippendale Period Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in London, by appointment only
George III Chippendale period mahogany breakfront bookcase.
Having a moulded and dentilled cornice above a fluted frieze, enclosed by a pair of glazed doors flanked by fluted and st...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Sheraton Satinwood Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine antique late 18th century Sheraton period satinwood secrétaire bookcase, crossbanded throughout and of attractive small proportions, havin...
Category
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very imposing good quality 18th century Dutch Marquetry bureau bookcase, having wonderful flowers, birds, classical scull and urn decoration. ...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Original George III circa 1760 Solid Hardwood Corner Cupboard Large Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original George III circa 1760 solid mahogany corner cupboard
A very good looking and decorative piece, its hard to believe that th...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Fine George III Period Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th century Sheraton period well figured mahogany Secretaire bookcase, having moulded cornice with chequered inlay, surmounted by urns and central inlaid satinwood panel...
Category
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
George III English Thomas Chippendale Brown Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
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.
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18 Century English Sheraton George III Satinwood Cabinet Bookcase, circa 1785
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A classic period Sheraton English satinwood and tulipwood China display case or bookcase the upper section with dentil cornice above a pair of astra...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
Bureau Bookcase Oak German Serpentine Front Original Brassware Working Locks
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, museum quality, 18th century, German, oak bureau bookcase with a serpentine front, original brassware and working locks
As fine an example of this model of German cabinet f...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An extremely good quality mid-18th century Georgian mahogany
Chippendale period library bookcase, or cabinet, having Greek
Key moulded cornice over superbly figured panelled cupboard
Doors enclosing three adjustable shelves over secretaire writing
Drawer and three further long drawers retaining original brass
Swan neck handles raised on elegant original shaped bracket feet
(This charming bookcase is absolutely typical of the Mid 18th Century
when the master craftsman Thomas Chippendale was working his cabinet
making magic and many other talented cabinet makers were following
then trying to imitate his designs and styles. Dating to circa 1760 it
has real elegance for a large case piece...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany and Satinwood Book Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Finely constructed with choice veneers with crossbanded top with brass 3/4 gallery over a pair of paneled doors with a pair of opposing doors with pleated fabric, each corner with re...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, Sheraton, circa 1795
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A good George III Sheraton secretaire bookcase in mahogany with a yew wood interior-attractive glazing bars and original tall splay feet.
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Bureau Cabinet Portuguese, 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bureau cabinet Portuguese.
With original handles, on ogee bracket feet.
18th century.
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Transition Period Cube Marquetry Vitrine or Library
Located in Berlin, DE
French 18th century Louis XV Transition period cube marquetry vitrine showcase or library
A fine small 18th century Louis XV/Transitional period vitr...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Chippendale Secretary/Desk
Located in New Haven, CT
George III period mahogany Chinese Chippendale secretary bookcase, England, circa 1790. The original ogee bracket feet and the broken arc...
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English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XIV Bookcase, Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century French Louis XIV Bookcase ~ Bibliotheque is resplendent with artfully sculpted bas relief across its entire facade! This superlative instant family heirloom is sized to sufficiently display almost any prized heirlooms, collection, or library! Hand-crafted from solid old-growth quarter-sawn oak, it boasts a reverse contoured crown with four distinctive tiers. The top tier was carved in French egg...
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French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
Early 18th Century Burl Walnut Veneered Bureau Cabinet
Located in Kastrup, DK
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau cabinet.
The upper section with swan neck top over double doors, the lower section with a sloping-f...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Walnut
18th Century Cupboard or Bookcase with Glass Vitrine, Walnut, Spain Restored
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite 18th century Spanish cupboard or bookcase with glass vitrine, constructed from walnut and original glasses of this period. Features a coffered case fronted by four large do...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Walnut
18th Century Scandanvian Rococo Giltwood and Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 18th Century Rococo carved giltwood and Walnut bureau bookcase, having wonderful scrolling foliate and plume decoration to the cornice, a single mirror door with gi...
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Scandinavian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
18th Century Venetian Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Italian bureau bookcase, made in Venice, circa 1750.
It has been made from the finest burr walnut with walnut cross...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Satin, Mirror, Boxwood, Walnut
18th Century English Breakfront Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Elegant Breakfront Library Bookcase in the Thomas Sheraton Manner
In Honduras mahogany with delicate and restrained inlay in satinwood, the lower cupboards, have inlaid...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
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