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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Late 18th Century Irish Georgian Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb Irish Georgian secretaire bookcase, the pierced swan necked cornice above a pair of astragal glazed doors containing adjustable shelves with fitted secretaire drawer flanked...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wood
English Regency Mahogany Bookcase w/ Flanking Hinged Brass Screen Doors, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany bookcase with a carved molded edge cornice, flanking hinged brass screened doors revealing six interior adjustable shelves, five graduated drawers with perio...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Bombe Secretary Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Bordeaux, France, circa 1760, the antique "secretaire a abattant" with upper display shelving is built in two sections. The top part features a curved bonnet cornice with ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Satinwood Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Georgian satinwood breakfront bookcase
A unusually small George III Sheraton period breakfront bookcase: veneered in satinwood with purple-heart inlay, kingwood cross-banding and box...
Category
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
An Exceptional Antique Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine quality mahogany bookcase in Chinese Chippendale style with overall relief floral carving, This was made in England & dates from around 1800 period.
The quality is fantastic, and is extremely well built.
The broken pediment top with three astragal glazed doors
The base with six drawers and two cupboards. Drawer fronts with scrolling foliage and small pagodas...
Category
European Chinese Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George III Period Mahogany Country House Bureau Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning quality 18th-century George III period mahogany country house bureau bookcase, retaining its original patina and rich colour. This well-proportioned piece features a mould...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Showcase Cabinet Or Library From The 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb and rare mahogany bookcase or display cabinet from the 18th century from England
very good quality mahogany with a beautiful flame
Small model composed of a lower part with several doors, drawers and a secretary in the center
the secretary part stands out by a beautiful interior, several drawers as well as leather writing desk
Beautiful molding work on the two lower doors
The interior of the drawers are in oak. A sign of good quality
The upper part has 4 glassed doors and a cornice with a capital. Which is rare and present at 18 century bookcases...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental Scale George III Mahogany & Glazed Breakfront Bookcase, Late 18th Cen
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Category
George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment Circa 1740
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A handsome early Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase with pedimented top; the bookcase section with fielded panel doors and candle slides, the b...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English George III Chippendale Period Pine Country House Double Bookcase
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
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Provincial Walnut Secretaire
Located in New York, NY
Of unusually large scale; the upper section with arched cornice over a pair of wire-inset doors opening to fabric lined interior fitted with shelves; the lower section with a slant f...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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
English George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
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
A George III mahogany display bookcase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George III mahogany display bookcase, of tall rectangular form with astragal glazing and an unusual arrangement of shelves and drawers, the lower se...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Vardy Bookcase
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The Vardy bookcase is an important George III design architectural library breakfront bookcase, attributed to John Vardy. The upper section has a scrolled pediment decorated with fol...
Category
British Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XV Bookcase by Pierre Garnier with Inlay Wood and Marble Top, circa 1750
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb inlaid bookcase / vitrine / showcase with very thick marble top, feet decorated with bronze and double mesh door. 3 shelves present.
In excellent general condition.
Key present, the lock works perfectly
Louis XV style and period, France, 18th century, around 1750.
By the cabinetmaker Pierre Garnier...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Queen Anne Burr Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine and Rare Early 18th-Century George I Single Dome Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase of diminutive proportions, Circa 1720-1730. England.
This exceptional early Georgian bureau book...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
An elegant 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form, and lovely rich colour.
George II-period, circa 1740.
The top surmounted by a bold architectural pediment and centred 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 colour 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. We often refer to antique bookcases / cabinets as ''secretary desks'' in the US.
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.
Further reading, re pediments, etc:
'Illustrated Dictionary...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
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
Important George III Period Mahogany Secretary Breakfront
Located in Montreal, QC
An important George III Period figured mahogany breakfront bookcase, the central drawer featuring a fall front secretary fitted with storage compartments and inset with a green toole...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Bleached Oak Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Monumental 18th C French bleached oak bookcase. 1780.
Reference: 7545
Dimensions
122.5 inches (311 cms) Wide
19 inches (48 cms) Deep
106...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Austrian Neoclassical Style Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian neoclassical style oak bookcase cabinet with geometric inlay, gilt egg-and-dart detail, ebonized trim, and Gothic filigree o...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Antique 18th Century Fine Quality Bureau Bookcase In Mahogany ( REF AF-3672 )
Located in Ledbury, GB
This exceptional 18th-century mahogany bureau bookcase is a piece of the finest quality, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Standing on sturdy bracket feet, th...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Burr Walnut George I Bureau Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
The broken arched pediment surmounted by classical urn finials over two mirror front doors opening to adjustable shelves over pigeonholes and three short drawers; the lower part with...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Rare Louis XVI Carved Beechwood Biblioteque or Breakfront Cabinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Louis XVI carved beechwood
Biblioteque or breakfront cabinet
18th century
The multi sectional piece with a carved upper section over two shelved and mirrored back corner ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Fine Nord Italian 18th Century Parquetry Bookcase
Located in Rome, IT
A Fine Nord Italian 18'century Parquetry Bookcase.
cm 127x109x30
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wood
George II Bureau Bookcase - 18th Century Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase.
Having 4 Oak Lined Graduated Drawers with Original Brassware.
The Fall Opening to reveal an arrangement of Serpentine Shaped Drawers a Mirrored Ce...
Category
George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
ANTiQUE JACOBEAN LINEN FOLD CARVED ZINC LINED ASTRAL GLAZED LIBRARY BOOKCASe
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite 18th century library bookcase with 15th century Jacobean...
Category
English Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Zinc
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
Large 18th Century Italian Walnut Bookcase with Mesh Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large 18th Century Italian Walnut Bookcase with Mesh Doors
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Georgian English 4 Door Bookcase Attributed To Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dublin, IE
A George III Chippendale Period Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, the raised architectural pediment, with a detailed moulded edge, above arched Gothic glazed doors carved with ac...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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
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 Gustavian Yellow Swedish Display Cabinet From La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Antique Swedish cabinet, circa 1780 made in two-parts: a base set of drawers and top set display cabinet; patinated in a traditional Gustavian ...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Scandinavian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Apothecary Cabinet, Secretary
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Dutch neoclassical apothecary cabinet ~ secretary was obviously a product of sublimely talented artisans, indeed! Created with a stately elegance inspired by ancient Greek architects, it features a crown with facing pitched moldings flanking a center pediment that is a design copied by the early Federal style furniture crafters in the then-young country of the USA. A bold cornice provides a platform for the crown moldings, and appears over the generously sized upper cabinet, whose two large, tailored doors open to reveal adjustable shelf storage above, and a tambour cabinet below that opens to reveal multiple cubby holes, ideal for the pharmacist...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Italian early 18th century Baroque Walnut Secretary-Bookcase
Located in Troy, NY
Italian secretary with beautiful, thick walnut radica veneer, wonderful color, ebonized moldings, most likely retaining the original mirror plates. The two upper doors open to reveal a fitted interior, the lower part has a fitted desk compartment...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Very Fine 18th Century George I Period Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very fine George I period walnut and feather banded bureau bookcase, circa 1720, the moulded cornice above a pair of mirror panelled doors, ope...
Category
British George I Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Burl, Walnut
Mahogany Bookcase With Secretary - 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb English mahogany bookcase from the end of the 18th century circa 1780 with a secretary
Very beautiful English work in mahogany which stands out by its very good quality, its ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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
George III circa 1760 English Oak Thomas Chippendale Carved Bureau Bookcase
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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
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
Large early 1700s Venetian walnut two-body trumeau
Located in Cesena, FC
Venetian trumeau from the 1700s
Large Venetian trumeau from the 1700s (18th century). Furniture of exceptional quality carved and in walnut wood.
Trumeau composed of two bodies, t...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Early 18th Century George I Two-Door Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 18th Century George I two-door mahogany bookcase with a triumphal-arched and Ionic wave-scrolled temple pediment featuring dentilled and acanthus leaf detailing as well as a ca...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
George III Sheraton Period Antique Satinwood Dwarf Bookcase
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A George III Sheraton period satinwood dwarf bookcase, inlaid ovals in the doors and attractive cresting in the original paint.
Category
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century George III Period Mahogany Country House Cupboard Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This handsome late 18th-century George III mahogany country house estates bookcase is a stunning example of Georgian craftsmanship and design. Its elegant proportions and rich, warm ...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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
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
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
18th Century Provencal Cherrywood, Wire-Front Bibliotheque
Located in Washington, DC
A Provençal, Louis XV period cherrywood bibliotheque with wire-front doors and interior antique hardware latches and key.
Eight interior shelves of lighter wood, comes from Bregnoles in the Var...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Wire
George II Mahogany Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A FINE GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKCASE, CIRCA 1755.
Fitted throughout with it's original lacquered brass Rococo handles. The top retaining ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Oak
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