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Period: 18th Century
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 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 Bookcases
Materials
Padouk
Bureau Bookcase C 1720 Flemish Bookcase 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bureau, bookcase c 1720. Flemish bookcase with hunting scene made in mahogany and oak.
Overall. Size: 231x122x60 cm
very good condition.
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
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 Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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 Bookcases
Materials
Wood
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Queen Anne Burr Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
The bureau bookcase is crafted from burr walnut, a luxurious wood veneer featuring swirling grain patterns and a richly warm hue. Burr walnut was prized during the Queen Anne period ...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Bookcases
Materials
Wood
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 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...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
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 Bookcases
Materials
Cherry
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 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 Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Bookcases
Materials
Wood
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 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 Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
George III mahogany bureau bookcase
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
A George III period mahogany bureau bookcase. Having a moulded cornice above two fielded panelled doors, opening to reveal four adjustable shelves inside with and interior cupboard, ...
Category
Antique 18th Century 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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George III Mahogany Library Bookcase
By Henry Hill of Marlborough
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
An impressive 18th Century mahogany bookcase, with concave cornice and dentil moulding above a pair of unusual glazed doors of circular ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Chippendale Period Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century Chippendale period bookcase with broken pediment, decorated with dentil foliate and shell motif.
Category
Chippendale Antique 18th Century 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 Bookcases
Materials
Zinc
Original George III circa 1760 Solid Hardwood Corner Cupboard Large Bookcase
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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 Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
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 Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Oak
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 Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
18th Century Norwegian carved oak bureau bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning and rare Norwegian baroque oak bureau bookcase circa 1760.
Comprising of 3 sections due to the monumental proportions.
Top section with shaped cornice, below which the car...
Category
Norwegian Baroque Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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 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 Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 dra...
Category
English Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Bookcases
Materials
Glass, 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 Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
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 Bookcases
Materials
Glass, 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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wire
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 Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
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
English George I Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Walnut, Burl
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 Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
English Chippendale Mahogany Blind Door Secretary With Bookcase, Circa 1775
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany blind door secretary with bookcase. Upper case has a carved cornice fret work with flanking blind doors concealing i...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Outstanding Quality Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality 18th century antique Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality Dutch marquetry inlaid burr walnut bureau bookcase with a be...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Fine and Impressive Late 18th Century Neoclassical Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Mahogany, solid and veneered on oak. Openwork gallery above two doors with wire-mesh panelling, the inside with an arrangement of adjustable shelves, retaining two gilt brass escutch...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Small Transition Bookcase With Support Height Stamped RVLC
Located in BARSAC, FR
Exceptional bookcase with support height made of brown Rio rosewood veneer and topped with a red Languedoc marble top, opening two leaves on the front and presenting a beautiful orna...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
An 18th Century George I Walnut & Feather Banded Fall Front Bureau Bookcase
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
A superb George I figured walnut & feather banded bureau bookcase. Displaying a charming swan neck pediment, of shaped cavetto section, with ebony inset detailing. Featuring a pair of mercury mirror doors framed by moulded gilt slip, enclosing shelves and pigeon holes above two candle slides. The bureau section with a dividing cross-grained waist moulding, demonstrating feather & cross banded fall opening to reveal a further arrangement of drawers, pigeon holes, and a central cupboard bordered by fluted column hidden drawers. The base housing four short and two long graduated feather banded, oak-lined drawers, fitted with pierced brass plate...
Category
English George I Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Russian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
Russian (18th Century) mahogany secretary bookcase with brass gallery pediment and trim with 2 front doors revealing 3 drawers and shelves ...
Category
Russian Empire Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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