Early 20th Century Bookcases

A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts bookcase or display cabinet In the manner of Stickley Brothers USA, Circa 1900 Carved quarter sawn oak, with glass front doors and side...

A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts four-stack barrister bookcase By Gunn Furniture Co. USA, circa 1920s Quarter sawn oak, with glass front doors and original brass hardware. ...

This is an antique book companion. An English, walnut rotary bookstand, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Beautifully crafted stand with skilfully turned detail Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Select walnut stocks present fine grain interest throughout Rich caramel hues beam beneath a wax polish finish Arranged in four sections, each approximately hosting four novels Quartets of turned spindles separate each compartment Rotates smoothly around a central column Standing upon four block feet, dressed with small baize protective pads This is a charming antique book companion, ideal for holding favourite titles close to hand in the lounge or reading nook. Of appealing quality to also suit a hotel reception. Solid joints and construction, delivered waxed, polished and ready for the home or institution. Dimensions: Max Width: 31cm (12.25'') Max Depth: 32cm (12.5'') Max Height: 34.5cm (13.5'') Book Compartment...

English antique Revolving bookcase in solid wood, 1920s Elegant and vintage revolving bookcase with square base, entirely in solid wood. The...

Antique Inlaid Walnut Occasional Table, Lamp, Plant Stand, Scotland 1900, H1124 Scotland 1900 Solid walnut and veneer Original finish Has a shaped walnut top with satinwood inlay Ha...

Antique American Victorian White Wicker 5 Shelf Bookcase Curio Display. Item features a white painted wicker frame, 4 wooden shelves, very nice antiqu...

Chippendale Revival mahogany bookcase, the molded cornice, and blind fretwork frieze. Above two astragal glazed doors opening to reveal an adjustable shelved interior. The base secti...

Beautiful antique mahogany Globe Wernicke bookcase in perfect condition. The cabinet consists of 12 stackable parts in 3 different heights. Origin: England Period: Approx. 1895-1910...

Beautiful antique oak Globe Wernicke bookcase in perfect condition. Cabinet consists of 9 stackable parts with 3 feet with drawers and 3 hoods. Beautiful warm light oak color. Origi...

This beautiful walnut armoire features a central door front flanked by two doors, which open to shelved storage. (Two shelves).  

Mahogany stacking barrister bookcase with maple interiors. 3 storage sections with glass sliding up and in doors. Paneled sides, brass pulls. Each compartment is 42 x 9.5 x 8.75 h fo...

Early 20th century birch empire revival bookcase circa 1900. Beautiful bookcase cabinet made in the 3rd empire revival period.  Architectural cornice leading down the columns with t...

An Arts & Crafts antique Oak Bookcase/ Vitrine Cabinet with two glazed doors that reveal 3 adjustable shelves to each side. The doors with copper latches and the bookcase branded wit...

A gorgeous antique Arts and Crafts four-stack barrister bookcase By Gunn USA, circa 1920s Quarter sawn oak, with glass front doors and brass hardware. Measures: 34.13"W x...

Antique oak locking glass door bookcase with decorative brass hinges and hand carved details. Interior adjustable shelves 31.5”w x 9.75”d

An antique Arts & Crafts Barrister bookcase by Lundstrom offers quarter sawn oak construction with three stacks, each having pull out glass doors and raised on straight and square le...

A two door walnut library bookcase with two doors, three adjustable shelves behind. The stunning handles and escutchoen are gilt bronze so have...

An antique Arts and Crafts barrister bookcase offers mahogany raised panel construction with four stacks having pull out glass doors, c1910 Measures- 66.25'' H x 36'' W x 14.5'' D.

Beautiful rich birch open bookcase, circa 1910. Four adjustable shelves with a central partition, below a central panel with carved applied swag, flanked either side a single door c...

An antique Arts & Crafts Mission barrister bookcase by Macey offers oak construction with three stacks, each having pull out glass doors, raised on an ogee base, maker label as photo...

Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School open bookcase. Design by Willem Retera Wzn and executed by Wed. Ingenhoes Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from 1918. Solid oak base ...

Antique Large Oak 3 Tier Revolving Bookcase 12 Section. Scotland 1900, H981 Scotland 1900 Solid Oak Original finish Square moulded top above three tiers (12 sections) Raised up on a...

A stunning Edwardian mahogany two door bookcase, of fabulous quality, finely carved with rich patination, fine grain, line inlaid and crossbanded with fabulous marquetry detail throu...

A rare Art Deco period eight-piece study suite set in the manner of famous Austrian architect, designer, and Vienna Secession founder Josef Hoffman (Austria, 1870-1956), circa 1920. Exquisitely handcrafted in Austria in the early 20th century, most likely Vienna, featuring fine quality craftsmanship and solid wood construction, featuring Biedermeier inspired Viennese Art Deco styling of simplicity, strict, geometric lines with minimal surface embellishment, instead of ornamentation putting the focus on high-quality materials. The matching eight-piece set comprising a tanker writing desk with inset leather surface, surmounted with raised gallery fitted with drawers flanking richly figured quilted diamond inlay, rising on double pedestals with locking cupboard doors opening to stacked shelved tray interior, affixed with patinated brass pulls and escutcheons, retaining original keys, finished on all sides so it can be placed anywhere in the room, and paired with a comfortable armchair with upholstered seat and backrest. A large eight door bookcase storage cabinet with original glass panels, adjustable shelves, and cocktail drinks bar slide. A centre card table with rectangular shaped canted corner top featuring inset green baize felt games playing surface, over conforming apron fitted with dovetailed drawers, rising on square column pedestal, surrounded by four upholstered side chairs. Dimensions: (approx) 79" High, 65" Wide, 21" Deep (largest, cabinet) PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Property from the important Estate of Myra Janco Daniels (1925-2022) Naples, Florida. A legendary business woman, philanthropist, and arts advocate who built the institution known today as Artis—Naples and made Naples a cultural destination. Additional info below. Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Design Signature Auction catalog #8110 Condition Report: Great original antique condition with beautifully aged warm mellow patina. Strong, sturdy and structurally sound. Overall very attractive condition; no significant losses or restorations; wear consistent with over 100 years of age and indicative of use. Delivered cleaned, waxed, hand rubbed polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use and generational enjoyment! ABOUT THE LEGENDARY PREVIOUS OWNER: We normally don't post about the prior owners life, but in the case of Myra Janco Daniels (1925-2022) we felt her incredible story be shared. The arts visionary and advertising Pioneer who helped transform Southwest Florida into a nationally recognized cultural destination, died June 22, three days before her 97th birthday. Daniels was founder and longtime CEO of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts (now Artis-Naples), which since 1989 has brought world-class music, theater, dance, opera, and art to Naples. In 2000, she founded the Naples Museum of Art (now the Baker Museum) on that same campus. After a storied career as an advertising executive in Chicago, Daniels came out of retirement in the early 1980s to spearhead a fund-raising drive for a small classical music ensemble on MarCo Island, which would later become the Naples Philharmonic orchestra. She discovered “a great hunger for the arts,” she later wrote, and soon expanded her fundraising goal to building a permanent home for the orchestra and an arts center for Southwest Florida. Daniels’ vision for the Philharmonic Center was ambitious and unusual – combining world-class performing and visual arts in a single venue. The Community strongly supported the concept, and the Phil, as it became known, gave Naples a national arts profile. Then-First Lady Barbara Bush was in attendance on opening night in November 1989. The Wall Street Journal covered the opening. “Myra Daniels is a dreamer. But unlike most dreamers, Myra is a doer,” the late Muriel Seibert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, once said of Daniels. While the arts were a lifelong passion for Daniels, her first career was as a groundbreaking advertising executive in Chicago, where she won national Advertising Woman of the Year honors and was among the first women to head a national ad firm. Daniels said that she used some of the same principles learned in her advertising career to sell Southwest Florida on the arts. “You have to believe in what you’re doing and then you have to get people involved to the point that they feel it’s theirs. That’s what we did.” Born Myra Janco in Gary, Indiana, Daniels was raised during the Great Depression by parents who encouraged her interest in the arts. But her greatest influence growing up was her grandmother Sophie, who, like Daniels, stood only five feet tall but dreamed big. “Sophie showed me what was possible,” Daniels wrote. “Create something that people want and need and you’ll be successful, she said. I always remembered that.” Her grandmother, who ran her own real estate business, experienced some failures “but she always dusted herself off and went back out there swinging. She wanted me to be that way too.” Daniels earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana State and later became an associate professor of marketing at Indiana University, the first woman to hold that position. In her mid-20s, she started Wabash Advertising in Terre Haute, Indiana, which later became affiliated with larger agencies in Chicago and Cleveland. In 1963, she was named executive vice president of Roche, Rickard, Henri, Hurst, Inc. in Chicago. The National Advertising Federation honored Daniels as its Advertising Woman of the Year in 1965, the youngest woman to receive the award. That same year, she became president of a new national agency that she formed with ad man Draper Daniels. The merger was not just a professional one. Draper Daniels, who was responsible for many famous ad campaigns at the time, including the Marlboro Man and was later an inspiration for the Don Draper character on TV’s Mad Men, became her husband in 1967. Myra wrote about their unusual courtship and life together for Chicago magazine, in an article entitled “I Married a Mad Man,” which was included in her book Secrets of a Rutbuster. They ran the Draper Daniels, Incorporated agency, as it was called, until 1977. When Draper wanted to retire to Southwest Florida, Myra Daniels reluctantly left Chicago and advertising, and they settled on MarCo Island. But after Draper died of cancer in 1983, Myra turned her energies to the fundraising Campaign that led to the Philharmonic Center Cultural Complex. Daniels served as CEO of the Philharmonic Center from its inception in the 1980s to her retirement in 2011, building the Phil into a $100 million corporation. During that time, the Naples Philharmonic became a nationally recognized orchestra, with a Grammy nomination, CD and appearances on PBS; and the Naples Museum of Art developed an international reputation. The center also helped change people’s perception of Naples, which had been known mostly for its beaches and golfing. In 2005, Naples was named the Best Small Art Town in America in a book that singled out the Phil. More than just an arts venue, the Philharmonic Center also wove the arts into the culture of the Community, providing public school programs, adult and children’s education classes and workshops, and free concerts throughout Southwest Florida. Edward Villella, legendary dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of Miami City...

A handsome and highly decorative open free standing bookcase with four adjustable shelves. Good carving on the crown and at the plinth.

An Art Deco bookcase/cabinet. Glass fronted adjustable bookcase with lower shelved cabinet. Satin birch veneered throughout with lock to left hand side of cabinet. Dimensions: H ...

A gorgeous pair of antique Arts & Crafts five-stack barrister bookcases By Shaw Walker USA, Circa 1920s Mahogany, with glass front doors and brass hardware. Measures: 34"...

Sheraton revival satinwood cabinet, the carved moulded cornice above large central astragal glazed doors flanked by two further glazed panels. The central door opens to reveal uphols...

Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak with original macassar ebony handles on both doors. The backside panels are also mad...

Beautifully handcrafted, one of a kind, great color and excellent condition, Gothic cloister bookcase. We are always on the lookout for top quality made and impressively handcrafted...

A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts double bookcase In the manner of Stickley Brothers By John D. Raab Chair Co. USA, circa 1900 Mahogany, with glass front doors. Measure...

An antique /arts and Crafts bookcase in the manner of Gunn offers paneled mahogany construction with three stacks each having pull-out glass doors, raised on ogee base, and with /GRM...

A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts bookcase or display cabinet By Stickley Brothers USA, circa 1900 Carved quarter sawn oak, with glass front doors and sides, mirro...

A Japanese Taisho period hinoki cypress wood cabinet from the early 20th century converted into an open bookshelf with wavy curving shelf, sliding doors...

Large open bookcase the moulded cornice above large adjustable shelved interior flanked by circular columns with brass capitals, All raised up on plinth base. The bookcase will disas...

A unique bookshelf created from an old French painter’s ladder coupled with reclaimed scaffolding boards from Belgium. When combined together, the two ...

Handsome English mahogany black lacquered breakfront display cabinet. A very fine piece for a traditional home.

Globe Wernicke four tier glazed sectional / modular / barrister's bookcase 1920s Comes apart in sections for easy transportation. With original ivorine Globe-Wernicke Co of Lon...

A gorgeous pair of antique Arts & Crafts five-stack barrister bookcases By Hale USA, Circa 1920s Mahogany, with glass front doors and brass hardware. Measures: 34.25" W x...

Outstanding quality antique chippendale style mahogany bureau bookcase having a carved and gilded swan-neck pediment above a pair of mahogany doors with mirror plates and a carved gi...

circa 1900 Large Pair 19thC English Grain Ebonised Pine Bookcases Price is each sku 1039 Together W202 x D54 x H206 cm Base W195 x D50 x H91 cm Top W202 x D54 x H115 cm

Antique French Renaissance Open Bookcase is the perfect choice for a compact, shallow bookshelf that takes up a minimal amount of floor space yet is ...

Early 20th century Chinese elm etagere cabinet. Features a modernist open form with three shelves over two dovetailed drawers and lower cupboard for storage. Constructed via mortise ...

A late 19th / early 20th century industrial general store display case work or shop counter, having a 17" deep single board plank top behind...

Exceptional Wide Bookcase of 413 cm wide and only 229 cm high, high quality bleached Oak Wood, from a Notary Cabinet in the north Of France, made ...

Shapland & Petter Edwardian mother of pearl inlaid mahogany display cabinet, stamped to lock and fitted with a series of shelves and mirror a...

A beautifully crafted piece of furniture that has that aesthetic Italian elegance and antique appearance. A unique design and aesthetics that will add functionality to your interi...

Stunning Art Nouveau Jugendstil revolving bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid oak and the wheels are in good working order. This wonderful Art Nouveau Jugendstil...

Fabulous arts & crafts mission bookcase with 5 sections, 3 leaded glass door compartments which have storage space. Sizes are, 32x 9.5x 10h, 32x 9.5 x 10.5h, 32 x 9.5 x 8.75h. Drawer...

An extraordinary antique empire bookcase in great condition completed and restored by our professional craftsmen team. This elegant piece is th...

Great old industrial steel shelving / bookcase, salvaged from Buffalo New York factory. Unusual style and design, Heavy duty, very architectu...

- Viewings possible in our Hertfordshire warehouse - please contact for an appointment - Gorgeous English Sheraton style open breakfront bookcase in mahogany - Intricate inlay work to the top includes classic Sheraton motifs - garlands, sashes etc - The breakfront really gives this a regal look - Adjustable shelves so you can fit different sized items - bigger books...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, large, Winchester College, hand carved double sided open library bookcase with bronze de...

Revolving bookcase by Thonet professionally stained and repolished.

A fine quality American made George II style bookcase, breakfront, china cabinet in mahongay with inayed boxwood. This piece has a glass upper section with glass shelves and an arche...

Revolving bookcase the foliated and line inlaid top, above an arrangement of shelves raised up on a cruciform base with castors almost certainly by Maple & Co. Dimensions Height 34...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine and highly collectable Octagonal revolving book table with beautifully inlaid top A very good looking well made and decorative p...

Furniture Art Deco Material: wood, mirror and glass Style: Art Deco Country: France We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982. Art. Deco ...