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Period: Mid-18th Century
Chippendale Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George III mahogany breakfront bookcase in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the architectural pediment having egg and dart with dentil molding over similarly treated friez...
Category
English Chippendale Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chippendale period mahogany breakfront bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine quality impressive mid-18th Century Chippendale period flame figured mahogany Breakfront Bookcase, having bold carved & dentilled swan-neck pediment enclosing blind fretwork w...
Category
English Chippendale Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Osvaldo Borsani Rare Wall Bookcase with Pomodoro Artwork
Located in Milano, IT
Discover a masterpiece of mid-century Italian design with this exquisite wall bookcase by Osvaldo Borsani, created in the 1960s to 70s and proudly bearing the Tecno label. Renowned f...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Broken arched triangular stepped cornice above a pair of doors with arched mullions flanked by another shorter conforming pair, the base with a pair of panelled doors flanked by a narrower pair, plinth base. Provenance: Hyde Park Antiques...
Category
British George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Chippendale Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality And Rarely Found, 18th Century Georgian Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Bookcase Cupboard, Having Greek Key Carved Decoration To Cornice, Over Two Superbly...
Category
English Chippendale Antique Mid-18th Century 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Outstanding Quality Antique George II Figured Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George II figured mahogany bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality figured mahogany top with unusual shaped panelled doors opening to reveal a fitte...
Category
English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Other
Antique George III Breakfront Bookcase in Mahogany with Broken Pediment Cornice
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A wonderful Georgian mahogany breakfront bookcase of small proportions with astragal glazed doors and broken architectural pediment cornice, 18th century. The upper part with origina...
Category
English George III Antique Mid-18th Century 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
George II Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arch top over a pair of mirror doors opening to an elaborately fitted interior, the base with two candle slides and hinged slant lid writing ...
Category
English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Early George III Period Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early George III period bureau bookcase with fretwork swan neck pediment, 30-paned bookcase, slant front enclosed leather writing surface, fitted...
Category
English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Mid-18th Century 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Mid-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 Mid-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 Mid-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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
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 Mid-18th Century 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Oak
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century George II Bureau Bookcase with Mirrored Doors
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George II Bureau bookcase with mirrored doors. The stepped cornice above two mirrored doors opening to reveal shelving above slo...
Category
Irish George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Small Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive Mid 18th Century, Georgian Mahogany Bureau bookcase Of Very Attractive, Rare, Small Proportions, With Dental Cornice Above Shaped Mirror Door Within Gilded Slip, Ov...
Category
English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George II Carved Oak Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A Magnificent Scale George II Carved Oak Bookcase
With central glazed doors, showing original glass with soft movement in the plates, with a configuration of shelves. The intricately carved stepped cornice, with dentil moulding above egg and dart carved panelled doors, flanked by confidently carved Corinthian columns. The unusual central mask detail is complimented by subtle laurel leaf carved detailing, with the bottom plinth section enclosing three large and voluminous drawers. With an overall soft yet dark patina to this early oak timber.
Provenance:
Previously part of the furnishings at Leeds Castle, Kent, as illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture in the British Tradition...
Category
George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XV Small Marquetry Bookcase or Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XV small Marquetry bookcase or Vitrine
Rectangular vitrine or bookcase standing on four cabriole feet, front and sides slightly curved, the angles pointe...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
George III Mahogany Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A George III mahogany bookcase of breakfront form, the dentil cornice above astragal glazed central cabinet with fielded doors to either side, all containing adjustable shelving, the...
Category
British George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Important Pair of Mahogany Bookcases by John Belchier, Mid 18th Century
Located in London, GB
The broken pediment above moulded and segmental cornice, carved with repeating egg and dart and foliate mouldings, each bookcase with exceptionally executed and original bevelled flo...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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