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Period: Mid-18th Century
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 ...
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English Chippendale Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Gold Leaf and Lacquered Bookcase Italy 1700
Located in Roma, RM
Rare Italian lacquered bookcase , luigi xv era, completely original and removable, great size and quality.
Rare and impressive piece of furniture.
In good aesthetic functional condit...
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Italian Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques is delighted to present an exquisite Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase, dating back to approximately 1770. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this pi...
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English Chippendale Antique Mid-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 ...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Book Case
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Antique 18th century solid wooden primitve book case.
beautiful 'rough' antique book case or display cabinet.
Nicely lived wood
1700s - Fran...
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French Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Mid-18th Century George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century George III slant front bureau bookcase, English. A fine mahogany example. Octagonal glazed bookcase doors enclosing adjustable shelves....
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George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Carved Provincial Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV carved provincial cabinet, with a carved central cartouche depicting fruit, leaves & flowers in a basket. Its top 2 carved cabinet doors, e...
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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...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Other
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...
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English Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, 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...
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English Georgian 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...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Breccia 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 ...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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...
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English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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...
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English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
An 18th-century mahogany bureau cabinet of impressive architectural form and lovely rich color.
George II period, circa 1740.
The top surmounted by a bold architectural pediment and centered 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 rich color 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.
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.
We often refer to antique bookcases / cabinets as ''secretary desks'' in the US.
Information on pediments:
'Illustrated Dictionary...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
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...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
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 ...
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British George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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...
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English George II Antique Mid-18th Century 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
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 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
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...
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English Chippendale Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
George II Irish Brown Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Dublin, GB
A fine George II Irish mahogany blind door bureau bookcase
The open fret work swan neck cornice outside a carved giltwood Irish cartouche, above two shaped raised panel doors, wit...
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Irish George II 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...
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German Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
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...
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Irish Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany 18th Century Library Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality 18th century mahogany secretaire bookcase of diminutive proportion having 13 pane astragal glazed doors above secretaire drawer and three long drawers with replac...
Category
English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century, George II Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magnificent English 18th century Chippendale secretary bookcase of exceptional detail. The composition is marked by a robustness...
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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
18th Century Irish Georgian Palladian Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
George II Palladian mahogany breakfront bookcase, 18th century
The broken swan's-neck pediment with gadroon- and dentil-carved bands terminating in a foliate roundel, above a like-carved frieze over two central doors, each inset with a shaped mirrored panel, flanked to either side by a single door, featuring a finely carved floral festoon, centered by fluted Corinthian pilasters, opening to a shelved interior, the lower section fitted with a drop-front secretary drawer opening to an inset leather writing surface and a variety of drawers and cubbyholes, flanked to either side by two small drawers, over two paneled cupboard doors, the side sections each fitted with four graduated drawers, raised on a plinth base.
This design is similar to those found in William Salmon's, "Palladio Londinensis."
Reference this exact piece in "The Antiques Directory Furniture," General Editors, Judith and Martin Miller, Portland House, New York, 1985, page 118 Breakfront (C Price Classification: "An Early George III mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase, with shaped bevelled glazed cupboard doors, flanked by outer doors carved with Corinthian pilasters, lower section with secretaire drawer")
Provenance: Williams Antiques...
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Irish Georgian Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Gothic Mahogany Secretaire and Bookcase, Original Glass
Located in Port Chester, NY
A fine example of multipurpose 18th century Gothic English furniture, with a generously proportioned bookcase on top, and built in secretaire ...
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English Antique Mid-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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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
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...
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Italian Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Satin, Mirror, Boxwood, Walnut
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...
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British George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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...
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English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
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...
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Irish George II Antique Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, 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 Mid-18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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