Regency Period Mahogany Bookcase with Matching Flared Panels to the Bottom Doors

A small elegant regency mahogany breakfront bookcase with ebony details and flame veneers to the door fronts, superb mellow colour and good patination. The lovely bookcase is in the ...

A large and impressive late Regency six door mahogany bookcase attributed to Gillows, the upper section with a triple breakfront cornice above glazed doors with brass diamond trellis grilles, each enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled cupboards decorated with book-matched flame veneers between turned columns with palmette terminals. English, circa 1815. Footnote. A double Breakfront Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1820 The bookcase of large form but of elegant proportions, having a pleasing low waist, always desirable on case furniture of this sort, brass grilles, a plinth base veneered in the finest mahogany and intriguing inlaid quatrefoil shaped escutcheons to the central doors. Designed in the early 19th century “Roman” fashion, this bookcase is one of a small group of such pieces that have been linked in the past to designs provided by the Wyatt family of architects (see for example a bookcase of remarkably similar form offered by Christie’s in London on the 16th of December 2010 with an estimate of £40-£60,000). Although any link with Wyatt must remain purely speculative, the attribution of this bookcase to the firm of Gillows of Lancaster can be made with a much higher degree of confidence. This attribution is based partly on a fine suite of similar library bookcases supplied to Tatton Park and discussed in detail by Dr. Susan Stuart in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 375-377, plates 443 & 444. Of even greater interest is a design for a complete...

Richly crafted mahogany Regency style bookcase having raised fancy cartouche at the top, brass mesh doors and marble top. There are two adjustable shelves i...

A very good quality Regency period mahogany revolving circular free standing bookcase, having three graduating tiers each with dummy books, raised on a tri...

Large English bookcase from the mid-1800s, Regency style, made of mahogany wood and mahogany feather. It features 4 glass doors, 4 closed doors,...

Regency Mahogany 2 Door Glazed Bookcase. This Impressive Regency Bookcase Stands Upon Carved Ebonised Lions Paw Feet. Period Regency Having 2 Glazed Doors which Feature Typical Regen...