Large Oversize Figural Country French Style Open Bookcase with Spindles

Stunning Baker Spanish Colonial Style Cupboard Shelves Dresser Console Cabinet MINT

French Armoire Style One Door 78" tall Narrow Adjustable Shelves Linen Press Cabinet Storage Bookcase MINT!

Country French Vintage wine rack two-piece pine step-back hutch.

All Wrapped in tooled leather massive decorative columns 2 part bookcase hutch wall shelving unit Etagere SHARP!

20th Century French breakfront Bibliotheque bookcase with wire to the upper doors. Featuring traditional lift-off hinges and decorative escutcheons. All of the doors open with ease a...

French walnut hand carved four shelves open bookcase in Louis XV style. Massive and stable in very good condition. France, circa 1890.

Antique French Henri II Neoclassical Open Bookcase represents a tailored expression of the neoclassical revival style that has persevered for century after century! Crafted from sol...

An Exceptional Quality Early 19th Century French Mahogany Bookcase with the Finest Possible Veneers and Wonderful Carving Throughout. This superb bookcase features the best quality mahogany veneers laid on to an oak carcase with solid mahogany doors, all expensive features that were only employed by the best workshops when money was no object. The shaped cornice and the panelled lower doors suggest a gothic inspiration but this is handled with real delicacy which was often not the case with later 19th century gothic revivalism which could be overbearing and overpowering to the eye. Designed for the display of fine books, porcelain or objects, the top section of the bookcase is largely plain, allowing the fine veneers to shine in conjunction with small carvings on the pilasters and a number of finely executed mouldings. The lower section is where the decorative scheme becomes more pronounced, small acanthus carvings on the pilasters framing the spectacular panelled doors which are executed in particularly high relief. Even here where the decoration is more prominent, the grain of the mahogany catches the eye first as it is so beautifully figured and of excellent colour. The pilasters on this lower section are carved so as to simulate partially octagonal columns of obvious gothic inspiration and there are pull out reading and writing slides concealed in the frieze between the upper and lower sections. The doors in the base section open to reveal simple cupboards...